Michael F. Flaherty is an at-large member of the Boston City Council. Flaherty is a member of the United States Democratic Party. He was elected Boston City Council Vice President in 2001 and Boston City Council President from 2002 to 2006. He unsuccessfully ran for mayor in 2009.
John Ronan Connolly is an American politician,former lawyer,and educator from Massachusetts. He served from 2008 to 2014 as an at-large member of the Boston City Council,and was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2013 Boston mayoral election.
William P. Linehan is a former member and president of the Boston City Council in Boston,Massachusetts. He represented District 2,which includes Downtown Boston,the South End,South Boston and Chinatown.
Robert Consalvo is a Massachusetts State Representative,the former chief of staff for Boston Public Schools,and a former member of the Boston City Council. For 12 years he represented District 5,which includes the Hyde Park,Roslindale,Readville,and Mattapan neighborhoods of Boston,Massachusetts.
The 2013 Boston mayoral election occurred on Tuesday,November 5,2013. Incumbent mayor Thomas Menino had declined to run for re-election to a sixth term. A non-partisan preliminary election was held on Tuesday,September 24,2013. 12 candidates made the ballot to replace Menino,with state representative Marty Walsh and city councilor John R. Connolly advancing to the general election. Walsh was elected to his first term,defeating Connolly by 3% of the vote,and was inaugurated on Monday,January 6,2014.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 3,2009. Eight seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 2,3,4,5,and 6 were unopposed. Seven seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 22,2009.
Tito Jackson is an American politician who was a member of the Boston City Council. He represented council District 7,representing parts of the Roxbury neighborhood and parts of Dorchester,South End,and Fenway. In 2017,he ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Boston. After leaving the Boston City Council,Jackson worked in the cannabis industry. In 2022,Boston Mayor Michelle Wu appointed Jackson to the city's Commission on Black Men and Boys.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 8,2011. Eight seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 1,5,6,8,and 9 were unopposed. Three seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 27,2011.
Martin Joseph Walsh is an American politician and union official. He served as the 29th United States secretary of labor between 2021 and 2023. A Democrat,he previously served as the 54th mayor of Boston from 2014,until resigning in 2021 after being confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as secretary of labor in the cabinet of President Joe Biden. Before his mayoralty,he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 13th Suffolk district from 1997 until 2014.
John F. Barros is an American politician,businessman,and civic organizer who was formerly the chief of economic development for the City of Boston. He also served as the executive director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative. He unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Boston in 2013 and 2021. He is currently the managing principal for the Boston office of the real estate firm Cushman &Wakefield.
Michelle Wu is an American lawyer and politician serving as the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,since 2021;she is a member of the Democratic Party. The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants,she was the first Asian American woman to serve on the Boston City Council. She was first elected to the council in 2013 and served from 2014 to 2021,including a stint as council president from 2016 to 2018. Wu was elected mayor in 2021,winning with 64% of the vote,becoming the first woman,first person of color,and first Asian American elected to serve as the mayor of Boston.
The Boston mayoral election of 2017 was held on Tuesday,November 7,2017,to elect the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts. Incumbent Democratic mayor Marty J. Walsh won re-election to a second term,defeating District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson,and two long-shot candidates,Robert Cappucci and Joseph Wiley.
Andrea Joy Campbell is an American lawyer and politician who is the Attorney General of Massachusetts. She is also a former member of the Boston City Council. On the city council,she represented District 4,which includes parts of Boston's Dorchester,Mattapan,Jamaica Plain,and Roslindale neighborhoods. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to the council in November 2015 and assumed office in January 2016. She served as president of the council from January 2018 until January 2020.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 5,2013. Twelve seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbent in district 3 was unopposed. Eight seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 24,2013.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 7,2017. Nine seats in the Boston City Council were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 3,4,5,and 6 were unopposed. Four seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 26,2017.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 8,2005. Ten seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 5,7,and 8 were unopposed. Five seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 27,2005.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 6,2007. Eight seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 1,2,5,6,and 8 were unopposed. Two seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 25,2007.
Frank Baker is an American politician who represents District 3 on the Boston City Council. He was first elected on November 8,2011.
The 2021 Boston mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2021,to elect the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts. Incumbent mayor Marty Walsh was eligible to seek a third term. However,he resigned as mayor on March 22,2021,after being confirmed as secretary of labor in the Cabinet of Joe Biden.
Edward M. Flynn is an American politician currently serving as the president of the Boston City Council,a position that he has held since January 2022. He has been a member of the Boston City Council from its 2nd district since January 2017. He is the son of former Boston mayor Raymond Flynn.
