Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,and part of the Boston metropolitan area as a major suburb of Boston. As of the 2020 United States Census,the city's population was 118,403,making it the fourth most populous city in the state,behind Boston,Worcester,and Springfield. It is one of two de jure county seats of Middlesex County,although the county's government was abolished in 1997. Situated directly north of Boston,across the Charles River,it was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England,once also an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders.
Middlesex County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 1,632,002,making it the 22nd most populous county in the United States,and the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England. Middlesex County is one of two U.S. counties to be amongst the top 25 counties with the highest household income and the 25 most populated counties. As part of the 2010 national census,the Commonwealth's mean center of population for that year was geo-centered in Middlesex County,in the town of Natick at. Middlesex County is included in the Census Bureau's Boston–Cambridge–Newton,MA–NH Metropolitan Statistical Area. On July 11,1997,the Massachusetts legislature voted to abolish the executive government of Middlesex County primarily due to the county's insolvency. Middlesex County continues to exist as a geographic boundary but it is used primarily as district jurisdictions within the court system and for other administrative purposes,such as an district for elections. The National Weather Service weather alerts continue to localize based upon Massachusetts's counties.
Martin Thomas Meehan is an American academic administrator,politician,and attorney. Since July 2015,Meehan has served as the President of the University of Massachusetts after serving as Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Lowell since September 2007.
The 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006. The incumbent Republican governor,Mitt Romney,chose not to seek a second term. The election was won by the Democratic former United States Assistant Attorney General Deval Patrick,who became the second African-American governor in the United States since Reconstruction and the first Democratic governor of Massachusetts since Michael Dukakis left office in 1991. As of 2022,this remains the last time that a Democrat has won a majority of the vote in a Massachusetts gubernatorial election.
Sullivan Square is a rapid transit station in Boston,Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA's Orange Line,and is also a major bus transfer point. It is located just west of the Sullivan Square traffic circle in the Charlestown neighborhood,adjacent to East Somerville. The modern subway station was built in 1975,and replaced an earlier Charlestown Elevated station established in 1901.
Evelyn Murphy is an American businesswoman and politician who was the 67th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1987 to 1991,being the first woman in the history of the state to hold a constitutional office. She is now the president of The WAGE Project,a United States nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating wage discrimination against women;a resident scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University,and a corporate director.
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston,Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members:9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve. Boston uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch,the mayor. The Council is responsible for approving the city budget;monitoring,creating,and abolishing city agencies;making land use decisions;and approving,amending,or rejecting other legislative proposals.
The 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Massachusetts,concurrently with the election of Massachusetts' Class II U.S. Senate seat,and other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Ulysses John Lupien Sr. was an American businessman and government official who served as Massachusetts director of civil service and city manager of Lowell,Massachusetts.
Armand P. Mercier was a mayor and city councillor of Lowell,Massachusetts.
Paul Joseph Sheehy was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,Massachusetts Senate and was City Manager of Lowell,Massachusetts.
James Leo Sullivan was an American city manager who served as City Manager of Cambridge,Massachusetts from 1968 to 1970 and again 1974 to 1981. In between his stints as Cambridge City Manager,Sullivan was City Manager of Lowell,Massachusetts. He also served as President of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
The following is a timeline of the history of Lowell,Massachusetts,US.
The Massachusetts general election,2014 was held on November 4,2014,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 9,2014.
William S. Taupier was an American politician and city manager who served as Mayor of Holyoke,Massachusetts from 1968 to 1975 and City Manager of Lowell,Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office,facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey,respectively. Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4,2018.
The Massachusetts Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Initiative is a state-wide referendum passed by Massachusetts voters in the 6 November 2018 mid-term election that prohibits discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of gender identity. The vote upholds language which was already present in the state anti-discrimination statute,defeating an attempt to veto it by public referendum. It is the first state-wide anti-discrimination statute passed by referendum supporting transgender rights in the United States.
Three ballot measures were certified for the November 6,2018,general election in the state of Massachusetts.
Elections are currently held every four years to elect the mayor of Springfield,Massachusetts.
