Jump to content

Marc C. McGovern: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Line 22: Line 22:


==Biography==
==Biography==
McGovern grew up in [[Central Square, Cambridge]] and graduated from [[Cambridge Rindge and Latin School]].<ref name="About">{{cite web |title=About Marc |url=https://www.marcmcgovern.com/about-marc |website=Marc McGovern for Cambridge |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> In 2003, he was elected to the School Committee, and in 2013 he was elected to the Cambridge City Council.<ref name="Taylor"/> He was named mayor by the Cambridge City Council and sworn in on January 1, 2018, succeeding [[E. Denise Simmons]].<ref name="About"/> He announced that he would not seek re-election and endorsed fellow councilmember Sumbul Siddiqui as his sucessor.<ref name="Taylor"/> Siddiqui was sworn in on January 6, 2020.
McGovern grew up in [[Central Square, Cambridge]] and graduated from [[Cambridge Rindge and Latin School]].<ref name="About">{{cite web |title=About Marc |url=https://www.marcmcgovern.com/about-marc |website=Marc McGovern for Cambridge |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> In 2003, he was elected to the School Committee, and in 2013 he was elected to the Cambridge City Council.<ref name="Taylor"/> He was named mayor by the Cambridge City Council and sworn in on January 1, 2018, succeeding [[E. Denise Simmons]].<ref name="About"/> He announced that he would not seek re-election and endorsed fellow councilmember Sumbul Siddiqui as his sucessor.<ref name="Taylor"/> Siddiqui was sworn in on January 6, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink= |title= Cambridge Elects First Muslim Mayor In Mass. |newspaper=[[WBUR]]|date=January 6, 2020 |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/01/06/cambridge-first-muslim-mayor-massachusetts-sumbul-siddiqui |accessdate=}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:26, 9 April 2021

Marc C. McGovern
Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts
In office
January 2018 – January 2020
Preceded byE. Denise Simmons
Succeeded bySumbul Siddiqui

Marc C. McGovern is a Cambridge (Massachusetts) City Council member and was the 78th mayor from 2018 until 2020.[1][2][3]

Biography

McGovern grew up in Central Square, Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.[4] In 2003, he was elected to the School Committee, and in 2013 he was elected to the Cambridge City Council.[2] He was named mayor by the Cambridge City Council and sworn in on January 1, 2018, succeeding E. Denise Simmons.[4] He announced that he would not seek re-election and endorsed fellow councilmember Sumbul Siddiqui as his sucessor.[2] Siddiqui was sworn in on January 6, 2020.[5]

References

  1. ^ "MARC MCGOVERN". City of Cambridge. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Peterman, Taylor C. (January 3, 2020). "Cambridge Mayor McGovern Will Not Seek Re-election, Endorses City Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. ^ Vaughn, Alyssa (January 3, 2020). "Who Will Be Cambridge's New Mayor?". Boston Magazine. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "About Marc". Marc McGovern for Cambridge. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Cambridge Elects First Muslim Mayor In Mass". WBUR. January 6, 2020.