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2021 Boston City Council election
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13 seats on the Boston City Council
7 seats needed for a majority
 
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Last election 13
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Matt O'Malley
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The 2021 Boston City Council election will be held on November 2, 2021. All thirteen councillors from the nine districts and four councillors at-large will be up for election. Elections in Boston are officially nonpartisan.

Councillors Andrea Campbell, Annissa Essaibi George, Kim Janey, and Michelle Wu are running in the mayoral election. Matt O'Malley is not seeking reelection. Councillors Ricardo Arroyo, Frank Baker, Kenzie Bok, Liz Breadon, Lydia Edwards, Michael F. Flaherty, and Julia Mejia are running for reelection.

Background

Marty Walsh was elected to the mayoralty of Boston, Massachusetts, in the 2013 and 2017 elections.[1][2] On January 7, 2021, President-elect Joe Biden announced that he would select Walsh to serve as the United States Secretary of Labor.[3] Walsh resigned as mayor on March 22, after being confirmed as Secretary of Labor, and was replaced as acting-mayor by Kim Janey, who also served as president of the Boston City Council.[4][5]

The city council voted to move the primary election date from September 21, to September 14, in order to allow for another week mail-in voting ballots to be distributed for the general election and was approved by Mayor Janey.[6][7][8]

Incumbent status

District Name Entered office Running
At-large Annissa Essaibi George January 2016 No
Michael F. Flaherty January 2014 Yes
Julia Mejia January 2020 Yes
Michelle Wu January 2014 No
1 Lydia Edwards January 2018 Yes
2 Edward M. Flynn January 2018 Yes
3 Frank Baker January 2012 Yes
4 Andrea Campbell January 2016 No
5 Ricardo Arroyo January 2020 Yes
6 Matt O'Malley November 2010 No
7 Kim Janey January 2018 No
8 Kenzie Bok January 2020 Yes
9 Liz Breadon January 2020 Yes

Campaign

At-large

Michelle Wu, who had served on the city council since 2014, announced that she would run in the mayoral election on September 15, 2020.[9] Annissa Essaibi George, who had served on the city council since 2016, announced that she would run in the mayoral election on January 27, 2021.[10] Incumbent councillors Julia Mejia, who had won election to the city council by one vote in the 2019 election, and Michael F. Flaherty are running for reelection.[11]

Althea Garrison, the first openly transgender person to serve in a state legislature and former member of the city council, Ruthzee Louijeune, a lawyer who worked as senior counsel for Senator Elizabeth Warren's presidential and senatorial campaigns, Alex Gray, a policy analyst, and Nick Vance, a political action co-chair of the NAACP in Boston, are running in the election.[12][13][14]

2021 Boston City Council at-large election
Candidate Primary election[15] General election
Votes % Votes %
Michael F. Flaherty (incumbent) 41,299 14.99 TBD TBD
Julia Mejia (incumbent) 38,765 14.07 TBD TBD
Ruthzee Louijeune 33,425 12.13 TBD TBD
Erin Murphy 22,835 8.29 TBD TBD
Carla Monteiro 18,844 6.84 TBD TBD
David Halbert 16,921 6.14 TBD TBD
Althea Garrison 16,810 6.10 TBD TBD
Bridget Nee-Walsh 15,118 5.49 TBD TBD
Kelly Bates 12,735 4.62  
Alexander Gray 11,263 4.09  
Jon Spillane 11,155 4.05  
Said Abdikarim 7,725 2.80  
Domingos DaRosa 7,139 2.59  
Donnie Palmer Jr. 6,823 2.48  
Roy Owens Sr. 5,223 1.90  
James Colimon 4,671 1.70  
Nick Vance 3,943 1.43  
Write-ins 845 0.31 TBD TBD

Note: The primary result is uncertified

1st district

Lydia Edwards, who was first elected to the city council in 2017, announced that she would run for reelection and launched her campaign on February 26, 2021, at a virtual event.[16]

2nd district

Councillor Edward Flynn filed to run for reelection.[17]

3rd district

Frank Baker, who was first elected in 2011, announced that he would run for reelection after initially wanting to leave politics until the COVID-19 pandemic changed his plans.[18] Stephen McBride is running in the election.[19]

4th district

Andrea Campbell, who had served on the city council since 2016, announced on September 24, 2020, that she would run for mayor.[20] Evandro Carvalho, who has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, announced that he would run in the election on October 19.[21] Leonard M. Lee Sr., a community organizer and member of the Boston Parks Commission, announced on February 3, 2021, that he would run in the election stating that he was inspired to run after a nineteen-year-old was killed by the police outside his home.[22] William Dickerson III, a former city council aide, Nikkia Jean-Charles, who was inspired by Ayanna Pressley's campaign for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, Trina Ruffin, and Troy Smith are running in the election.[23] Joel Richards, a Boston Public School Teacher and Boston Teachers Union activist, is also running in the election.[24]

2021 Boston City Council district 4 election
Candidate Primary election[15] General election
Votes % Votes %
Brian Worrell 2,498 25.42 TBD TBD
Evandro Carvalho 1,835 18.68 TBD TBD
Joel Richards 1,315 13.38  
Josette Williams 1,171 11.92  
Leonard Lee Sr. 974 9.91  
William Dickerson III 947 9.64  
Deeqo Jibril 455 4.63  
Troy Smith 423 4.31  
Jacob Urena 183 1.86  
Write-ins 24 0.24 TBD TBD

Note: The primary result is uncertified

5th district

Councillor Ricardo Arroyo is running for reelection and John White is also running in the election.[11][25]

6th district

Kendra Hicks, an activist, announced that she would run against councilor Matt O'Malley in the 2021 election.[26] O'Malley, who was first elected to the city council in 2010, announced that he would not seek reelection on December 2, 2020, so that he could focus on his family.[27]

2021 Boston City Council district 6 election
Candidate Primary election[15] General election
Votes % Votes %
Kendra Hicks 9,236 49.97 TBD TBD
Mary Tamer 7,984 43.19 TBD TBD
Winnie Eke 1,188 6.43  
Write-ins 76 0.41 TBD TBD

Note: The primary result is uncertified

7th district

Kim Janey, who was serving as acting-mayor and who had served on the city council since 2018, announced on April 6, 2021, that she would run in the mayoral election.[28] Tania Anderson, Angelina Camacho, Joao DePina, Marisa Luse, Santiago Rivera, and Lorraine Payne Wheeler are running in the election.[29]

2021 Boston City Council district 6 election
Candidate Primary election[15] General election
Votes % Votes %
Tania Anderson 2,014 26.67 TBD TBD
Roy Owens Sr. 1,284 17.00 TBD BD
Angelina Comacho 1,256 16.63  
Brandy Brooks 741 9.81  
Lorraine Wheeler 697 9.23  
Santiago Rivera 568 7.52  
Marisa Luse 550 7.28  
Joao DePina 407 5.39  
Write-ins 34 0.45 TBD TBD

Note: The primary result is uncertified

8th district

Kenzie Bok, who was first elected in 2019, filed to run for re-election.[17]

9th district

Liz Breadon, who was first elected to the city council in 2019, is running for reelection against Michael J. Bianchi and entrepreneur Eric Porter.[11]

2021 Boston City Council district 6 election
Candidate Primary election[15] General election
Votes % Votes %
Liz Breadon 5,050 71.73 TBD TBD
Michael Bianchi 970 13.78 TBD TBD
Eric Porter 768 10.91  
Write-ins 252 3.58 TBD TBD

Note: The primary result is uncertified

Campaign finance

Candidate Campaign committee
COH District
Frank Baker[30] $62,576.29 3rd
Kelly Bates[31] $61,737.76 At-large
Kenzie Bok[32] $44,227.40 8th
Lydia Edwards[33] $106,067.81 1st
Michael F. Flaherty[34] $252,075.21 At-large
Alexander Gray[35] $40,185.62 At-large
David Halbert[36] $63,828.57 At-large
Kendra Hicks[37] $76,456.51 6th
Julia Mejia[38] $101,899.46 At-large
Erin Murphy[39] $48,238.95 At-large
Ruthzee Louijeune[40] $129,825.33 At-large
Mary Tamer[41] $74,801.94 6th

Endorsements

At-large district

Flaherty endorsements
Organizations
Gray endorsements
State officials
Louijeune endorsements
Federal officials
State officials
Organizations
Mejia endorsements
Organizations
Murphy endorsements
State officials

1st district

Edwards endorsements
Organizations

4th district

Carvalho endorsements
Local officials
Organizations
  • UNITE HERE Local 26
  • Pipefitters Local 537
  • Plasterers’ & Cement Masons Local 534
  • Laborers Local 151
  • Laborers Local 223
  • IBEW Local 103
  • United Auto Workers Region 9A
  • North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
  • The Roofers and Waterproofers Local 33
  • The Bricklayers and Allied Craftsmen Local 3
  • The Mass Retirees
Jibril endorsements
Organizations
  • Massachusetts Voters for Animals
  • Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus
Richards endorsements
Organizations
Williams endorsements
Organizations
  • Mass NOW PAC

5th district

Arroyo endorsements
Organizations

6th district

Hicks endorsements
Local officials
Organizations

7th district

Camacho endorsements
Local officials
  • Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins
  • State Representative Chynah Tyler
Organizations
  • Boston Teachers Union
  • North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters
  • Greater Boston Labor Council
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 2222
  • Teamsters Union Local 25
  • The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union 1445
  • Mass Voters for Animals
  • Mass NOW
  • Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus

8th district

Bok endorsements
Organizations

Notes

  1. ^ Officially nonpartisan

References

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  41. ^ "Mary Tamer campaign finance". Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance. Archived from the original on July 3, 2021.
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