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Citing COVID, Boston’s Mayoral Candidates Push To Lower Ballot Hurdles Each Boston mayoral candidate has to get 3,000 unique signatures to get on the ballot — for now. gregobagel/Getty Images/iStockphoto In an open letter released Tuesday, five of Boston’s six mayoral candidates urged the state to relax the signature-gathering requirements to get on the ballot for the 2021 election, citing ongoing risks posed by the pandemic. “Our ability to campaign for office and access t...

Local leaders question Boston police decisions that allowed accused abuser to stay on the force By Abigail Feldman Globe Correspondent,Updated April 11, 2021, 1 hour ago Email to a Friend Patrick M. Rose testified in court in 2016.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff/file Local leaders over the weekend questioned decisions by Boston police leadership that allowed former police union president Patrick Rose to remain on the force for more than two decades after a criminal complaint accused Rose of sexual ...

By Maddie Kilgannon, Reporter Correspondent April 7, 2021 James Reginald Colimon— new candidate for council at-large. As the mayor’s race shifted into a new gear this week with the entrance of acting Mayor Kim Janey into the four-year fray, newly-released reports show how much money the candidates raised last month to finance their campaigns. Councillor Andrea Campbell has the biggest war chest heading into April. According to the state’s Office of Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF), ...

By Maddie Kilgannon, Reporter Correspondent March 10, 2021 Maddie Kilgannon, Reporter Correspondent Former State Rep. and current Massachusetts Civil Rights Commissioner Charlotte Golar Richie endorsed David Halbert’s campaign for city council at-large today. “David is a smart and principled problem-solver, who will drive an agenda that promotes racial and gender equity,” Richie said in a statement released by Halbert’s campaign on Wednesday. “As City Councillor at-Large, hell make su...

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Two new candidates – including a woman from Dorchester who sought one of four at-large seats on the Boston City Council in 2019 – emerged as potential contenders for citywide council this week. Two incumbent city councillors— Michael Flaherty and Julia Mejia— are both expected to mount re-election campaigns to hold onto their citywide seats. But, with two at-large councillors,

By Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff January 14, 2021 Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff A number of hopefuls have announced bids to run for a seat on the City Council next year, a tantalizing target following Mayor Walsh’s nomination to serve as Joe Biden’s Secretary of Labor and the decisions by two sitting councillors— At-large Councillor Michelle Wu and District 4 Councillor Andrea Campbell— to run for mayor this year. A third councillor, Annissa Essaibi-George, is also weighing a mayoral c...

By Katie Trojano, Reporter Staff December 24, 2020 David Halbert Joining a growing field of city council hopefuls in next year’s municipal election, David Halbert of Dorchester announced last week that he will again seek an at-large seat on the panel. “I’m incredibly grateful for the support our campaign has seen so far.  It’s clear that our vision of greater representation and ambitious public policy makes our city stronger, more progressive, and more inclusive, which speaks to this u...

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