This year's general election for Boston City Council is slated to bring significant change to the 13-member body. Residents will elect at least four new members, with open races in Districts 3, 5 and 6, and one at-large seat up for grabs.
Polls open on Tuesday, 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Boston’s local election cycle toggles between higher turnout years, with campaigns for City Council and Mayor, and “off years,” with only a race for the council. But 2023 is shaping up to be one of the “way off” years, when a dearth of expected at-large vacancies and candidates can flatten the curve on voter turnout. As late as July 4,
Joel Richards, the teacher running for the District 3 Council seat, has a platform that consists of working to improve the public schools and provide affordable housing as well as safe and reliable public transportation. There is a personal element to his campaign, which the Fields Corner resident kicked off last December. His oldest child, JC, doesn’t have a gym at school
Joel Richards, a Boston Public Schools teacher and pastor who ran for the District 4 City Council seat in 2021, plans to make another run for office next year. But this time he’d be running for the District 3 City Council seat. Councillors redrew the political boundaries of the nine Council districts as part of the process known as redistricting, and Richards now lives in
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