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Immigrants who are in Boston legally but have not yet gained citizenship should be able to vote in municipal elections, some councilors said.

New progressive faces along with several incumbents will take their seats on the Boston City Council following the Nov. 7 municipal elections.  Three incumbent at-large city councilors, Ruthzee Louijeune, Erin J. Murphy and Julia Mejia, return for another term. Henry Santana, a young, Black, Dominican immigrant politician replaces Michael Flaherty as the fourth at-large councilor,...

Three progressive Wu-backed candidates in the closely-watched at-large, District 5 and 6 races, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén and Benjamin Weber, were elected Tuesday night, as part of a change in the makeup of a Boston City Council tarred by ethical and legal lapses.

Three progressive Wu-backed candidates in the closely-watched at-large, District 5 and 6 races, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén and Benjamin Weber, were elected Tuesday night, as part of a change in the makeup of a Boston City Council tarred by ethical and legal lapses.

The winners and losers weren’t all on the ballot, from Boston to Revere.

It was a good night for progressives in Boston, who won key district and at-large races to retain their supermajority on the Boston City Council. Voters elected four new faces to the council, bringing a potential new tenor to a body that had been mired in infighting in recent months.

The results are in! Please give a warm welcome to Boston’s new City Councilors. Here’s who won and what it means for the city.

BOSTON (WHDH) - Voters made their way to the polls to decide races across Massachusetts on Tuesday, including in Boston, where a handful of new<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/voters-decide-boston-city-council-seats-several-other-key-races-across-mass/">Read More</a>

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. as Boston voters elect new city councilors.

Voters will head to the polls in 80 communities across Massachusetts on Tuesday, with several cities voting in mayoral elections.