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In a crowded, diverse mayoral field, where does Marty Walsh’s base go? By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated May 7, 2021, 5:33 p.m. Email to a Friend In 2017, Martin J. Walsh kicked off his reelection campaign outside Florian Hall in Dorchester.JohnTlumacki Martin J. Walsh’s ascension from City Hall to US labor secretary not only triggered a crowded scramble in this year’s mayor’s race but also raised the question of which candidate might inherit the voter base that powered ...

Acting Mayor Kim Janey snags her first big endorsement Milton J. Valencia © Erin Clark/Globe Staff Bostons Acting Mayor Kim Janey, is being endorsed by UNITE HERE Local 26, which represents about 12,000 food and hotel workers. Acting Mayor Kim Janey, now a candidate to hold the office for the long term, can claim her first big political endorsement, though she remains far behind her opponents in the all-important money race. Janey on Thursday morning is slated to accept the e...

Boston City Council to mull moving Sept. 21 preliminary election up a week By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated April 19, 2021, 5:47 p.m. Email to a Friend People waited in-line to hand in their ballots after voting at a YMCA in Chinatown during the Massachusetts state primary last September.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images The Boston City Council on Tuesday is slated to discuss moving the preliminary municipal election up a week, from Sept. 21 to Sept. 14, which would give officials more ...

A proposal that would eliminate the need for a special mayor election in Boston should Mayor Martin J. Walsh leave his post in the next week passed the state Senate on Thursday.