Politics

On August 14, seven Democratic candidates vying for three positions on the Governor’s Council, the Clerk of Court for Civil Business, and the Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court met at the Lena Park Community Center to debate the issues ahead of the primary on September 3.

State Representative Christopher Worrell was the only delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts who had not pledged his support to President Joe Biden.

At the dawn of 2023, Massachusetts politicians were celebrating the historic electoral victories of Maura Healey, the state’s first woman governor, and Andrea Campbell, the first Black woman elected statewide in Massachusetts history.

The Nov. 7 election features city council races in Boston and a contested mayoral election in Brockton.

With two of Boston City Council's most left-leaning members having lost their seats in preliminary balloting, some are questioning whether the Council’s progressive streak will continue into the next term with a body that could no longer have a majority of people of color.

When voters in Roxbury and parts of the South End and Fenway go to the polls for the city’s Sept. 12 preliminary, there will be no shortage of choices in four City Council districts.

Boston voters casting ballots in the Nov. 7 election will have eight candidates to consider for the City Council’s four at-large seats. But in two district races, the run-up to the Sept. 12 preliminary election is where the campaign action may be most intense.

Members of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus last month proposed an additional $419.3 million in spending to the House budget for next year. They secured $40.6 million.

When Rev. Miniard Culpepper ran for state senate last fall to represent a Dorchester-based district, he noticed a significant lack of Black men participating in all levels of politics. His determination to close that gap led to the formation this month of the Black Men’s Political Task Force to increase the number of Black men engaging with local politics.

Henry Santana, who grew up in the Alice Taylor Homes development in Mission Hill, is running for an at-large seat on the City Council.

The South End is in many ways a study in contrasts. A neighborhood where subsidized housing developments abut luxury condo buildings, a neighborhood where Black and Latino Bostonians have deep roots, but where few have pockets deep enough to afford rents.