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Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan (as are all municipal elections in Boston), and elect a mayor to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office is in Boston City Hall, in Government Center. The current mayor of Boston is Michelle Wu.
Michelle Wu (Chinese: 吳弭; [1] pinyin: Wú Mǐ; born January 14, 1985) [2] [3] is an American politician serving as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, since 2021.. The daughter of Taiwanese American immigrants, Wu earned her bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor from Harvard University.
Boston City Hall is the seat of city government of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the offices of the mayor of Boston and the Boston City Council. The current hall was built in 1968 to assume the functions of the Old City Hall. [2] It is a controversial and prominent example of Brutalist architecture, part of the modernist movement.
Contrary to a report on social media, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu did not request a meeting with the Boston Red Sox in the wake of All-Star outfielder Jarren Duran's use of an anti-gay slur against a ...
Boston has a new mayor in Kim Janey, who became the city’s first female and first person of color to take the office Monday. Marty Walsh resigned Monday evening to become President Joe Biden’s ...
Wu had a shorter transition into office than most mayors of Boston due to the fact that there was no permanent incumbent mayor at the time of the election. Under Boston's city charter, in such circumstances new mayors are sworn in as soon as is conveniently possible after the results of the election are certified. [42]
The 2025 Boston mayoral election will be held on November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. If more than two candidates qualify for the ballot, a non-partisan preliminary election will be held on September 23 to narrow the field to two candidates. Incumbent mayor Michelle Wu is running for re-election to a second term in office.
After Walsh left office, the editorial board of The Boston Globe would opine that, as mayor, Walsh, "kept Boston on an even keel financially and invited economic growth". [64] Similarly, Bill Forry of the Dorchester Reporter wrote that, prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic , Walsh's tenure was characterized by, "remarkable growth and ...