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The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms, and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve.
In November 1949, Boston voters approved changes to municipal elections, including replacing the 22-person City Council (elected by wards) with a 9-person City Council (all elected at-large). The first such election was held in November 1951, for terms starting in January 1952.
Boston's previous permanent mayor, Marty Walsh, had resigned earlier that year to become U.S. secretary of labor, meaning Wu's assumption of office took place in November 2021, earlier than is typical for a mayor and earlier than the expiration of her at-large city council term. [8] The Boston City Charter also specifies that a vacant at-large ...
On July 25, at the age of 32, Durkan was elected to the Boston City Council in a special election to fill the remainder of the term vacated by Kenzie Bok when Bok became the head of the Boston Housing Authority. Durkan's opponent had been Montez Haywood, a longtime prosecutor at the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. The campaign was ...
The 2023 Boston City Council election was held on November 7, 2023, with primaries occurring on September 12, 2023. All thirteen councillors from the nine districts and four councillors at-large were up for election. Elections in Boston are officially nonpartisan. Two councillors, Michael F. Flaherty and Frank Baker, did not seek re-election.
(The Center Square) – Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to deport illegal border crossers, with the most violent offenders the priority, Boston City Council members voted to advance ...
Ruthzee Louijeune (born 1987) is an American politician and lawyer serving as president of the Boston City Council.She has been an at-large member of the Boston City Council since January 2022, and has served as the council's president since January 2024.
Mejia took office on January 6, 2020, becoming the first immigrant to serve on the council. [7] In June 2020, Mejia (along with Ricardo Arroyo, Andrea Campbell, Kim Janey, and Michelle Wu) was one of five members of the Boston City Council to vote against Mayor Marty Walsh's 2021 operating budget for the city. Mejia wrote, "I am no longer ...