2025 Boston Election
Our complete coverage of the 2025 election season in Boston, including voter guides and results.
Mayor Wu’s win streak continues: 3 takeaways from Boston's 2025 election
Mayor Michelle Wu cruised to victory unopposed, but that was hardly her only win: A cadre of her allies on the Boston City Council kept their seats, and that could...
No big shake up, as incumbents sweep Boston City Council at-large race
Council President Ruthzee Louijeune once again topped the tally, garnering the most votes of any candidate, according to the city's unofficial election results as of Wednesday. Rejoining her on the...
Culpepper wins District 7 Boston City Council race
Rev. Miniard Culpepper beat Said Ahmed in the closely watched race that was the sole council contest without an incumbent. The district includes Roxbury, as well as parts of Fenway,...
An unopposed Boston Mayor Wu celebrates re-election victory
Her victory became inevitable in September when she crushed her main opponent in the city's preliminary election.
Voters in Boston and 50 communities across Mass. take to polls to decide local elections
Voters are deciding who they want to represent them in the mayor's office and city council. Polls are open in Boston, and most communities, until 8 p.m.
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A pastor races a track coach for the Boston City Council's only open seat
Said Ahmed and the Rev. Miniard Culpepper are both political newcomers battling to fill the seat of disgraced former councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson in District 7, an area that includes...
Meet the finalists in the Boston City Council race to replace Tania Fernandes Anderson
Miniard Culpepper and Said Ahmed emerged from a 11-way preliminary election in the race for the City Council's District 7 seat, the only open race in Boston this fall.
Your guide to voting in the 2025 Boston general election
Here are the key dates and details to vote in Boston's general election, including a little detail on the names you'll see listed on the ballot.
At-large Boston city council candidates battle over rent control, housing policy
The sharpest exchange of the night was over rent control — especially between candidates who came in at the bottom of the September preliminary election.
Why all eyes are on the race for the fourth and final at-large Boston City Council seat
Former Boston City Councilor Frank Baker finished fifth in the September preliminary, trailing incumbent City Councilor Henry Santana by 4,400 votes for the fourth and final spot. Here's a look...
Frank Baker says he'll bring 'balance' if he returns to Boston City Council
The Boston mayor’s race may be all but decided, as incumbent Michelle Wu runs unopposed, but there are other races afoot. In the election for City Council, a conservative-leaning, "lunch-bucket...
How Michelle Wu became the only real candidate for Boston mayor
Josh Kraft hoped to be the first person in over 75 years to unseat an incumbent Boston mayor. Instead, he became the first Boston mayoral candidate to drop out after...
Josh Kraft bows out of Boston race for mayor
Josh Kraft has dropped out of the Boston mayor's race, two days after incumbent Michelle Wu trounced him in the city's preliminary election.
Wu dominates Boston preliminary election as she and Kraft move to November face off
Mayor Michelle Wu and challenger Josh Kraft will go head to head on the November ballot for Boston mayor.
What to know about all 4 candidates on Boston's mayoral preliminary election ballot
Thousands of Boston residents will hit the polls this Tuesday to vote to decide which two mayoral candidates advance to the November election.
Josh Kraft poured $3.5 million into his own campaign for Boston mayor last month
It's the second large funding injection by the son of billionaire Robert Kraft, as he looks to make headway in a race against Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
Boston mayoral candidates fight for votes at church forum
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and challengers Josh Kraft and Domingos DaRosa made their pitch to voters at the Bethel AME Church in Jamaica Plain Tuesday night, ahead of the Sept....
Wu battles Kraft family over Everett Stadium plan, as Josh Kraft hits back on White Stadium
The city and the company run by Robert Kraft, billionaire owner of the New England Patriots and the Revolution, held dueling press conferences Monday. The Everett stadium project began looking...
It's not just Wu and Kraft: Meet the Boston mayoral candidates not in the spotlight
They're far behind Mayor Michelle Wu and Josh Kraft in recent polls, but Hyde Park's Domingos DaRosa and Robert Cappucci of East Boston are making their pitch to voters.
Josh Kraft made $6.3 million last year, campaign summary says
Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft earned $6.3 million in 2024, and nearly $6.5 million in 2023, according to a summary released by his campaign Friday.