Boston City Council elections: Meet your District 6 candidates

Municipal elections take place on Nov. 7 in Boston, and our city council is on the ballot.

For the rest of this week, The Common is checking in with the candidates in three city council races — District 5, District 6 and District 3 — where a change in leadership is guaranteed.

Today, we head to District 6, where earlier this year incumbent City Councilor Kendra Lara was defeated in a preliminary election. It was one of two historic upsets (District 5 incumbent City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo was also defeated) in a city where incumbents often maintain power.

Now, candidates Ben Weber and William King face off to represent District 6, which includes Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury and a small portion of Roslindale. We met the candidates at locations of their choosing and gave them six minutes to answer the same series of questions.

The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 7 election is this Saturday, Oct. 28 at 5 p.m. You can check your voter registration status or register to vote through the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts website.