Mayoral Race

Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell on Thursday announced her bid to become the city’s next mayor, saying her local upbringing makes her the best candidate to create more equity for residents. “In this profound moment of reckoning for our country and our city, as people rise up to demand change, Boston needs leadership that not only understands, but has...

Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell is running for mayor next year on a platform that prioritizes racial equity, she announced Thursday morning.

City councilor Michelle Wu officially announced Tuesday she is running for Mayor of Boston.

Voters in Massachusetts took to the polls on Tuesday, weighing in on local questions and leaders and voting for one Boston city councilor by a margin of just 10 votes. Julia Mejia beat Alejandra Nicole Stguillen for the fourth Boston City Council at-large seat by a mere 10 votes. Incumbents Michelle Wu, Michael Flaherty and Annissa Essaibi George were re-elected by voters.

Election results rolled in Tuesday night after Bay Staters took to the polls in 58 cities and towns around Massachusetts. Voting ended at 8 p.m. and results began to trickle in afterward.

Citizens of Portland, Maine, are voting in a mayoral race Tuesday.

Voters in 58 Massachusetts cities and towns will head to the polls Tuesday to vote in municipal elections. Here’s a guide to today’s elections.

Top Republicans are searching district-by-district for just the right candidates — women and political newcomers in many cases — to help them recapture the House, six months after a political tidal wave swept Democrats into control with the most diverse majority in history. Recruits include one of the few Republican women in the Oklahoma state Senate and a black political...

Racial slurs and foul language prompted the abrupt end to a mayoral candidate’s event in San Francisco on Saturday, and on Sunday, the three leading candidates in the race are condemning what was said.

Incumbent Daniel Rivera defeated William Lantigua Tuesday to win re-election to a second term as mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Incumbent Mayor Daniel Rivera of Lawrence, Massachusetts, won his reelection campaign against former Mayor William Lantigua.

Yvonne Spicer, an executive at the Boston Science Museum, was elected the first mayor since Framingham, Massachusetts, voted to become a city.

Incumbent Mayor Marty Walsh defeated City Councilor Tito Jackson in Boston’s mayoral race.

Incumbent Mayor Marty Walsh and City Councilor Tito Jackson are making final votes in Boston’s mayoral race.

Incumbent Mayor Marty Walsh and City Councilor Tito Jackson are making final votes in Boston’s mayoral race.

A report card released Sunday by the NAACP Boston Branch gives Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, in the midst of a reelection campaign, low grades on multiple issues regarding communities of color.

Voters in Boston don’t seem invested under three weeks outside the Boston mayoral election.

Incumbent Mayor Marty Walsh, City Councilor Tito Jackson, retired police officer Robert Cappucci and health insurance worker Joe Wiley are facing off in the preliminary mayoral race.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh officially kicked off his reelection campaign on Saturday with a large crowd in attendance in Dorchester.