Ricardo Arroyo

Tuesday’s Boston City Council preliminary election proved to be a shakeup for the city’s governing body, with two incumbent candidates conceding after both facing controversy and public scrutiny. Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara will not be on the November ballot, following their concession in Tuesday’s race. Despite being incumbents, both Arroyo and Lara got less than half the number...

In the hours after polls closed Tuesday night in Boston’s preliminary election, two embattled incumbents conceded in their races: City Councilors Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara. Thousands of Boston voters let their voices be heard in the election, which will narrow city council races to two candidates in four districts. The top two vote-getters in each preliminary race will...

The president of Boston City Council says colleagues’ recent “ethical and legal lapses” are drawing “negative attention” to the body and distracting from the work it’s doing. Ed Flynn referred to Councilor Kendra Lara’s crash into a Jamaica Plain house last week, in which she was allegedly driving with a revoked license, and to Councilor Ricardo Arroyo’s recent admission...