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Super PACs spent big in preliminary campaigns

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:44:40 +0000

Gintautas Dumcius, Managing Editor

Outside groups, also known as super PACs, laid out six figures in the preliminary election earlier this month, focusing their efforts on District 3, which is anchored in Dorchester, and District 5, which includes Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Roslindale.

In District 3, the super PAC primarily funded by New Balance chairman Jim Davis funneled $9,000 to the head of the Cape Verdean Association, ostensibly for a get-out-the-vote effort as seven candidates vied for the open City Council seat, according to publicly available campaign finance filings.

FitzGerald tops field in District 3; will face Richards in Nov. runoff

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:44:29 +0000

Staff

Voters in select parts of the city on Tuesday trickled into polling locations, choosing two finalists, John FitzGerald, a Boston Planning and Development Agency official, and Joel Richards, a public school teacher, in the open race for City Council District 3, which includes Dorchester and the South End. They also expelled Ricardo Arroyo, the incumbent councillor for District 5, which includes Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Roslindale.

Analysis | Mayor Wu just declared that she’s running for reelection

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:41:36 +0000

Gintautas Dumcius, Managing Editor

Less than halfway through her first term, Mayor Wu this week announced she is running for another four years inside City Hall.

She didn't say those exact words while she was in press scrums, in front of business leaders, and at polling locations. But her intention became apparent over the last several days, through her statements to reporters, her speech before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, and the relentless, nightly door-knocking that helped jettison her district councillor, a former ally, in the Sept. 12 preliminary.