Michael Nichols uses experience to move ahead in District 8 City Council race
This is the third part in a series of profiles about the candidates facing off in the Nov. 5 election. In addition to the mayoral election, the District 8 race for City Council is also in full swing. Attorney Michael Nichols is running against lawyer Josh Zakim to fill former mayoral candidate Michael Ross’s seat, with his […]
John Connolly encourages college students to stay in Hub
This is the second part in a series of profiles about the candidates facing off in the Nov. 5 election. City Councilor John Connolly, running to be the next mayor of Boston against Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh, has focused his campaign on education in order to keep college students in Boston after they graduate and to make […]
Mass. Rep. Marty Walsh pushes education, business leading into mayoral election
This is the first part in a series of profiles about the candidates facing off in the Nov. 5 election. After serving 16 years as a state representative for Massachusetts for Dorchester, Democrat Martin Walsh is competing against Councilor At-Large John Connolly to be the next mayor of Boston, with an emphasis on improving schools, spurring economic […]
Marty Walsh, John Connolly face off in diversity forum
Racial issues came to the forefront Wednesday as Boston mayoral candidates Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh and City Councilor John Connolly went head-to-head in a diversity forum at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury Community College. Both candidates said they agreed education was a major issue for the city of Boston, and much of Wednesday’s debate centered on […]
Political endorsements, public education argued in second mayoral debate
Mass. Rep. Martin Walsh and City Councilor John Connolly, candidates running to replace Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, went head-to-head Tuesday night in a second televised debate at WGBH studios in Brighton leading up to the Nov. 5 general election. Like the Oct. 15 debate, much of the conversation focused on education and youth in Boston, followed by infrastructure […]
