Three progressive Wu-backed candidates in the closely-watched at-large, District 5 and 6 races, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén and Benjamin Weber, were elected Tuesday night, as part of a change in the makeup of a Boston City Council tarred by ethical and legal lapses.
Three progressive Wu-backed candidates in the closely-watched at-large, District 5 and 6 races, Henry Santana, Enrique Pepén and Benjamin Weber, were elected Tuesday night, as part of a change in the makeup of a Boston City Council tarred by ethical and legal lapses.
It was a good night for progressives in Boston, who won key district and at-large races to retain their supermajority on the Boston City Council. Voters elected four new faces to the council, bringing a potential new tenor to a body that had been mired in infighting in recent months.
Four new faces were elected to the Boston City Council, and all four progressive candidates endorsed by Mayor Michelle Wu won their respective races Tuesday night, according to unofficial election results posted the following morning.