Byron Rushing took over the legislative seat Mel King vacated in 1983. Rushing says King believed in bringing all races together to work on social justice issues.
An outpouring of both sadness and gratitude met the news that longtime civil rights leader Mel King had died at age 94 after decades of influencing politics, policy and people in his lifelong home city.
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Voters in a part of Dorchester can pencil in a special election for May, as their state representative, Jon Santiago, has resigned to take a job in the Healey administration. Santiago, a South End Democrat and a major in the US Army Reserve, is set to become Gov. Healey’s veterans’ affairs secretary, a move that creates a vacancy in the 9th Suffolk District, which Santiago won