Roughly 42% of all votes cast by 3 p.m. Tuesday were in the closely-watched District 6 race, where the City Councilor Kendra Lara is trying to hold onto her seat in the wake of a late June car crash that left her facing several charges.
Councilors Kendra Lara and Ricardo Arroyo are fighting to advance in Tuesday's preliminary election after weathering months of negative headlines related to ethics scandals.
The preliminary municipal election on Tuesday marks the first time voters will have a formal chance to pass judgment not only on the political scandals and ethical lapses dogging Arroyo and Lara, but also on the unproductive two-year term of the Council more broadly.
Voters will be tasked with narrowing down four Boston City Council races to two candidates apiece when they head to the polls Tuesday. The contested preliminary races are in Districts 3, 5, 6 and 7.