By Gintautas Dumcius, Managing Editor
July 18, 2021
Gintautas Dumcius, Managing Editor
Members of UNITE HERE Local 26, which endorsed Acting Mayor Kim Janey and has a super PAC supporting her, attended the Janey campaign s opening of its Jamaica Plain office. (Photo: Gintautas Dumcius)
The super PAC backing Acting Mayor Kim Janey is swinging into action, pulling in nearly half a million dollars while focusing on canvassing efforts.
The super PAC, supported by the hospitality workers union known as UNITE HERE Local 26, received $420,000 in donations from New York affiliates, according to a recent campaign finance filing. The outside group has spent some of that money on pro-Janey flyers while deploying canvassers.
In a crowded, diverse mayoral field, where does Marty Walshâs base go?
By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated May 7, 2021, 5:33 p.m.
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In 2017, Martin J. Walsh kicked off his reelection campaign outside Florian Hall in Dorchester.JohnTlumacki
Martin J. Walshâs ascension from City Hall to US labor secretary not only triggered a crowded scramble in this yearâs mayorâs race but also raised the question of which candidate might inherit the voter base that powered the Dorchester Democratâs victories.
While dozens of labor groups â Teamsters, painters, pipefitters â endorsed Walsh when he was running for mayor, providing his campaign with an army of volunteers, their support appears to be fracturing in this election.