In the coming weeks, voters will get a chance to make their choices in the first round of balloting for the open seat for the City Council’s District 3 as seven candidates vie to replace Frank Baker. The longtime councillor, first elected in 2011, isn’t running for another two-year term on the 13-member body. Open seats don’t come along often: Before Baker, Maureen Feeney
Mayor Wu’s administration is moving to revamp its approach to Mass. and Cass, the area at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard known for homelessness and drug issues. The area sits in District 3, a Dorchester-based City Council seat with boundaries that snake up through the South Bay shopping plaza into part of the South End. A seven-way
Seven candidates are running for an open City Council seat representing Dorchester-based District 3, where incumbent Frank Baker is not seeking reelection.
Rosalind Wornum, a 35-year Dorchester resident, is running for elected office for the first time, saying she plans to “bring the community to City Hall.” A single parent to four daughters, she says her experience of nearly losing her home inspired her research into the support services accessible to her. “Almost being homeless made me stretch my hands more into the community,”
The deadlines to register to vote or request a mail-in ballot for the upcoming preliminary elections are fast-approaching. Here’s everything to know before heading to the polls.