updated on March 22, 2021 | 11:10 AM
The election to choose the next mayor of Boston will take place Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Bookmark this story for regular updates on the race.
Declared candidates:
Andrea Campbell, District 4 city councilor and Mattapan resident
Jon Santiago, state representative for the 9th Suffolk district and South End resident
John Barros, former city economic development chief and Dorchester resident
Updates below:
Former Boston equity chief won’t run for mayor ‘this round’
After resigning from her post as Boston’s first equity chief earlier this month, Karilyn Crockett says she won’t be entering the mayor’s race at least not this year.
U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch has tested positive for COVID-19, even after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, his office said Friday.
Lynch received his positive result on Friday after a staff member in his Boston office had tested positive earlier in the week, a spokesperson said. Congressman Lynch had received the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and subsequently received a negative COVID-19 test prior to attending President (Joe) Biden’s inauguration, said Molly Rose Tarpey, the spokesperson.
Lynch, a South Boston Democrat who represents Massachusetts 8th Congressional District, is asymptomatic and feels fine, Tarpey said, but he will self-quarantine and vote by proxy in Congress next week.
Congressman Stephen Lynch tests positive for COVID-19
No signs of spread in Mass. delegation
By Travis Andersen and Victoria McGrane Globe Staff,Updated January 29, 2021, 8:44 p.m.
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Representative Stephen LynchNathan Klima for The Boston Globe/The Boston Globe
Congressman Stephen F. Lynch has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Friday, making him the second member of the Massachusetts congressional delegation to report contracting the virus in roughly 24 hours.
Lynch received the positive test result Friday âafter a staff member in the congressmanâs Boston office had tested positive earlier in the week,â said Molly Rose Tarpey, a spokeswoman for the South Boston Democrat, in a statement.
Boston police commissioner Gross considering mayoral run, sources say
By Danny McDonald, Milton J. Valencia and Larry Edelman Globe Staff and Globe Columnist,Updated January 10, 2021, 7:06 p.m.
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Boston Police Commissioner William Gross spoke during Mayor Martin J. Walsh s daily press briefing in June.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Boston Police Commissioner William G. Gross, the first Black officer to oversee the department and a leader with a reputation as a copâs cop, is seriously considering a mayoral run, according to three people familiar with Grossâ thinking.
One source said Gross is â95 percent sureâ he will run for City Hallâs corner office in what could be a crowded field following Mayor Martin J. Walshâs anticipated impending departure for a Biden administration Cabinet position, adding that the commissioner wanted to speak to his family, including his mother, before finalizing his decision.