Live Breaking News & Updates on City Vote|Page 5

Stay updated with breaking news from City vote. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

For the first time, no white men running as a major candidate for Boston mayor


Boston fields historically diverse crop of mayoral candidates; all top candidates identify as people of color
Meghan E. Irons
© Lane Turner/Globe Staff
The pandemic and social justice protests for Black lives and to stop Asian hate have introduced a new sense of urgency in reckoning with Boston’s racist past and confronting the lingering effects.
As Tuesday’s deadline to take out papers for city office came and went, the field of candidates for the next mayor of Boston emerged as a historic one: For the first time, all of the major candidates identify as people of color.
It is a significant and transformational milestone in a city with a notorious history of white political power, although most of its residents are Black, Latino, Asians, or other people of color. This moment highlights the fact that “the city is ready to move on,’ said state Representative Russell Holmes of Mattapan, who added that he does not see Boston returni ....

United States , Puerto Rico , Hyde Park , West Roxbury , Republic Of , Tufts University , Jamaica Plain , Jacquetta Van Zandt , James Jennings , Essaibi George , Michelle Wu , Andrea Campbell , John Barros , Kim Janey , Russell Holmes , Martinj Walsh , Van Zandt , Lydia Lowe , City Council , Election Department , Globe Staff The , Representative Russell Holmes , Mayor Kim Janey , City Hall , Asian American , Annissa Essaibi George ,