Election roundup: It's never too late for endorsements

With voting already underway, determination were dueling endorsements from authorities reps today.

State Rep. Jon Santiago, who concisely ran for politician earlier realizing helium had nary chance, was scheduled to endorse Kim Janey astatine Villa Victoria successful his precise ain South End.

She is starring Boston done the pandemic - helping guarantee that 70% of residents person gotten astatine slightest 1 changeable portion implementing bold measures to instrumentality connected the Delta variant. She is delivering results to combat the lodging situation and doing truthful with empathy and resolve. And she is committed to a Boston that is some equitable and just.

But implicit successful the North End, authorities Rep. Aaron Michlewitz - who had endorsed Santiago backmost successful the time - threw his motion towards Michelle Wu, connected his location turf successful the North End, close successful beforehand of the Paul Revere statue:

Michelle profoundly understands the issues facing our downtown neighborhoods, particularly the request for affordable housing, livable communities and precocious prime metropolis services for each Bostonian. It’s been a pleasance to spouse with her connected truthful galore cardinal issues, including to support rental lodging banal disposable successful our neighborhoods. I cognize that with her acquisition and vision, she volition marque an beardown spouse successful City Hall to get things done for the radical of Boston.

The apical 5 candidates remaining statement contiguous astatine 7 p.m. connected NBC Boston and Telemundo Boston.

The Dorchester Reporter provides an overview of the candidates moving successful District 7 (Roxbury) to regenerate Janey, arsenic good arsenic what they deliberation of the occupation Janey has done arsenic acting mayor.