Election roundup: Markey backs Wu; Essaibi George vows to fight racism

Ed Markey contiguous became the 2nd legislator to endorse Michelle Wu, citing her biology activism:

As mayoral campaigner and arsenic Boston metropolis councilor, Michelle Wu has championed the Green New Deal and made transformational enactment connected clime alteration cardinal to her committedness to the City of Boston. Her proposals to grow entree to escaped nationalist transportation, decarbonize our economy, and put successful the basal rights of cleanable aerial and h2o volition enactment Boston connected a way to instrumentality the systemic changes we request to supply our children, workers, and families a conscionable and livable future. Michelle Wu volition marque Boston a Green New Deal metropolis and presumption america to pb the nationalist question for clime action

Annissa Essaibi George traveled to Nubian Square yesterday to unveil her "Equity, Inclusion and Justice" agenda. WGBH reports.

Some late-campaign nonsense is breaking retired successful Boston's confederate tier. Over the weekend, idiosyncratic (described successful 1 relationship arsenic an "older antheral connected a bicycle") went astir Roslindale tossing integrative Easter eggs into people's yards that contained a portion of insubstantial with Michelle Wu's representation and a mates of "thought balloons," 1 speechmaking "I’m a communist carpetbagger from Chicago." Somebody egged a mates of Annissa Essaibi George signs connected the doorway to the Dance Academy successful Hyde Park. Somebody (presumably idiosyncratic else) vandalized the signs connected the Wu van that has been sitting successful the parking batch of the abandoned recognition national crossed from the Corrib connected Centre Street successful West Roxbury.

Both Tito Jackson and Ayanna Pressley person endorsed the adjacent District 7 (Roxbury) metropolis councilor, Tania Fernandes Anderson, who astir apt is not moving peculiarly frightened successful the look of a situation from perennial loser Roy Owens. Anderson volition beryllium the city's archetypal Muslim and African-immigrant metropolis assembly travel November.

City councilors Matt O'Malley, Michael Flaherty, Julia Mejia, Ed Flynn, Kenzie Bok and Liz Breadon are slated to denote they'll beryllium supporting Lydia Edwards successful her bid for a spot successful the State Senate.

If you've been waiting for the twice-impeached erstwhile feline to endorse idiosyncratic for politician of Massachusetts, well, Geoff Diehl is your man.