Election roundup: Mayoral candidates agree that the T sucks; Arroyos back Wu

Both Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George issued statements contiguous that this morning's latest Red Line derailment, coming conscionable days aft an escalator tore the soma disconnected riders astatine Back Bay and a antheral fell to his death astatine JFK/UMass, is conscionable the latest impervious that the T needs much investments to marque it safer and much reliable.

The fightin' Arroyos, some Felix and Ricardo, contiguous endorsed Michelle Wu for mayor. The begetter and lad had earlier backed Kim Janey. Arroyo the younger said:

Michelle Wu has a progressive imaginativeness that centers justness and addresses the underlying causes of inequity successful Boston. Michelle is creating the indispensable coalition’s required to guarantee Boston is simply a metropolis wherever everyone tin thrive and person a voice. She has a past of bringing radical to the table, not excluding them, and that is the enactment we need.

Also endorsing Wu: The Jamaica Plain Progressives. Unlike the Arroyos, they couldn't determine betwixt Janey and Wu earlier the preliminary - leaders wanted Janey, fertile and record wanted Wu - but that's nary longer an issue.

The metropolis Elections Department held a recount successful the District 7 (Roxbury) city-council contention and the basal results are the same: Roy Owens inactive advances to the November final, wherever helium volition suffer to Tania Fernandes Anderson, which volition wide his docket to wage different unsuccessful run adjacent twelvemonth (so far, for Congress against Ayanna Pressley). Owens has been losing campaigns since astatine slightest 1991, erstwhile helium ran for the District 7 spot connected a level of claiming his hostile supported sodomy.

State Rep. Nika Elugardo contiguous backed City Councilor Lydia Edwards successful her tally for the state-senate spot Joe Boncore conscionable gave up. Elugardo, of course, can't really ballot for Edwards due to the fact that she doesn't unrecorded successful the territory Edwards wants to represent.