2023 Endorsements

SMART Northeast Regional Council has issued the following endorsements for the 2023 Elections:

Boston

  • Council-At-Large Candidates:
    • Ruthzee Louijeune
    • Erin Murphy
    • Bridget Nee-Walsh
    • Henry Santana
  • City Council, District 1: Gabriela Coletta
  • City Council, District 2: Ed Flynn
  • City Council, District 3: John Fitzgerald
  • City Council, District 4: Brian Worrell
  • City Council, District 6: Benjamin Weber
  • City Council, District 8: Sharon Durkan
  • City Council, District 9: Liz Breadon

Braintree

  • Mayor: Charles Kokoros
  • Council-At-Large Candidates:
    • David Ringius
    • Charles Ryan

Cambridge

  • City Council:
    • Burhan Azeem
    • Marc McGovern
    • Sumbul Siddiqui
    • Denise Simmons
    • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler
    • Paul Toner
    • Vernon Walker
    • Ayesha Wilson

Chelsea

  • Council-At-Large Candidates:
    • Roberto Jimenez-Rivera
    • Kelly Garcia
  • City Council, District 2: Melinda Vega
  • City Council, District 3: Norieliz De Jesus
  • City Council, District 7: Tanairi Garcia
  • City Council, District 8: Calvin Brown

Everett

  • City Council, District 2: Stephanie Martins
  • City Council, District 3: Darren Costa
  • City Council, District 5: Robert Van Campen

Malden

  • Mayor: Gary Christenson
  • Council-At-Large Candidates:
    • Karen Colon-Hayes
    • Carey McDonald
  • City Council, Ward 3: Amanda Linehan
  • City Council, Ward 4: Ryan O’Malley
  • City Council, Ward 5: Ari Taylor
  • City Council, Ward 6: Stephen Winslow
  • School Committee, Ward 7: Stephen Winslow

Medford

  • Mayor: Breanna Lungo-Koehn
  • City Council:
    • Zac Bears
    • Kit Collins
    • Justin Tseng
    • Anna Callahan
    • Emily Lazzaro
    • Matt Leming
    • Jaclyn Torres-Roth

Quincy

  • Mayor: Thomas Koch
  • Council-At-Large Candidates:
    • Noel DiBona
    • Nina Liang
  • City Council, Ward 2: Richard Ash
  • City Council, Ward 4: Matt Lyons
  • School Committee: Courtney Perdios

Revere

  • Mayor: Patrick Keefe
  • Council-At-Large Candidates:
    • Juan Pablo Jaramillo
    • Alexander Rhalimi
  • City Council, Ward 1: Joanne McKenna
  • City Council, Ward 2: Ira Novoselsky
  • School Committee: Jacqueline Momterroso

Somerville

  • Mayor: Katjana Ballantyne
  • Council-At-Large Candidates:
    • Kristen Strezo
    • Willie Burnley, Jr
    • Charlotte Kelly
  • City Council, Ward 1: Matthew McLaughlin
  • City Council, Ward 2: J.T. Scott
  • City Council, Ward 3: Ben Ewen-Campen
  • City Council, Ward 4: Jesse Clingan
  • City Council, Ward 6: Lance Davis
  • City Council, Ward 7: Judy Pineda Neufeld

Waltham

  • Mayor: Jonathan Paz
  • City Council, Ward 9: Eamon Dawes
  • Council-At-Large Candidates:
    • Coleen Bradley-MacArthur
    • Emily Saperia
    • Emma Tzioumis
    • Weymouth:
  • Council-At-Large Candidates:
    • Fred Happel
    • Greg Shanahan

Additional Endorsements:

  • Melrose Mayoral Election: Jen Grigoraitis
  • Watertown City Council at Large: John Gannon

SMART Northeast Regional Council-17 has endorsed these candidates because they are committed to supporting issues important to the local labor union.