It wasn’t an pleasurable election night time for Everett Mayor Carlo DiMaria, who misplaced his reelection bid amid warmth over $180,000 in bonus funds.
“I want to thank everybody, ya know, 18 years is a long run for a mayor,” he mentioned after dropping to Everett Metropolis Councilor Robert Van Campen.
Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch ought to take discover. He wasn’t up for reelection, however six council candidates vital of the incumbent gained seats on the nine-member board. Koch allotted $850,000 of taxpayer money for statues of two Catholic saints at a public security constructing and was proposing a 79% increase for himself.
He has since revised that pay bump from $285,000 right down to $225,000 from his present $159,000. That fiscal juggling will now go earlier than a cautious council.
Taunton Mayor Shaunna O’Connell, a one-time Republican rep, defeated challenger Estele Borges convincingly, 52.6% to 46.9%, in line with preliminary studies.
Senate hotseat
U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Boston) is “seriously considering” a run for the U.S. Senate in opposition to incumbent Ed Markey, Politico is reporting. She’d be part of U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Salem), who’s already off and campaigning for the coveted publish.
If Pressley have been to run — taking up an elder member of her progressive tilt — it could open the race for her seventh district, which incorporates Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, and Somerville, and will surely embody Boston metropolis councilors. At-large Council President Ruthzee Louijeune is one identify that comes up.
Newton parking battle
Newton’s in a single day parking ban, which runs from Dec. 1 to March 31, was narrowly defeated 10,894 to 10,823. That’s 71 votes and anybody who sat this election out, right here’s proof that each vote counts.
MassGOP
The state’s Republican Social gathering was proper to level out that down-ticket college committees from Brockton to Worcester noticed “empowered parents” achieve seats. But, that gained’t occur in Boston’s completely appointed board — the one one in all its type within the state.
