With the resignation of Sen. Joe Boncore (D-Winthrop), the First Suffolk & Middlesex State Senate district will be having a special election next month. The district consists of parts of Boston (East Boston, the North End, Beacon Hill, Downtown Boston, Chinatown, Bay Village, a few blocks of the South End), parts of Cambridge (MIT, Cambridgeport, Riverside), Revere, and Winthrop.
The primary will be Tuesday, December 14, and the general will be January 11.
Two candidates are running in the Democratic primary: Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards and Revere School Committeeman Anthony D’Ambrosio. (Read their questionnaires here.)
Our members voted, and the results were overwhelmingly clear. We are proud to endorse Lydia Edwards for State Senate.
As a public interest attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services, Edwards was a leader in the effort to pass a Domestic Worker’s Bill of Rights, the first of such kind in the nation. As a city councilor, she has been a leader on housing issues, from strengthening the regulations of Airbnb and corporate short-term rentals to fighting for equitable zoning and a transfer fee on high-end real-estate transactions. She has worked in coalition with groups and electeds across the state on affordable housing policy and authored key eviction sealing legislation, and she was the lead Councilor in the successful effort to reform Boston’s city charter to allow for a more democratic and inclusive budgeting process. The Senate could benefit from such advocacy for workers’ rights and housing justice, and if elected, Edwards would become the only Black woman in the State Senate, bringing a much needed diversity of perspective.
Learn more about Lydia’s campaign at https://www.lydiaedwards.org/.
