Boston City Council elections: Meet your District 5 candidates
It’s day two of our election coverage, checking in with candidates competing for Boston City Council seats in districts 6, 5 and 3. Today, we’re heading to District 5, where voters will choose between candidates Enrique Pepén and José Ruiz to represent them come election day.
The Common · WBUR
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Show Notes
It’s day two of our election coverage, checking in with candidates competing for Boston City Council seats in districts 6, 5 and 3, all of which are facing a guaranteed change in leadership come January since no incumbent is running in them.
Today, we’re heading to District 5, which is made up of Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale.
Earlier this year, District 5 incumbent Ricardo Arroyo was eliminated during the preliminary. It was one of two historic upsets (District 6 incumbent City Councilor Kendra Lara was also defeated) in a city where incumbents often maintain power.
Now, voters will choose between candidates Enrique Pepén and José Ruiz to represent them this election day. We met up with each of them in a location of their choosing and gave them six questions to answer in six minutes.
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 7 election is this Saturday, Oct. 28 at 5 p.m. You can check your voter registration status or register to vote through the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts website.
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/VoterRegistrationSearch/MyVoterRegStatus.aspx
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