At-Large City Councilor Ayanna Pressley not only topped the ticket across all of Boston in Tuesday’s elections, but she received the most votes in Jamaica Plain, too.
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In one of the sleepiest Boston City Council election days ever, challenger Andrea Campbell bested incumbent District 4 City Councilor Charles Yancey on Tuesday. That means the two will square off in November for the District 4 seat.
Campbell received 1,982 votes or 57%, Yancey, who was first elected in 1984, received 1,159 votes or 33%. Terrance Williams received 217 votes or 6% of the vote. Jovan Lacet received 60 votes or 1% of the vote. All statistics are according to the City of Boston’s Elections Department website.
District 4 represents Mattapan, Dorchester and a little bit of Jamaica Plain. Ward 19, Precinct 12, is the JP portion of Yancey’s district.
City Council moved a step closer to holding hearings on the Casey Arborway, amid warnings from Jamaica Plain’s district councilor that the board has zero ability to change the massive state project.
At Wednesday’s City Council meeting, Councilor Charles Yancey plans to call for an “urgent review of the impacts” on the city’s neighborhoods from the giant Casey Arborway project.
