Which Back Bay Residents are Running for Office?

No residents of Back Bay are running for mayor this year, but one is running for a Boston City Council seat vacated by one current councilor running for mayor.

Longtime City Councilor Mike Ross, who lives in Mission Hill and has represented the Back Bay area for many years, is running for mayor after he was one of 17 to submit papers before the 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday.

For the District 8 seat Ross is leaving behind, Josh Zakim is the candidate from Back Bay who submitted papers by Tuesday's deadline.

The District 8 race appears it will be a hotly contested one. Other candidates include: Angelica Elle Addivinola of the West End, Thomas Joseph Dooley III of Beacon Hill, Richard J Giordano of Roxbury, Garrett D. Hauck of Roxbury,  Gloria Murray of Roxbury, Michael Joseph Nichols of Fenway, Julianna Clare Strout of Beacon Hill and Gregory B. Timilty of Beacon Hill.

According to the city, nomination papers need to be certified to see if potential candidates have enough certified signatures to make the ballot. The deadline for this process is June 25.