Politics & Government

Which Beacon Hill Residents are Running for Office?

See if any are running for mayor or the open District 8 city council seat.

No residents of Beacon Hill are running for mayor this year, but a few are 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 Beacon Hill 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, Thomas Joseph Dooley III, Julianna Clare Strout, Gregory B. Timilty are the three candidates from Beacon Hill who submitted papers by Tuesday's deadline.

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The District 8 race appears it will be a hotly contested one. Other candidates include: Angelica Elle Addivinola of the West End, Richard J Giordano of Roxbury, Garrett D. Hauck of Roxbury, Gloria Murray of Roxbury, Michael Joseph Nichols of Fenway and Josh Zakim of Back Bay.

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.

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