Kim Janey Running For Mayor Of Boston

BOSTON — Acting Mayor Kim Janey is looking to drop the "acting."

Janey announced Tuesday morning she will run for mayor later this year, making official what most expected ever since it was clear she'd take over duties when Marty Walsh left for Washington.

"I am leading Boston through a lens of equity, justice, and love — but I know the challenges we face will take longer than a few months to overcome," Janey said in a tweet. "I am running for a full term as Mayor to ensure a better, stronger city for every Bostonian."

Janey was city council president when Walsh resigned (word missing here) ago after joining President Biden’s administration as labor secretary. She’s been on the job two weeks.The power of the incumbency could prove vital. When Ray Flynn resigned in 1993, Thomas Menino took over as acting mayor. (Missing text here … I would suggest something like, He then ran for the open seat in a crowded field and easily won). Menino was mayor until 2014.

Janey now officially joins a growing field of candidates, all of who expected they might have to unseat the Roxbury resident.

"My life's work, from education advocacy to leading the city council, has been centered around making sure every child has the opportunity to learn and succeed in a more just city than the one I grew up in," Janey said in her video released Tuesday. "See, I was part of desegregation busing. Eleven years old, having rocks and racial slurs thrown at me. I've been at the center of Boston's history. The bad and the good."

Janey was city council president when Walsh resigned after joining President Biden's administration as labor secretary. She's been on the job two weeks.

The power of the incumbency could prove vital. When Ray Flynn resigned in 1993, Thomas Menino took over as acting mayor and won the office in a crowded field. Menino remained mayor until 2014.

The rest of the field includes City Councilors Andrea Campbell, Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu, state Rep. Jon Santiago and Walsh's economic development chief John Barros.