Yancey Running for Mayor.. and City Council

District 4 Boston City Councilor Charles Yancey has pulled nomination papers for the mayoral and district races.

Yancey was first elected to the Boston City Council in 1983, and is the longest sitting councilor. This is not an unheard of move, as past candidates have done similar actions.

Along with Yancey, some of the more noted mayoral candidates who have pulled nomination papers according to Boston's Election Department include, Boston District 8 City Councilor Mike Ross, Charles Clemons Jr., Will Dorcena, former state rep Althea Garrison, Barstool Sports website owner David Portnoy, and former city councilor Gareth Saunders.

If Yancey chooses to run for his current council seat the field could be tougher than what the incumbent has experienced in past years. Already several residents have pulled nomination papers for District 4 including Roslindale's Steven Godfrey, Mattapan's Jerina Harris, J.R. Rucker and Terrance J. Williams, both of Dorchester.

Mayoral candidates have until May 21 to submit nomination papers and need at least 3,000 certified signatures by June 25 to get on the ballot for the Sept. 24 preliminary election. A November election will feature the two candidates with the highest vote totals from the preliminary.

Boston city elections are nonpartisan, meaning two Democrats, two Republicans, or two Green party candidates could be finalists.