Vote for UAW-Endorsed Candidates in This Year’s Massachusetts Municipal Elections

It’s time for municipal elections across Massachusetts! Make your voice heard by voting for UAW-endorsed candidates in your city, in both the preliminary elections in September and the general election on Tuesday, November 4.

Voting (and making sure our communities vote) is a fundamental part of building our collective political power as union members and the working class. Take a minute to:

• Check your voter registration status and make a plan to vote by mail, early in person, or on election day.
• Learn about our UAW-endorsed candidates for office in Boston, Somerville, Cambridge, Medford, Agawam, and Salem, and share with your coworkers.
• Join fellow union members at phone banks and canvasses. Everyone is welcome, regardless of voting eligibility. Sign up for our newsletter for volunteer opportunities.
• Help us spread the word about our endorsed candidates on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

The outcome of these elections will directly affect our efforts to expand access to public transit, affordable housing, and childcare; protect and expand collective bargaining rights for more workers; protect our rights as tenants, workers, and protestors; and more.

Through our Massachusetts CAP Council, UAW members have researched candidates’ records, reviewed their responses to our questionnaires, and conducted interviews to identify the candidates we believe will best support us on our core issues. This process resulted in a strong slate of endorsed candidates that, if elected, will fight for causes that are most important to us. 

In Boston, vote for the following candidates in the preliminary election on September 9 and again in the general election on November 4:

• Mayor of Boston:
  • Michelle Wu
• Boston City Council:
  • Ruthzee Louijeune, At Large
  • Henry Santana, At Large
  • Julia Mejia, At Large

In Somerville and Medford, vote for the following candidates in the preliminary election on September 16 and again in the general election on November 4:

• Mayor of Somerville:
  • Willie Burnley Jr.
• Somerville City Council:
  • Will Mbah, At Large
  • Marianne Walles, At Large
  • Ben Wheeler, At Large
  • Naima Sait, Ward 5
• Medford City Council:
  • Zac Bears, At Large
  • Miranda Briseño, At Large
  • Matt Leming, At Large

In Cambridge, Agawam, and Salem (which has a preliminary election for Wards 1, 2, 5, and 6 only on September 16), vote for the following candidates in the general election on November 4:

• Cambridge City Council:
  • Burhan Azeem, At Large
  • Sumbul Siddiqui, At Large
  • Jivan Sobrinho-Wheeler, At Large
  • Ayah Al-Zubi, At Large
  • Marc McGovern, At Large
• Agawam City Council:
  • Tom Hendrickson, At Large
• Salem City Council:
  • Emmylou Manwill, Ward 4