Election Day info

  • The 2023 preliminary election in District 7 (Roxbury) is Tuesday Sept 12th.

  • The 2023 general election for Boston is on Tuesday, November 7th.

  • Find your polling location at wheredoivotema.com. Polls are open 7am-8pm on Election Day!.

Register to Vote?

Register to vote, update your address, name, or party at registertovotema.com.

What is up for election this year?

  • The Roxbury district city council candidates are on the ballot on September 12th.

  • Your November 7th ballot will include voting for 4 At Large City Councilors and District City Councilor.

  • These elected officials have a direct impact on your everyday life in everything from trash collection to public schools, funding for youth jobs and local police.

Why should you vote?

Elections can be won or lost by even a single vote. Your vote is your voice - on issues like housing, transportation, policing, and childcare. You can exercise your power to make sure your voice is heard.

District 7 Candidates

Tania Fernandes Anderson - Current City Councilor

  • The current D7 city councilor

  • Advocate for affordable housing, especially affordable home ownership and an innovative “rent to own” program

  • Has been the Chair of Ways and Means on the Boston City Council, overseeing the city’s new budget process where councilors get to amend the budget. She has helped lead this process well and has organized for more funding for Roxbury

  • Holds weekly meetings to connect with constituents about local resident issues, as well as policy issues

  • City website: https://www.boston.gov/departments/city-council/tania-fernandes-anderson

  • Campaign website: https://taniaford7.com/home

Roy Owens

  • Has run for this position and others many times, including City council at large, and for Congress against Ayanna Pressley

  • Owens has made xenophobic and islamophobic remarks in the past 2021 City Council District Election against the sitting city councilor Tania Anderson

  • Owens is a pastor at a local church on Blue Hill Avenue

  • Candidate has no campaign website.

Althea Garrison

  • Has run for this position and others many times, including City council at large, and state representative in 1992.

  • She served as City Councilor at Large in 2017 when Ayanna Pressley left the Boston City Council.

  • First Black Trans woman elected official in Massachusetts

  • Anti-Gay Marriage and Anti-Abortion

  • No campaign website

Jerome King

  • Works in the Massachusetts Department of Human Services

  • Very little information on policy priorities

  • No campaign website

Padma Scott

  • Anti-vaccination advocate, who often protests Mayor Wu in public

  • Very little information on other policy priorities

  • No campaign website