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Jerome King
Jerome King ran for election to the Boston City Council to represent District 7 in Massachusetts. He lost in the primary on September 9, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Boston, Massachusetts (2025)
General election
General election for Boston City Council District 7
Said Ahmed and Miniard Culpepper are running in the general election for Boston City Council District 7 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
 | Said Ahmed (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Miniard Culpepper (Nonpartisan) | |
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council District 7
The following candidates ran in the primary for Boston City Council District 7 on September 9, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Said Ahmed (Nonpartisan) | 15.7 | 1,155 |
| ✔ | | Miniard Culpepper (Nonpartisan) | 15.0 | 1,102 |
 | Mavrick Afonso (Nonpartisan) | 14.7 | 1,082 | |
 | Samuel Hurtado (Nonpartisan) | 14.4 | 1,057 | |
 | Said Abdikarim (Nonpartisan) | 14.3 | 1,054 | |
 | Roy Owens (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 528 | |
 | Natalie Juba-Sutherland (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 463 | |
 | Wawa Bell (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 380 | |
 | Shawn Nelson (Nonpartisan) | 3.1 | 228 | |
| Jerome King (Nonpartisan) | 1.9 | 142 | ||
| Tchad Cort (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 119 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 39 | ||
| Total votes: 7,349 | |||
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2023
See also: City elections in Boston, Massachusetts (2023)
General election
General election for Boston City Council District 7
Incumbent Tania Anderson defeated Althea Garrison in the general election for Boston City Council District 7 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tania Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 70.2 | 3,716 | |
 | Althea Garrison (Nonpartisan) | 28.4 | 1,506 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.4 | 72 | ||
| Total votes: 5,294 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council District 7
Incumbent Tania Anderson and Althea Garrison defeated Roy Owens, Jerome King, and Padma Scott in the primary for Boston City Council District 7 on September 12, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tania Anderson (Nonpartisan) | 57.5 | 1,454 | |
| ✔ | | Althea Garrison (Nonpartisan) | 20.6 | 522 |
| Roy Owens (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 241 | |
| Jerome King (Nonpartisan) | 7.9 | 200 | ||
| Padma Scott (Nonpartisan) | 2.8 | 71 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 42 | ||
| Total votes: 2,530 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jerome King did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Jerome King did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
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