Jose Lopez (Massachusetts)
Jose Lopez was a nonpartisan candidate for District 7 representative on the Boston City Council in Massachusetts. Lopez was defeated in the primary election on September 26, 2017.
Biography
Lopez received a bachelor's degree from Boston College, a master's degree in education from Boston College, and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. His professional experience includes working as an attorney at Avalon Law Offices, P.C. Before getting his law degree, he taught U.S. history in Roxbury for seven years. Lopez co-founded TAGBoston, an organization of teachers. He also served on the Massachusetts Racial Imbalance Advisory Council and the Boston Public School Diversity Taskforce.[1]
Elections
2017
The city of Boston, Massachusetts, held elections for mayor and city council on November 7, 2017. A primary election occurred on September 26, 2017. All 13 seats on the city council were up for election. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 23, 2017.
The following candidates ran in the primary election for District 7 on the Boston City Council.[2]
| Boston City Council, District 7 Nonpartisan Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Kim Janey |
25.00% | 1,534 |
| Rufus Faulk |
11.72% | 719 |
| Deeqo Jibril | 9.86% | 605 |
| Domonique Williams | 9.66% | 593 |
| Charles Clemons Muhammad | 6.89% | 423 |
| Roy Owens | 6.03% | 370 |
| Jose Lopez | 5.92% | 363 |
| Brian Keith | 5.67% | 348 |
| Joao DePina | 4.87% | 299 |
| Hassan Williams | 4.64% | 285 |
| Carlos Henriquez | 4.29% | 263 |
| Angelina Camacho | 4.03% | 247 |
| Steven Wise | 1.04% | 64 |
| Write-in votes | 0.37% | 23 |
| Total Votes | 6,136 | |
| Source: City of Boston, "Official District 7 election results," September 26, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2017
Lopez's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]
Education
- Excerpt: "City Hall budgeting imposes constraints that prevent too many administrators, teachers and parents from creating schools that can attract families and serve children optimally. Despite extensive research emphasizing the importance of early childhood education, Boston is a city where PRE-SCHOOL remains a mere aspiration or "lucky draw" rather than a right."
Housing
- Excerpt: "Among many residents who wish to raise families in communities that they know and love, Lopez and his wife, friends and colleagues devote much thought and effort to removing barriers to affordable rental housing and homeownership opportunities."
Veterans
- Excerpt: "With approximately 74% of our veterans aged over 55, we must ensure we are taking their needs and dreams into consideration as we move forward."
Healthcare
- Excerpt: "Councilor Lopez will work proactively with leaders and experts from Boston's healthcare sector to better anticipate and defend the needs and services of our most vulnerable neighbors at this very uncertain time."
Economic opportunity
- Excerpt: "Instead of the exclusion and mounting displacement that we now witness daily, the economic 'renewal' and 'growth' of D7 must prioritize and reward the ample energy, skills, talents and dreams of the district's own domestic supply of workers, business-owners, entrepreneurs and others -- including patrons and consumers who also prefer to buy and spend 'local'."
Environment
- Excerpt: "Our campaign will support local and regional efforts in preserving our environmental resources while we continue to develop our city in ways that mitigate our footprint."
Community policing
- Excerpt: "Increasing the current number of BPD patrolmen on bikes and on foot in D7, and creating a Community Affairs Bureau within the BPD, are two very meaningful and cost-effective measures that would not only send a positive signal, but create valuable "new space" for strengthening police-community relations and addressing crime."
Criminal justice
- Excerpt: "Our current bail system is not fair to low income defendants and families who do not have access to large sums of cash, and who, unable to post bail, are cut off from their lives before being found innocent or guilty of a crime."
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