Joseph Wiley
Joseph Wiley was a nonpartisan candidate for mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. Wiley was defeated in the primary election on September 26, 2017.
Biography
Wiley attended Boston English High School, the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.[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.
Incumbent Martin Walsh and Tito Jackson defeated Robert Cappucci and Joseph Wiley in the Boston mayoral primary election.[2]
| Mayor of Boston, Nonpartisan Primary Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Martin Walsh Incumbent |
62.52% | 34,882 |
| Tito Jackson |
29.07% | 16,216 |
| Robert Cappucci | 6.70% | 3,736 |
| Joseph Wiley | 0.95% | 529 |
| Write-in votes | 0.77% | 428 |
| Total Votes | 55,791 | |
| Source: City of Boston, "Official mayoral primary election results," September 26, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2017
Wiley's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[3]
Education
- Excerpt: "Every student in Boston schools deserves an education that thoroughly prepares them for college, and/or to compete successfully for a good paying job. Any other outcome condemns BPS graduates to an uncertain future, and is unacceptable. A Mayor should move heaven and earth if necessary to make that goal a reality."
Affordability
- Excerpt: "I believe we must build more housing affordable to the middle class and people of lower income. Our neighborhoods must be preserved for the middle class and people of lower income."
Homelessness
- Excerpt: "There are 1300 homeless families in Boston. 57% of those family members are children. 3000 Boston public school students are homeless. That we allow so many children to be homeless in a country, state, and city as wealthy as ours is shameful. The status quo simply isn’t good enough. Building more affordable housing is paramount in solving this unacceptable problem."
Income inequality
- Excerpt: "Too many Boston adults are without high school degrees, making their employment prospects slim. We need greater access to adult education and training classes. Too many of our fellow Bostonians are unable to read or lack basic English language skills, making their employment prospects slim. We need greater access to adult literacy and English as a second language classes."
Transportation
- Excerpt: "All of Boston’s neighborhoods should at the very least be served by reliable, timely bus service. The leaks, dismally dark tunnels, and missing floor tiles in stations such as Downtown Crossing and Chinatown are an embarrassment to this city. In the summer, the stifling heat on Green Line platform at Park St. must baffle visitors from other states and countries who expected something better in Boston. As mayor, I will continue to use public transportation as I have done since childhood. I will strenuously advocate for MBTA improvements."
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