Julia Mejia

Julia Mejia is an at-large member of the Boston City Council in Massachusetts. She assumed office on January 6, 2020. Her current term ends on January 5, 2026.

Mejia is running for re-election for an at-large seat of the Boston City Council in Massachusetts. She is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from the primary on September 9, 2025.

Biography

Mejia received her bachelor's degree in communications from Mount Ida College in 1993. Her professional experience includes serving as the founder and CEO of the Collaborative Parent Leadership Action Network in Boston, Massachusetts. She has also worked with the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association, Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, and The Center for Social Policy at the University of Massuchusetts at Boston. Mejia's additional professional experience includes working in advertising, working as a freelance producer and campaign director, working with the Hetrick-Martin Institute in New York, working with the Massachusetts Prevention Center, and working with Action for Boston Community Development.^[1] Beginning in 2017, she served as a consultant on the Boston Department of Early Childhood and Secondary Education's family engagement training series. Mejia also began volunteering with Project Hope in 2011.^[1]

Elections

2025

General election

General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates are running in the general election for Boston City Council At-large on November 4, 2025.

		Candidate
		Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan)
		Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan)
		Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Henry Santana (Nonpartisan)
		Frank Baker (Nonpartisan)
		Marvin Mathelier (Nonpartisan)
	Submit photo	Will Onuoha (Nonpartisan)
		Alexandra Valdez (Nonpartisan)

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined.
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the primary for Boston City Council At-large on September 9, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan)	18.7	45,500
✔		Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan)	17.4	42,245
✔		Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan)	16.0	38,981
✔	Submit photo	Henry Santana (Nonpartisan)	12.6	30,670
✔		Frank Baker (Nonpartisan)	10.8	26,240
✔		Alexandra Valdez (Nonpartisan)	7.8	18,930
✔		Marvin Mathelier (Nonpartisan)	5.7	13,826
✔	Submit photo	Will Onuoha (Nonpartisan)	4.6	11,216
		Yves Mary Jean (Nonpartisan)	3.1	7,419
	Submit photo	Rachel Miselman (Nonpartisan)	2.9	7,134
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	988

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 243,149
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2023

General election

General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Boston City Council At-large on November 7, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan)	20.3	44,641
✔		Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan)	19.8	43,548
✔		Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan)	18.1	39,817
✔	Submit photo	Henry Santana (Nonpartisan)	15.5	34,151
	Submit photo	Bridget Nee-Walsh (Nonpartisan)	12.2	26,775
		Shawn Nelson (Nonpartisan)	4.8	10,512
		Clifton Braithwaite (Nonpartisan)	4.7	10,299
		Catherine Vitale (Nonpartisan)	3.9	8,560
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	1,662

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 219,965
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Nonpartisan primary election

The primary election was canceled.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Mejia in this election.

2021

General election

General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Boston City Council At-large on November 2, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Flaherty (Nonpartisan)	17.4	62,602
✔		Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan)	17.3	62,058
✔		Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan)	15.3	54,898
✔		Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan)	12.0	43,076
		David Halbert (Nonpartisan)	11.9	42,765
	Submit photo	Carla Monteiro (Nonpartisan)	11.1	39,876
	Submit photo	Bridget Nee-Walsh (Nonpartisan)	7.7	27,591
		Althea Garrison (Nonpartisan)	7.0	25,078
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,350

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 359,294
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the primary for Boston City Council At-large on September 14, 2021.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Flaherty (Nonpartisan)	15.0	41,509
✔		Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan)	14.1	38,919
✔		Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan)	12.1	33,546
✔		Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan)	8.3	22,938
✔	Submit photo	Carla Monteiro (Nonpartisan)	6.8	18,911
✔		David Halbert (Nonpartisan)	6.1	17,012
✔		Althea Garrison (Nonpartisan)	6.1	16,906
✔	Submit photo	Bridget Nee-Walsh (Nonpartisan)	5.5	15,191
	Submit photo	Kelly Bates (Nonpartisan)	4.6	12,787
	Submit photo	Alexander Gray (Nonpartisan)	4.1	11,320
	Submit photo	Jonathan Spillane (Nonpartisan)	4.1	11,217
		Said Abdikarim (Nonpartisan)	2.8	7,767
		Domingos DaRosa (Nonpartisan)	2.5	7,011
		Donnie Palmer (Nonpartisan)	2.5	6,861
		Roy Owens (Nonpartisan)	1.9	5,265
	Submit photo	James Colimon (Nonpartisan)	1.7	4,693
	Submit photo	Nick Vance (Nonpartisan)	1.4	3,968
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	873

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 276,694
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2019

General election

General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Boston City Council At-large on November 5, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Michelle Wu (Nonpartisan)	20.7	41,664
✔	Annissa Essaibi George (Nonpartisan)	17.0	34,109
✔	Michael Flaherty (Nonpartisan)	16.6	33,284
✔	Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan)	11.2	22,492
	Alejandra St. Guillen (Nonpartisan)	11.2	22,491
	Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan)	8.4	16,867
	Althea Garrison (Nonpartisan)	8.1	16,189
	David Halbert (Nonpartisan)	6.6	13,214
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	704

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 201,014
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

The following candidates ran in the primary for Boston City Council At-large on September 24, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michelle Wu (Nonpartisan)	19.4	26,663
✔		Annissa Essaibi George (Nonpartisan)	13.8	19,020
✔		Michael Flaherty (Nonpartisan)	13.7	18,788
✔		Alejandra St. Guillen (Nonpartisan)	8.7	11,929
✔		Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan)	7.9	10,817
✔		Althea Garrison (Nonpartisan)	7.1	9,737
✔		Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan)	6.8	9,398
✔		David Halbert (Nonpartisan)	4.8	6,547
	Submit photo	Martin Keogh (Nonpartisan)	4.5	6,249
	Submit photo	Jeffrey Ross (Nonpartisan)	3.7	5,084
	Submit photo	Priscilla Flint-Banks (Nonpartisan)	3.0	4,103
		Domingos DaRosa (Nonpartisan)	2.1	2,843
	Submit photo	Michel Denis (Nonpartisan)	1.5	2,113
		William King (Nonpartisan)	1.3	1,811
	Submit photo	Herb Alexander Lozano (Nonpartisan)	1.1	1,511
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	767

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 137,380
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Campaign themes

2025

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Campaign website

Mejia's campaign website stated the following:

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Issues:

Government Accountability & Civic Engagement: I believe that the actions of our government should answer these two important questions: What are we doing to include all voices in the process of government decision-making, and what systems do we have in place to hold our city representatives and government agencies fully accountable?
Youth Engagement: As a single mom, everyday I am amazed with how much of a creative, intelligent, and caring person my daughter is becoming. I want to be able to provide for her and every young person in Boston the ability to thrive and make a life for themselves.
Education: Ensuring Equity:Education is power. As someone who dropped out and went on to become the first to graduate high school and college, education was my pathway out of poverty. The more that families, schools, and city government can work together, the closer we’ll be to achieving an accessible, excellent public education for all Boston students.
Immigration: As an immigrant and the daughter of a mom who was undocumented for a portion of my childhood, the way our city, state and country treats our immigrant community is deeply personal. My life directly informs the policies I support, because I know the value immigrants bring to their community and the importance of protecting their rights. I will be unapologetic in my defense of my neighbors, regardless of their immigration status.
Housing: Making Boston our Home: Boston is in a housing crisis. In a city with an already high cost of living, rents are increasing, we’re not doing enough to encourage homeownership, and a bloated bureaucracy excludes tenants from making their voices heard. We need to empower our communities to make sure that our neighbors have a fair shot at keeping their homes.
Transportation: We need to think about all residents in Boston: the drivers, cyclists, the pedestrians, and those who take public transportation. The cost of transit should never prohibit economic empowerment. Continuous increases in fare prices, in addition to inequitable service and accessibility across Boston’s communities, has discouraged many working people from relying on the T. As a City Councilor, I plan to work with my colleagues to make sure that public transportation is reliable and accountable to the people of Boston.
Environment: Tackling climate change means more than just planting more trees and installing more solar panels. We must speak frankly about how environmental injustice disadvantages marginalized communities, particularly low-income residents and people of color. Last year’s nor’easter proved just how vulnerable Boston is to substantial changes in climate. We must act now. I will take bold steps to guarantee that Boston changes course in its environmental impact.
Cannabis: Equity & Ownership: We need to have honest conversations about how marginalized communities, particularly communities of color, have been disproportionately impacted by a fundamentally racist war on drugs. Although the 2016 ballot initiative called for prioritizing ownership in these communities, the implementation of this law still leaves them behind. I will use my office to ensure that the communities, which have been most impacted by mass incarceration are prioritized for entrepreneurship and employment opportunities. They deserve to be part of the conversation, too.
Workforce Development & Labor Rights: Boston has the highest income inequality among the country’s largest cities. I will work to change that. In partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development, I will seek to fund programs that offer people access to job opportunities and push to raise the minimum wage and Earned Income Tax Credit initiative. I will also work alongside local non-profits to offer more jobs at a living wage to Boston residents as part of their community benefits.
Substance Use Disorder: Substance Use Disorder affects not only the user but those closest to them. I know this because a member of my family died from a heroin overdose. We need to do more to extend a helping hand to those on the track to sobriety and remission from substance use disorder.
Public Safety and Law Enforcement: Public safety is not just about how we can lower crime. It is also about making sure that people from all communities can feel safe in all neighborhoods. I will work to build a community centered and driven violence approach model that so many activists have been calling for in Boston. We have to create meaningful ways for those living the realities to inform our thinking. I would call for a complete assessment of how residents are engaged, the role neighborhood liaisons can also play as well as a review of how the Violence Intervention Program and trauma response unit is working with BPD and other departments to address violence. It’s all interconnected.

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—Julia Mejia's campaign website (2019)^[3]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Mandy Gillip, "Email communication with ActiVote," September 16, 2019
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Julia Mejia's campaign website, “Issues,” accessed September 16, 2019

[background-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Mandy Gillip, "Email communication with ActiVote," September 16, 2019

[quotedisclaimer-2] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[3] Julia Mejia's campaign website, “Issues,” accessed September 16, 2019

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Julia Mejia

Biography

Elections

2025

General election

General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

Endorsements

2023

General election

General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

Nonpartisan primary election

Endorsements

2021

General election

General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

2019

General election

General election for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council At-large (4 seats)

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

2023

2021

2019

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