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Miniard Culpepper
Miniard Culpepper ran for election to the Boston City Council to represent District 7 in Massachusetts. He was on the ballot in the primary on September 9, 2025.
Biography
Miniard Culpepper was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He earned a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University in 1976. He earned a graduate degree from the Howard University School of Divinity in 1988 and a law degree from Suffolk University in 1982. His career experience includes working as a New England regional counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Boston, Massachusetts (2025)
General election
The primary occurred on September 9, 2025. The general election will occur on November 4, 2025. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
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 | ||
 | Said Abdikarim (Nonpartisan)  | |
| Mavrick Afonso (Nonpartisan) | ||
| Said Ahmed (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Wawa Bell (Nonpartisan) | |
| Tchad Cort (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Miniard Culpepper (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Samuel Hurtado (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Natalie Juba-Sutherland (Nonpartisan) | |
| Jerome King (Nonpartisan) | ||
 | Shawn Nelson (Nonpartisan) | |
 | Roy Owens (Nonpartisan) | |
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2022
See also: Massachusetts State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Suffolk District
Liz Miranda won election in the general election for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Suffolk District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Liz Miranda (D) | 98.8 | 35,207 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 439 | ||
| Total votes: 35,646 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Suffolk District
Liz Miranda defeated Nika Elugardo, Dianne Wilkerson, Miniard Culpepper, and James Grant in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Suffolk District on September 6, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Liz Miranda | 33.2 | 6,806 |
 | Nika Elugardo | 27.3 | 5,600 | |
| Dianne Wilkerson | 21.4 | 4,388 | ||
| Miniard Culpepper | 15.3 | 3,147 | |
 | James Grant | 2.7 | 554 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 34 | ||
| Total votes: 20,529 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
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2022
Miniard Culpepper completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Culpepper's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Housing guarantee for everyone, a state-wide rent stability policy, encouraging pathways to homeownership for renters, building quality affordable housing near public transit and employment locations.
- Incremental action is not the answer - we must pass a Green New Deal for Massachusetts immediately so that we can begin to work to alleviate the damage that has been done to our ecosystem and to our communities and to seek true environmental justice.
- Boston has a historic legacy of racism that must be addressed through state action. Racial justice intersects with all other policy areas - environmental, economic, education, and more, because of systemic inequities that have kept Black, Brown, and all Communities of Color from having a truly fair shot in our society. I’ll fight to ban no-knock warrants, the use of tear gas by police, and end qualified immunity protections for police officers who use their position to invoke violence and fear.
My grandparents taught me that service to others is an important part of faith and community spirit. That has guided me in my work as a Pastor, as the Regional Counsel at HUD fighting for low-income families' housing, and now, in our work together building this campaign for State Senate in the 2nd Suffolk District. I believe that we can create a campaign platform together to elevate those who have been discriminated against, have had their voices silenced, or have been harmed by the injustices of our current system.
My first political boss, Ed Brook. He taught me about campaigning, how to fight for the rights of your constituents, and what it means to be a public servant.
Our companies and our people can, will and must help rebuild our roads and bridges, bring broadband to every corner of our nation, and put up the transmission lines that will carry vast new sources of renewable energy to market.
But we need leaders who know how Washington works, who know how the State House works, who know how the tidal wave of funding is distributed and how to ensure that we get our fair share.
We can be part of the solution to combat climate change and create new businesses and high-paying jobs to protect us from the storm next time. To bring battery storage, microgrids and distributed generation to our neighborhoods.
Opportunities arising from playing a key role in the creation of the 21st century energy economy can help stabilize and revitalize our neighborhoods.
Defend the civil rights of all people in Massachusetts.
Growing up, I fought against segregation and racism on the Boston School Committee as a BPS Student and again as a basketball player and student at Brandeis University.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 23, 2022
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