Ruthzee Louijeune

Ruthzee Louijeune is an at-large member of the Boston City Council in Massachusetts. She assumed office on January 3, 2022.

Louijeune ran for re-election for an at-large seat of the Boston City Council in Massachusetts. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Biography

Ruthzee Louijeune was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia University in 2008. She earned a graduate degree and a J.D. from Harvard University in 2014. Louijeune's career experience includes working as an attorney with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D).^[1]

Elections

2025

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 4, 2025.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruthzee Louijeune (Nonpartisan)	19.2	54,503
✔		Julia Mejia (Nonpartisan)	16.7	47,422
✔		Erin Murphy (Nonpartisan)	16.4	46,360
✔		Henry Santana (Nonpartisan)	15.5	43,904
		Frank Baker (Nonpartisan)	10.0	28,346
		Alexandra Valdez (Nonpartisan)	8.2	23,294
		Marvin Mathelier (Nonpartisan)	7.4	20,953
	Submit photo	Will Onuoha (Nonpartisan)	6.1	17,416
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,171

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 283,369
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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
✔		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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Endorsements

Louijeune received the following endorsements.

New American Leaders Action Fund

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
✔		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 Louijeune 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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Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

Ruthzee Louijeune did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2023

Ruthzee Louijeune did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Ruthzee Louijeune completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Louijeune's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

A grounded, thoughtful, and inclusive leader, Ruthzee is the person Boston needs to build a more prosperous and equitable city. Ruthzee was born and raised in Boston and is passionate about her hometown - her first job at the age of 14 was as a walking tour guide, offering a people-centered history of Boston’s neighborhoods. An experienced lawyer and a daughter of working class Haitian immigrants, Ruthzee will fight for a budget that reflects the values of Boston residents and a more affordable city for working class families. Ruthzee has practiced before Boston Housing Court representing families facing eviction and foreclosure and has worked on cases before the U.S. Supreme Court expanding voting rights. She served as the senior attorney on Senator Warren’s presidential and Senate campaigns. When she was just a student, Mayor Menino appointed her to a committee to redesign the student assignment process in Boston Public Schools. Ruthzee has the passion, conviction, and experience to meet the urgency of this moment as we come out of the pandemic. Her candidacy is historic: she would be the First Haitian-American elected to represent Boston citywide. She is a graduate of Boston Public Schools, Columbia University, Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Law School. She is trilingual with French and Haitian Creole and is conversant in Spanish.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

I was born and raised in Mattapan and Hyde Park. I am a daughter of the city of Boston and grew up in our public schools.
I care deeply about making the city more affordable for working class families. I have represented families facing eviction and foreclosure in Boston Housing Court and recently helped a local nonprofit secure $10 Million in grant funding to help cover closing costs for first generation home buyers.
I am the daughter of Haitian immigrants and would be the first Haitian-American to serve in Boston municipal government.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The housing market continues to shut out Bostonians who want to call a piece of this city their home. Too often, the frontline workers, the delivery workers, and the teachers who we purport to value are forced to the back of the line when it comes to homeownership. And the rental market caters to wealthy renters while sidelining average Bostonians. As city councilor at-large, I will use my political will to push back against the rising tide of unaffordability.

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↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 20, 2021

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Preceded by Annissa Essaibi George	Boston City Council, At-large 2022 - Present	Succeeded by NA

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Ruthzee Louijeune

Contents

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)

Campaign themes

2025

Ballotpedia survey responses

2023

2021

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