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Enrique Pepen
2024 - Present
2026
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Enrique Pepen is a member of the Boston City Council in Massachusetts, representing District 5. He assumed office on January 1, 2024.
Pepen ran for re-election to the Boston City Council to represent District 5 in Massachusetts. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Boston, Massachusetts (2025)
General election
General election for Boston City Council District 5
Incumbent Enrique Pepen defeated Winston Pierre in the general election for Boston City Council District 5 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Enrique Pepen (Nonpartisan) | 69.0 | 9,062 |
 | Winston Pierre (Nonpartisan)  | 30.2 | 3,969 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 102 | ||
| Total votes: 13,133 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council District 5
Incumbent Enrique Pepen and Winston Pierre defeated Sharon Hinton in the primary for Boston City Council District 5 on September 9, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Enrique Pepen (Nonpartisan) | 63.5 | 8,008 |
| ✔ | | Winston Pierre (Nonpartisan) | 23.4 | 2,954 |
| Sharon Hinton (Nonpartisan) | 12.6 | 1,586 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 55 | ||
| Total votes: 12,603 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pepen in this election.
2023
See also: City elections in Boston, Massachusetts (2023)
General election
General election for Boston City Council District 5
Enrique Pepen defeated Jose Ruiz in the general election for Boston City Council District 5 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Enrique Pepen (Nonpartisan) | 52.7 | 5,786 |
| Jose Ruiz (Nonpartisan) | 46.9 | 5,149 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 45 | ||
| Total votes: 10,980 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Boston City Council District 5
Enrique Pepen and Jose Ruiz defeated incumbent Ricardo Arroyo and Jean-Claude Sanon in the primary for Boston City Council District 5 on September 12, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Enrique Pepen (Nonpartisan) | 40.4 | 3,052 |
| ✔ | Jose Ruiz (Nonpartisan) | 30.6 | 2,310 | |
| Ricardo Arroyo (Nonpartisan) | 18.5 | 1,400 | ||
| Jean-Claude Sanon (Nonpartisan) | 10.2 | 768 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 29 | ||
| Total votes: 7,559 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Pepen in this election.
Campaign themes
2023
Enrique Pepen did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Boston City Council District 5 |
Officeholder Boston City Council District 5 |
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Ricardo Arroyo |
Boston City Council District 5 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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