Quiet September preliminary in Boston features just two elections

Candidates in District 4 Boston City Council race
By Shelagh Dolan - Sun, 08/09/2015 - 2:24pm

Most Boston voters will get to ignore the Sept. 8 preliminary elections for city council: Only District 4 (Dorchester, Mattapan) and District 7 (Roxbury) have enough candidates to warrant an election - and neither has any candidate debates or forums scheduled between now and the election. Read more.

Results good news for Roy Owens, Althea Garrison

By adamg - Tue, 09/09/2014 - 9:11pm

Both get to run again for something next year - Owens succeeded in not winning the state Senate seat held by Sonia Chang-Diaz, while Garrison met expectations in not overtaking state Rep. Evandro Carvalho.

Althea Garrison determined not to miss an election

By adamg - Thu, 03/06/2014 - 4:03pm

The Dorchester Reporter alerts us that the perpetual candidate has sued Secretary of State William Galvin for barring her from the Democratic ballot for Carlos Henriquez's old seat on the grounds she didn't switch from being a Republican to being a Democrat in time this time.

It just wouldn't be a proper election without Althea and Roy

By adamg - Thu, 02/27/2014 - 12:00pm

SHOCKING UPDATE: The Secretary of State's office rules Garrison will not be on the Democratic ballot, because she changed parties too late..

The Dorchester Reporter runs down the list of candidates for Carlos Henriquez's now vacant Fifth Suffolk seat. Good news for fans of perpetual candidates: Both Althea Garrison and Roy Owens are among the six to file papers to run.

Election roundup: Consalvo wants out-of-state charter-school group to stop funding Connolly effort

By adamg - Fri, 07/19/2013 - 10:57am

And the gloves come off in what had been a fairly genteel campaign. Rob Consalvo wants Democrats for Education Reform to back away from Boston.

Althea Garrison talks

By adamg - Wed, 07/03/2013 - 11:55am

David Bernstein interviews the perpetual candidate, this year running for one of the four at-large seats on the City Council.

Ballot set: 12 candidates for mayor

By adamg - Fri, 06/14/2013 - 8:11am

Our own Don Warner Saklad provides the list.

Good God: Althea Garrison won't be on the ballot for mayor, but Charles Yancey and the Barstool guy will

By adamg - Wed, 05/22/2013 - 3:34pm

Blackstonian posts the list of the candidates who turned in enough signatures to qualify for the preliminary ballot this fall.

The Harold Stassen of Boston aims for the mayor's seat

By adamg - Wed, 04/17/2013 - 11:38am

The Globe's Andrew Ryan tweets that the first person to take out papers for mayor today was Althea Garrison. She now needs to collect 3,000 signatures to get on the preliminary ballot.

Garrison takes lead over Owens

By adamg - Tue, 11/06/2012 - 10:45pm

Althea Garrison handily lost tonight to embattled state Rep. Carlos Henriquez, which means she retains her lead for most consecutive elections without a win over Roy Owens, who sat this election out.