Voter Guide & Endorsements

This is a big year for Somerville elections, and we're pleased to offer you a voter guide and, for the first time, endorsements. Please review it and share it with your friends & neighbors!

We’re pleased to announce that we’re endorsing these candidates:

• Katjana BallantyneandMary Cassesso for Mayor

• Willie Burnley Jr. for At-large City Councilor

• Charlotte Kelly for At-large City Councilor

• Jake Wilson for At-large City Councilor

• Ben Ewen-Campen for Ward 3 City Councilor

• Beatriz Gómez-Mouakad for Ward 5 City Councilor

• Judy Pineda Neufeld for Ward 7 City Councilor

Both Katjana & Mary are excellent on our key priorities, so we chose to endorse both. We encourage you to look to other guides to determine your own choice.

We realize that Ben is running unopposed, yet he took the time to fill out our survey nonetheless, and we look forward to his continued presence on our City Council.

We have additional thoughts on our website for candidates that did not meet our criteria for endorsement, yet would still be great choices.

Lastly, we want to recognize that many candidates, both privately and in our survey, provided valuable feedback that our survey was too simplistic, and we’ve taken that to heart & will work on that moving forward. Thanks!

Other Key Voter Information

• The preliminary election will be on Tuesday, September 14, and will be critical to determining outcomes in November. Don't skip it!

• If you aren't yet registered to vote, here's how. You must register by August 25 to vote in the preliminary election.

• Some polling places have changed this year. Look yours up.

• You can also check out how to vote by mail.

Voter Resources From Other Organizations

• The Vision Zero Coalition and Great Neighborhoods Network produced a regional candidate survey which is also good.

• Somerville Chamber of Commerce hosted interviews with the Mayoral candidates.

• Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) hosted a series of forums that you can watch.