Political_career Marty_Walsh_(politician)

1 political career

1.1 labor positions
1.2 state representative
1.3 2013 mayoral election
1.4 sanctuary city status

political career
labor positions

walsh joined laborers local 223 union @ age 21 , served union s president until election mayoralty of boston.

he elected secretary-treasurer , general agent of boston metropolitan district building trades council, union umbrella group, in fall of 2010. in 2011, walsh named head of boston building trades, position came $175,000 yearly salary. walsh resigned post when announced running mayor in 2013.

state representative

walsh elected massachusetts house of representatives in 1997. represented thirteenth district of suffolk county, includes dorchester , 1 precinct in quincy. chairman of committee on ethics, , served co-chair of massachusetts democratic party labor caucus. during tenure served co-chair special commission on public construction reform.

on february 13, 2013, walsh introduced bill have modern lovers song roadrunner named official rock song of massachusetts. song s writer, jonathan richman, came out against saying, don t think song enough massachusetts song of kind.

2013 mayoral election

in april 2013, walsh announced run mayor of boston in 2013 mayoral election. resigned trades council position in april 2013 after formally announcing bid mayor.

walsh campaigned on promise champion 24-hour boston, including extending hours of operation of t night. mbta answers massachusetts department of transportation, state , not city agency, walsh campaigned on promise extend mbta service tenure in state house. 16-year veteran of house, said, uniquely qualified negotiate transportation plans legislature. late night mbta service began in march 2014 cancelled 2 years later in march 2016, when mbta control board deemed service costly continue.

on september 24, 2013, walsh received plurality of vote, among twelve candidates in mayoral preliminary election, 18.4% of vote. result, advanced general election on november 5, 2013, facing second place vote-getter, boston city councilor john r. connolly, received 17.2% of vote. walsh defeated connolly in general election on november 5, 2013, 51.5% of vote, compared connolly s 48.1%.

sanctuary city status

in speech given on january 25, 2017, walsh reaffirmed boston s status sanctuary city people living in country without documentation. address given in same week president donald trump threatened pull federal funding cities have policy of protecting undocumented immigrants not prosecuting them violating federal immigration laws. defiant walsh said, “if people want live here, they’ll live here. can use office. can use office in building.’’