Why I'm Running

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Serving as Salem’s Mayor, helping to lead my hometown, has been the honor of my life.

We’ve achieved so much together over the last two years, but we still have more to do to ensure that Salem continues to be safe and welcoming, affordable and forward-looking -- a place led with competence and with compassion. 

Our work is just getting started. And at this moment in our history, it's more vital than ever.

We support our neighbors and we know the importance of valuing everyone in our community. Those are principles that drive who we are in Salem and they’re deeply connected to our unique history. We want our government to be reliable and equitable in the services that it delivers and focused on facts in the policy that it creates.

I’m incredibly proud of all that we’ve achieved together. Among those many accomplishments…

• Salem is now the #1 public school district among all Massachusetts’ Gateway Cities. 
• Our professional approach to City finances resulted in the smallest single-family tax increase on the North Shore, just 1.8%. 
• And we fought for and won an inclusionary housing law that requires affordable housing in new buildings. 

These are just a few of the many ways that reliable, competent, and compassionate local leadership matters.

And it’s why I’m excited to announce that I’m running for re-election as Salem’s Mayor!

I love this city, and I love this job - being able to help make a positive difference in the lives of my neighbors and to shape for the better the place that I love, my hometown and the city where I'm raising my own family.

I invite you to join our campaign, to ensure that Salem continues to move forward, building on the strong foundation that we’ve all created to make our city a place that welcomes and works for everyone!