Massachusetts State Senate

“You’re in Nubian Square, the heart of Boston’s Black community,” state Sen. Liz Miranda announced to a dozen of her Senate colleagues gathered at the Roxbury Street headquarters of METCO, the voluntary school desegregation program. “It’s a place struggling to rebuild itself.”

The Rev. Miniard Culpepper announced his candidacy for the Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Suffolk District seat Tuesday, jumping into what’s now a three-way race. State Reps. Liz Miranda and Nika Elugardo have been for weeks raising cash and assembling campaign operations to run for the seat, which represents the district with the highest percentage of Black voters of any Senate district in the state.