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With Healey and Wu out of town, who is serving in their place?
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and other top Democrats are out of town this week to attend the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
With many of the nation’s elected Democratic officials gathering in Chicago this week for the Democratic National Convention, both the state government and the Boston city government have new acting leaders for a few days.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey touched down in Chicago on Sunday and is reportedly scheduled to address the DNC on Thursday. She barely made it off the tarmac before being spotted by local news crews. Healey has already mingled with vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. She spoke at the the LGBTQ Caucus meeting Monday.
Under state law, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll assumed the role of acting governor. She was serving in that capacity Monday and Tuesday morning. But Driscoll is set to depart for the Windy City on Tuesday afternoon, just as Secretary of State Bill Galvin returns. Galvin will serve as acting governor until Friday afternoon, when both Healey and Driscoll are scheduled to return to Massachusetts, according to a spokesperson for his office.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune are both in Chicago serving as delegates at the DNC. Normally, the City Council president takes over as acting mayor when the mayor travels out of the city, as laid out in the city charter.
With both Wu and Louijeune out of town, City Clerk Alex Geourntas is serving as acting mayor, a spokesperson confirmed. He will serve as acting mayor until Friday afternoon.
Wu spoke Tuesday morning at a breakfast event for the New Hampshire delegation, per Politico. The mayor, who is pregnant with her third child, spoke about the struggles associated with getting pregnant and what it would mean for the girl to grow up in an era when a woman can be president.
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