Bill Linehan, District 2 City Councillor, announced on February 15 that he will not seek a sixth term.

"I've decided that I'm not going to seek reelection,'' Linehan told The Boston Globe, who served on the council for a decade. "My intention is to finish the term."

Linehan was elected to city council office in 2007 in a special election to fill a vacancy left by James Kelly.

District 2 includes South Boston, the South End, and parts of the Back Bay.

So far, South Ender Michael Kelley, a former senior aide to former Mayor Thomas Menino Michael and liaison to the South End and Bay Village, and
Corey Dinopoulos, community organizer who cofounded the the Olympics campaign Boston 2024, have declared they are running for the rare open council seat.