for me it's about mobilizing the next generation. >> reporter: campbell is trying to unseat charles yancey who held the district 4 seat for 32 years. campbell soundry beat yancey in september's preliminary election. setting the stage for one of ever. why after 32 years are you running an uphill battle? >> well, i think it's because a lot of folks have stepped back and relaxed. they assumed that i'm always going to be re-elected so -- >> reporter: were you able to relax, too? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: while he toss his record taking credit for bringing police stations and community sentes to the district he says it's time to turn the page nor a new generation of leadership. >> reporter: for me it's about making sure our supporters came out. those home who say i'm going to support you, get out. >> reporter: why should voters stick with you after 32 years? >> two reasons, it's very important to vote for someone you know you can trust. >> reporter: for voters it's a clear choice. >> charles yancey, yes. >> reporter: how come? >> because he is reliable. he has been in community for a whil

charles yancey stands to lose the seat he has held more that are than 30 years. this could be the toughest test he has ever had. byron barnett is live in boston with more on this closely watched race. >> reporter: yes, stakes are high here in district 4. roxbury, dorchester, mattapan, charles yancey is said to be the longest serving elected boston official ever in modern history. he is now facing one of his toughest challenges ever. are you weared? >> no, i'm not worried. i'm really at peace. >> reporter: boston city councilor yancey fighting noise already political life. the 66-year-old incumbent trying to come back after he was soundly beaten in september's preliminary election by 33-year-old ivy league layer andrea joy campbell. why are you 32 years are you running an uphill battle? >> i think it's because a lot of folks have just sat back and relaxed. going to always be reelected. we didn't do any campaigning before september 8th. that may have been a mistake. >> i feel good. i feel energized. >> reporter: campbell says it's time for new blood. >> i constantl

it was represented by charles yancey with a 15 term incumbent andre i can't. -- andria. moral of the story, change and youth will be served. david, lisa. >>> it certainly will be. john, thank you. >>> it was a frightening fall. >> a parachuter loses ground. and it gets worse from there. >>> we'll show you the most expensive place to park in the city. >>> also a season ending injury for one bruins player. >> reporter: and warm today but warmer this week. will we get rainfall later this month? well, maybe not. we'll take a look at the longer >>> no question prime parking homes. asking price? $650,000? >> where is this spot? >> reporter: parking in boston. we all know, it's bad. even on a good day. >> parking in boston i feel like parking is very expensive, that's why i don't have a car. >> reporter: if you have it you have to pay a prime amount. >> in the valet building on the flat side of beaking hill. $650,000. >> reporter: real estate agent william bates writes his own estate. charts. >> the last spot sold for 390,000 less than a month ago. >> reporter: people that live

the most closely-watched contest is in district four where longtime city councilor charles yancey finished second in the preliminary election to challenger andrea joy campbell. there are also several mayoral races taking place including in medford. current mayor michael mcglynn is retiring after being at the helm since 1988. >> the asking price on this is $650,000. >> just one parking spot. >> game on. the massachusetts lottery saying it might get into the fantasy sports. >> breaking records >> tonight the massachusetts lottery says it might get into the fantasies boards business. >> he is up to the challenge of competing with draft kings and fan dual. >> it is a multibillion dollar industry that ballooned in just a few years. the average age of their customers, 21 to 38-years-old. the massachusetts lottery' average player is 48-years-old and profits are slowly dwindling. with questions over insider trading at draftkings and fanduel, the lottery is poised we can' t be the next race track, frankly, we can' t be the next book store. we need to stay relevant on how consumers want to interact

charles yancey faces a tough face against andrea campbell. there are big mayoral races too. we'll show you shows throughs worcester, out. in most places polls will close at 8:00. if you are still looking for voting location, stays, what is on the ballot go to our website at whdh.com. >> announcer: also on 7, terrifying moments on the water. >> i didn't know what the propellor was on. >> announcer: survivor of tragedy moving forward saying she is lucky to be alive. >> kim: for the first time now we're hearing from the young woman. she lost her arm. she has injuries all over her body. she was boating in boston harbor. she has come a long way since the summer day. our cheryl fiandaca has this interview that you will see an just one station. >> >> i was getting a football. out of the water. i started swimming back to the boat. when i got closer they throw a rope to me and i grabbed on to get on to the boat. i didn't know that the propellor was on. the rope ended up going into the propellor. pulling me in and under. >> reporter: that is the last thing nicki remembers before wakin

the most closely-watched contest is in district four where longtime city councilor charles yancey finished second in the preliminary election to challenger andrea joy campbell. there are also several mayoral races taking place including in medford where current mayor michael mcglynn is retiring after being at the helm since 1988. j.c.: commitment 2016 and the race for the white house. a new poll puts dr. ben carson ahead of donald trump tonight. the surge has put the former gop frontrunner on the attack. ripping into his republican rivals once again, donald trump exclusively on good morning america this morning said the have the experience to be president. >> i' veterans. >> here inching his way up in the polls. a new nbc wall street journal poll shows that there tired neurosurgeon has frontrunner status and place for -- >> they cannot handle a bunch of cnbc moderators. >> if you cannot handle those guys, than i do not think the chinese and the russians are many gop campaign' s say they will not sign on to a plan that everybody reported he agreed to debates going forward. donald trump to s

charles yancey is out and andrea campbell beat him 62% to 38%. campbell celebrated at a party in dorchester. she was a year old when yancey first took office in 1983. long time at-large counselor steven murphy also lost his seat. randy: in the state of ohio, a marijuana mascot could not muster up enough votes for legalize recreation will and medicinal marijuana. voters rejected the first of its kind ballot proposal yesterday that would have allowed both forms of weed in a single stroke. about 65% of the voters oppose the measure. the question was being watched at a potential test if other parts of the country. the republican party is filing a formal complaint against one of hillary clinton's family charities. they want the i.r.s. to audit clinton's flagship health program after the charity said this week it would not refile incorrect tax returns. the charity admitted this year it misreported millions given by governments compared to nongovernment donors. the group said the errors had no material impact. emily: an infant's death is under investigat

district 4, andrea joy campbell defeated charles yancey with 61% to 39%. he served on the council nearly as long as she's been alive. campbell celebrated in dorchester, thanking yancey for his years of service and her victory speech. the council ehrlich says the race shows people aren't focused on the past but are looking to the future. >> i hope it inspires them to step into the places they want to step into. to serve the communities they want to serve. and to go for it. to simply go for it. because when you take a leap of faith, this is what shows up. >> reporter: there was another upset in the at large race in which four of the five candidates on the ballot won. incumbent steven murray -- murphy lost his seat. anissa essaibi george will replace him. 18-year-old jack allowly may have made history as the youngest councilor. the recent high school graduate received 58 of the vote. studying political science he believes people want youngblood to shake things up there. kris anderson, "7 news today in new england." >> christa: following breaking news out of so

we caught up with charles yancey today he tells me he had some 200 volunteers on the groundworking for him. after a 32 year career on the council, yancey is facing a strong challenge from newcomer andrea cam pemi. she beat yancey in the preliminary election on september 8, something yancey says he was busy doing the people's business. >> while we were dealing with body cameras and conducting public hearings, today i'm knocking on doors. >> for her part, campbell has been knocking on doors, raising money and is out there on social media to give it one final push. >> it's about mobilizing the next generation, getting more people involved. >> i like yancey, but i want to see a type of change. >> the reporter: voter turnout is key. we talked with voters about their key issue in this area and what drives them. my biggest issue is actually the gang violence. all the shootings, all the me more or lesses more or lesses -- memorials that we see around the city, i want to see them do something to get the guns off the street. >> violence, crimes, these guns, things are going. >> the reporter: wel

two newcomers beat out a pair of boston's longest serving incumbents, andrea joy campbell and charles yancey and a high school teacher defeated steven murphy. today mayor wall, congratulated the winners and spoke how a shake-up will affect the city government. >> we look forward a good new relationship. i think it's important to have a balance in the city and the city council and obviously work closely together. we don't agree on every wish but we're not supposed. we're supposed to work together on behalf the taxpayers of boston. >> reporter: most of the incumbents did keep their seats yesterday. five of the 9 district counselors ran unopposed? a. what would you pay for a parking spot on beacon hill? we'll show you the spot going for more than a half a million dollars. >>> then at 4:30, what leader at one mosque in massachusetts are doing after being targeted by vandals. >> and new on 7news at 5:00. don't mess with serena, what the tennis star did to a would-be cell phone. stay with us. >>> continuing breaking news. two elderly women were hit by a car this afternoon. you're looking at pictur

councilor charles yancey conceded defeat. he was on since 1983 he was on since 1983. victoria campbell beat him. she was just a year old when he took office. >> we are not focused on the past. we are looking to the future. >> at-large councilor steven murphy also lost his seat. he served on the council since 1997. >>> security concerns this morning at a school in medford. police say a woman got inside and stole from teachers while classes were going on. fox25's michael henrich is live with us this morning at mcgwinn school where, michael, that woman literally walked around freely for several minutes. >>reporter: that's why school and police officials say there were two different security breaches at the school complex. and students will head back this morning in the wake of this news. i want to show you the woman who was caught on surveillance video who police say they are looking for as a person of have in this case. police and school officials also say that the woman drove away in a sedan i want to put on screen for you also caught on camera after entering a side do

that's where long-time councilor charles yancey finished second in the preliminary election to challenger andrea joy campbell. there are also mayoral races in play today including a new mayor for medford for the first time since 1988. current mayor michael mcglynn is retiring. polls open at 7:00 in boston, but other polling hours vary from town to town. emily: this morning state lawmakers are sounding the alarm over education costs in massachusetts. a new report by a special panel claims the state is underestimating those costs by at least a billion dollars a year. the budget review commission blames the shortage on the high cost of employee health insurance and special education. that forces schools to make cuts in other areas like books, technology, the arts, and counseling. randy: more fallout this morning for volkswagon. accusations of cheating on emissions tests. the e.p.a. says the automaker installed software designed to with three-liter six-cylinder engines. this new probe includes 2014-2016 models. volkswagon previously acknowledged rigging emissions tests for four-cylinder diese

she dweensz charles yancey who has serving for more than 30 years. wul at precincts reporting campbell won handily beat's yancey with 61 percent to his 39 percent. tonight every campbell thanked him for his years of service hopes her campaign serve as an inspiration to others. >> i hope it inspires them to step into the places they want to step into. to serve the communities they want to serve. and to go for it. to simply go for it. because when you take a leap of faith, this what shows up. >> the other up why sit in at large race 45 candidates on ballot win, incumbent stephen murphy on council since 1997 has lost his seat, george comes in the top 4 taking the seat that murphy is vacating. if you had like to get more on all today's races local and national you can check out www.whdh.com. apps. now on just one station tonight, parents voicing concerns in pembroke about a student accused of a threatening to a shoot up the school. they think this student was left off easy. ryan schulteis is in pembroke. you were a that the meeting bring us up to date, r

long-time charles yancey is out. andrea campbell defeating him 64-37%. campbell celebrating in dorchester. she was one year old when yancey first took office in 1983. yancey is boston's longest serving elected official. and that's not the only upset. long-time counselor at large the four at large seats going to incumbents presley, wu, michael flaherty and newcomer edison george. and investigators just announcing that the illinois officer whose shooting death sparked a manhunt in september actually killed himself. officer charles glenowicz radioed for backup saying he was in pursuit of three suspicious men on foot when backup arrived they found glenowicz shot. an investigation into the officer's death determined he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. ed: three lowell teens are charged with trying to use these to take aim at the homeless. those are b.b. guns. but they look like the real thing. lowell police tell us that they've been unable to tell the difference between the b.b. guns and the .40 caliber pistol that they carry. officers say that two 12-

longtime city councilor charles yancey is out. andrea campbell beat him in the fourth district, 62% to 38%. campbell celebrated at an election party in dorchester. she was 1 year old when yancey first took office in 1983. stephen murphy also lost his seat. another election note. the mayor lost his bid for a second term. he tried to bring a casino to something down. he was the field by just 117 votes. randy: a republican businessman who' s been compared to donald trump is the new governor of kentucky. millionaire investor matt bevin beat state attorney general jack conway 52.5% to 44%. his campaign focused in part on scaling back the state' s medicaid expansion. that was made possible under the federal health care overhaul. in ohio, a marijuana mascot couldn' t muster up enough votes to legalize recreational and medicinal marijuana. voters rejected the first-of-its-kind ballot proposal yesterday, that would have allowed both forms of weed about 65% of voters opposed the idea. the question was being watched as a potential test for t

district four the council's longest serving member charles yancey faces a tough rice against newcomer andrea campbell. today election also include mayor races. special election also being held in brockton and several surrounding towns for the state senate left vacant when thomas kennedy died in june. >>> the race for the white house will be decided about a year from now. a new nbc news "wall street journal" report that's out shows who the surging the front-runner status. let's go to kris anderson. kris, you have some numbers to show us. the numbers look good for hillary clinton. she's increasing her lead over bernie sanders but does face some other challenges. according to this new nbc news "wall street journal" poll clinton is now ahead by a 2-1 margin over sanders, 62-31%. former maryland governor martin o'malley a disstand third picking up 3%. news not all good for hillary clinton. fewer than one third of those surveyed give her high marks for being honest and straight forward. the next democratic debate scheduled for week from saturday. we'll get to hear from all three candidates.

newcomer andrea campbell declaring victory over incumbent charles yancey. that -- yancey has yet to concede. murphy has conceded his seat. we'll have more for you coming up at 11:00. >>> two guns side by side, one issued by law enforcement and the other police say is a bb gun some use to use in at the shooing in lowell. malini basu is live in lowell with the story. >> police tell us these boys had nothing better to do with their day off from school and tonight we spoke to one of the victims who lives directly behind us. they tell us they already have enough on their plate so why torture them. >> how long have you been on its streets for? >> four years. >> reporter: james wilson already down on his luck and homeless. >> this morning we all woke up to the [bleep] being emptied above us. >> reporter: lowell police say a 14-year-old and two 12-year-old homeless men. tracks. >> the homeless people came out and they had welts on their head on different parts of their body from getting hit with bebees and one getting hit in the head with a rock. >> when i got up,

charles yancey lost his seat and political newcomer andrea campbell beat him. the attorney was just a year old when yancey first took office. at large counselor steven murphy also lost his seat. murphy did not win one of the four city wide spots. he served on the council since 1997. >>> gene: more on who won and lost head to the website and we have put more updates there for you. >> sara: marijuana will remain illegal for now. the bill would have allowed both medical and recreation at marijuana but drew criticism because it allowed only ten farms to grow marijuana. the farm were all owned by wealthy organizations backing the bill. if passed each farm was projected to make upwards of $30 million a year. this morning voters in houston have repealed a law designed to give equal legal protection to the gay lesbian and transgender community and houston equal rights ordinance was passed last year but it was defeated in yesterday's public referendum. it also included antidiscrimination protections based on sex, race, age and religion. opponents focused on one part of t

the 33-year-old defeated incumbent charles yancey with 61% of the vote to his 39%. he, of course, served on the council for nearly as long as campbell has been alive. pretty amazing. campbell celebrating at her headquarters in dorchester last night. she thanked yancey for his years of service in her victory speech. the cowens-elect says this race shows people are focused on the future. not the past. >> i hope it inspires them to step into the places they want to step into. to serve communities they want to serve. and to go for it. to simply go for it. because when you take a leap up. >> reporter: there was another upset in the at-large race in which four of the five candidates on the ballot won. incumbent stephen murphy who has been on the council since 1997 lost his seat. anisa george came on top and will replace him in that seat. also, fall river has its youngest mayor now. the 23-year-old beat out his fellow democrats by 600 votes his first order of business is working to change the negative image of fall river. 18-year-old, another youngster may have made histor

. >> julie: last night charles yancey conceded defeat. yancey represented much of mattapan and dorchester since 1983. political newcomer campbell beat him and attorney was just a year old when he took office and stephen murphy also lost his seat. murphy did not win one of the city wide spots. he has served on the city council since 1997. >> daniel: for more on who won and lost at local polls head over to the local website at myfoxboston.com. let's go to social conservatives notched victories on ballots across the country last night. kyla come bell said they shutdown antidiscrimination, kyla. >> kyla: votedders against measure says transgender rights would have allowed people to use bathrooms of choosing and opponents call it the bathroom bill and argued it would have allowed sexual predators in the woman's restrooms. in ohio people voted against legalizing marijuana for medical and recreational use and in kentucky republican matt bevin became only the second republican in more than 40 years to win the governor's seat. some analysts say be

counselor charles yancey conceded the seat. he ruled mattapan and dorchester. andrea campbell beat him. the attorney was 1 year old when he first took office. >> the results tonight show that we are not focused on the past 37 past past. we are looking for the future. >> at large councilor steven murphy lost his seat. murphy did not win one of the four city wide spots. he served on the council since 1997. >>> good wednesday morning. 5:16. if you were getting ready to head out the door. things you need to know things moving along route 1 and 93 from the north shore. expressway moving along at a decent clip. not too many break lights out there as you pass exit 13 freeport street. live drive times. 12 minutes on the pike from the weston tolls to the ted williams. 10 minutes on prey from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. 23 minutes on 95 south from 495 to the leverett connector. meteorologist shiri spear joining us now. look like we are starting in the 30s, 40s and 50s around town. if you were getting ready to head out the door will that hold true. >> yea

councilor charles yancey admitted it he feat. political new comer andrea campbell beat him. the attorney was just a year old when yancy took office. >> the results tonight show that we are not focused on the past. we are looking to the future. >>gene: at-large councilor steven murphy also lost his seat. he did not win one of the four city-wide spots. he served on the city council since 1997. >>> boston mayor marty walsh has been working to get 9 city has been working to get 9 city's best known eyesore a makeover. he wants to make city hall plaza better and improve the inside of the building too. the program is called rethink city hall. the mayor's office wants to take the public's input into account and discuss renovations. a group of homeless people attacked and the suspects are just children. police say the weapon the kids had access to is even more trouble troubling. why investigators posted this picture of the evidence on social media. >>> and a major murder trial resthums morning on the north shore. why prosecutors say the teenager suspect is fake teenager suspect is fa

that's where longtime councilor charles yancey finished second in the preliminary election to challenger andrea joy campbell. there are also mayoral races in play today, including a new mayor for medford for the first time since 1988. current mayor michael mcglynn is retiring. but other polling hours vary from town to town. emily: commitment 2016. another poll showing ben carson's popularity among g.o.p. voters in growing. carson surges to 29% in the nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. donald trump has 23%. he's followed by marco rubio with 11%. ted cruz at 10%. and jeb bush with 8%. it's the second national poll in a week showing carson in the a new push to find a republican to challenge new hampshire senator kelly ayotte. former new hampshire house speaker bill o'brien has scheduled a private meeting of conservative house members and activists. o'brien says time and time again, the republican senator has sided with the obama agenda. >> just as we were beginning to make progress, kelly ayotte joined the democrats to blow that progress apart. emily: that private meeting has been schedul

charles yancey faces a tough race against andrea campbell. there are races in worcester, brockton, quincy and weymouth. the state senate seat was left in june. >>> the race for the white house will be decided one year from today. can you believe it? a new nbc wall street journal poll this morning shows who is surging to frontrunner status. let's go to kris anderson with a look at the numbers. >>> the numbers are good for hillary clinton, increasing her lead over bernie sanders but she faces some challenges. according to the new nbc news "wall street journal" poll hillary clinton is ahead by a 2-1 margin over bernie sanders. former maryland governor sean martin o'malley 3%. hillary clinton was given high marks for being honest and straight forward. the same poll finds ben carson surging to the lead, his 29% is followed by donald trump at 23%, marco rubio 11%, ted cruz 10% and jeb bush with 8%, a switch from early last month when trump was in the lead. this is the second major poll in the past several days that shows ben carson moving past trum

>> i think it is and i think that we need to thank charles yancey as well as steve murphy, those folks that have served a long time on the council but i think that this is this is there's a yearning for a connect to the new generations and voices that are coming. i think you see tito jacksons on the stage. how do we nuture and develop and support them as they are coming up the pipeline? i think served 32 years on the council, that's a significant knowledge. so we don't want to lose that knowledge base but we also have to usher in the new regime. >> what's the challenge for the new leaders? identify, if you would, one thing for me that you feel has to change about the way in which the community is represented politically. >> people want to label carpet baggers and i think that's bad. stop labeling people and hol them accountable for results. what is elected official supposed to do at the local, state or federal levels, bring resources or change conditions in community in which you live. that's what you measure them by, not by the gender or the sexual orientation or external factors that

charles yns... yancey pay thing a tough race against andrea campbell. a special election is being held in brockton and several surrounding towns for the state senate left vacant when back in june. now to the race for the white house. one year from today, the race will be decided. a new poll is out. it shows who is the front-runner at this point. according to that journal poll, clinton, hillary clinton now ahead by a two to one margin on the democratic side. 62% to 1% over bernie sanders. former maryland governor martin o'malley a distant third. picking up 3% of support. one-third of those surveyed, though, gave hillary clinton... lower marks for being honest or straight forward. that is the one negative she is dealing with now. now let's look at the g.o.p. numbers. the same poll finds ben carson surging into the lead on the republican side. carson's 29% followed by donald trump at 23%. marco rubio at 11%. ted cruz at 10%. jeb bush running out the top five. he has a percent. that is switch, of course, from early last month when coming up here at noon, a

in boston, the big news on election day was the ouster of two longtime boston city counselors, charles yancey, and steve murphy. both beaten by women, oh, the horror of it all. what happens, and one thought i had was both yancey and murphy were known for seeking other offices. yancey ran for mayor in the race where marty walsh was elected. at the same time as he was running for his council seat. murphy has run for other offices, over the years. did that kind of chafe the electorate at some point, lauren? >> i think so. if you also look at the two candidates, andre campbell, that you don't necessarily see in these long-standing income is. if you look at murphy and yancey, i think their combined total year spent on the council was something like 50 years. a young, aggressive, female candidate coming in and offering something new, i think was a very exciting to the voters. >>reporter: joe, i don't think it's a surprise to anyone, that at some point, generational change does occur. the electorate gets younger, although in municipal elections not so much. but, certainly, these are two veteran guys