2023 Medford MA candidates

Excerpts of transcribed videos from the 2023 Medford MA candidates for Mayor, City Council, and School Committee.

City Council Candidates (map)
Excerpts
 2022 Words 2023 Words
Campaign Links
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Patch
MCM
Zac Bears*
203,549
180,109
Yes
Transcript
Anna Callahan
0
2,823
Yes
Patrick Clerkin
0
3,315
Kit Collins*
79,547
92,039
Yes
2022 Tran
Link
Leonard Glionna
0
3,620
Link
Emily Lazzaro
0
3,097
Yes
Link
Matt Leming
3,031
8,098
Yes
Link
John Petrella
4,924
0
2021 Link
George Scarpelli*
91,852
93,278
2021 Link
Jaclyn Torres Roth
0
0
Yes
Melanie Tringali
2,450
3,299
Link
Justin Tseng*
60,787
56,926
Yes
Link

School Committee Candidates (map)
Excerpts
 2022 Words 2023 Words
Campaign Links
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Patch
MCM
Nicole Branley
6,673
3,356
Jenny Graham*
53,080
102,940
Yes
Link
John Intoppa
1,235
4,961
Link
Melanie McLaughlin*
59,098
82,467
2022 Tran
Link
Aaron Olapade
0
12,022
Yes
Transcript
Link
Erika Reinfeld
0
3,015
Yes
Link
Paul Ruseau*
62,700
67,852
Yes
Link

Mayoral Candidates (map)
Excerpts
 2022 Words 2023 Words
Campaign Links
 ORM endorsed? Medford Happenings Medford Bytes GKM
Patch
MCM
Richard Caraviello
79,415
68,587
Transcript
Link
Breanna Lungo-Koehn*
56,802
79,629
Transcript
Link

*=Incumbent

These links go to a dedicated page for each candidate containing a compilation of all their excerpts extracted from the transcribed videos and include timestamped links to the original source video. Similar pages exist for candidates and a handful of important public employees here. Word counts for each candidate are also included, intended as a very rough proxy for who's active. A challenger having few appearances/words in these excerpts doesn't necessarily say much about them. Many successful candidates in the past did not appear in any videos prior to their election.

A great use of these pages is to use your browser's search function to find where candidates mention topics that are important to you, then you can watch the corresponding video in its full context.

One may also wish to upload these pages to ChatGPT then ask for help synthesizing the results more globally. However, be warned it heavily weights the beginning of the file (the most recent excerpts), and will happily fill in missing information with convincing -- but totally ficticious -- misinformation. It's significantly better when asked to compare two things ("rank the candidates on XX"), but in general, treat the results from ChatGPT as a you would something written by a mid-level high school student.

The videos are transcriptions of (nearly) all videos at the YouTube channels listed here, which are predominantly city council and school committee meetings, but also include campaign channels, news sources, and other channels dedicated to local politics, including partisans on both sides (I can only include YouTube channels, but if I'm missing any, please let me know).