2025 Medford MA candidates
Excerpts of transcribed videos from the 2025 Medford MA candidates for Mayor, City Council, and School Committee.
| City Council Candidates (map) |
| Excerpts |
2024 Words |
2025 Words |
Website |
ORM endorsed? |
Medford Happenings |
Medford Bytes |
GKM |
Patch |
MCM |
| Zac Bears* |
323,858 |
219,990 |
website |
Yes |
|
2023 Tran |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Miranda Briseno |
0 |
8,972 |
website |
Yes |
|
Transcript |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Anna Callahan* |
60,607 |
40,163 |
website |
Yes |
|
2024 Tran |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Richard Caraviello |
399 |
6,630 |
website |
|
Transcript |
2023 Tran |
|
2023 Link |
Transcript |
| Patrick Clerkin |
2,103 |
17,099 |
website |
|
Transcript |
Transcript |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Paul Donato Jr |
0 |
2,980 |
website |
|
Transcript |
|
Link |
|
Transcript |
| Nick Giurleo |
2,705 |
14,101 |
website |
|
Transcript |
|
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Emily Lazzaro* |
46,642 |
52,609 |
website |
Yes |
|
2024 Tran |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Matt Leming* |
79,868 |
73,177 |
website |
Yes |
|
Transcript |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Nate Merritt |
6,784 |
11,342 |
website |
|
Transcript |
|
Link |
|
Transcript |
| Liz Mullane* |
0 |
4,473 |
website |
Yes |
|
Transcript |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| George Scarpelli* |
144,799 |
80,916 |
website |
|
2024 Tran |
|
|
2021 Link |
|
| Melanie Tringali |
1,295 |
7,214 |
website |
|
Transcript |
|
Link |
2023 Link |
Transcript |
| Justin Tseng* |
73,349 |
98,386 |
website |
Yes |
|
Transcript |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| City Council Prelim Candidates (map) |
| Excerpts |
2024 Words |
2025 Words |
Website |
ORM endorsed? |
Medford Happenings |
Medford Bytes |
GKM |
Patch |
MCM |
| Zac Bears* |
323,858 |
219,990 |
website |
Yes |
|
2023 Tran |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Miranda Briseno |
0 |
8,972 |
website |
Yes |
|
Transcript |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Page Buldini |
24 |
10,886 |
website |
|
Transcript |
Transcript |
Link |
|
|
| Anna Callahan* |
60,607 |
40,163 |
website |
Yes |
|
2024 Tran |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Richard Caraviello |
399 |
6,630 |
website |
|
Transcript |
2023 Tran |
|
2023 Link |
Transcript |
| Patrick Clerkin |
2,103 |
17,099 |
website |
|
Transcript |
Transcript |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Paul Donato Jr |
0 |
2,980 |
website |
|
Transcript |
|
Link |
|
Transcript |
| Nick Giurleo |
2,705 |
14,101 |
website |
|
Transcript |
|
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Emily Lazzaro* |
46,642 |
52,609 |
website |
Yes |
|
2024 Tran |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Matt Leming* |
79,868 |
73,177 |
website |
Yes |
|
Transcript |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| Milva McDonald |
0 |
17,595 |
website |
|
Transcript |
Transcript |
Link |
|
|
| Nate Merritt |
6,784 |
11,342 |
website |
|
Transcript |
|
Link |
|
Transcript |
| Liz Mullane* |
0 |
4,473 |
website |
Yes |
|
Transcript |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| George Scarpelli* |
144,799 |
80,916 |
website |
|
2024 Tran |
|
|
2021 Link |
|
| Trish Schiapelli |
961 |
11,051 |
website |
|
Transcript |
|
|
|
|
| Melanie Tringali |
1,295 |
7,214 |
website |
|
Transcript |
|
Link |
2023 Link |
Transcript |
| Justin Tseng* |
73,349 |
98,386 |
website |
Yes |
|
Transcript |
Link |
Link |
Transcript |
| School Committee Candidates (map) |
| Excerpts |
2024 Words |
2025 Words |
Website |
ORM endorsed? |
Medford Happenings |
Medford Bytes |
GKM |
Patch |
MCM |
| Nicole Branley* |
13,592 |
8,584 |
website |
|
Transcript |
|
Link |
|
Transcript |
| Jenny Graham* |
138,299 |
91,883 |
website |
Yes |
|
2024 Tran |
Link |
2023 Link |
|
| John Intoppa* |
14,047 |
21,816 |
website |
|
|
Transcript |
Link |
2023 Link |
Transcript |
| Lisa Kingsley |
0 |
8,520 |
website |
|
|
Transcript |
Link |
|
|
| Mike Mastrobouni |
0 |
0 |
website |
Yes |
|
|
Link |
|
Transcript |
| Aaron Olapade* |
10,895 |
8,089 |
website |
Yes |
|
2023 Tran |
Link |
2023 Link |
Transcript |
| Jessica Parks |
213 |
5,447 |
website |
Yes |
|
Transcript |
Link |
|
Transcript |
| Erika Reinfeld* |
26,703 |
24,940 |
website |
Yes |
|
Transcript |
Link |
2023 Link |
Transcript |
| Paul Ruseau* |
77,599 |
31,576 |
website |
Yes |
|
|
Link |
2023 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).