Our Supporters

“Councilor Tseng is incredibly dedicated to his role. He approaches each situation or issue with thoughtfulness and an open mind and works hard to make sure everyone feels welcome in the council chambers and in sharing their voice.” — Nicole Morell, Former City Council President

“Justin works in a team-based manner, trying to advance logical, progressive solutions to the problems we face here today in Medford. He brings a new perspective to the Council as our first Asian-American city councilor and is a champion for issues that need to be championed.” — Zac Bears, City Council President

“I am happy to support Justin to represent the next generation of Medford leaders. He is a responsive and engaged young man who prioritizes Medford students and families!” — Mea Mustone, School Committee Member

“Councilor Tseng shows up in the community and has shown himself to be a proactive, cooperative leader who listens to his constituents and a local, results-oriented partner to my climate work.” — Sean Garballey, Medford State Representative

“Justin deeply enriches our work in the Council Chambers. Residents can count on Justin to ask the smart questions that ground our conversations in useful data and metrics; to consistently elevate underrepresented voices and perspectives; and to bring a thoughtfulness and empathy that makes this forum a much more approachable one for residents. I couldn’t ask for a better, kinder or more committed partner in this work.” — Kit Collins, City Council Vice President

“Thank you Justin for stepping in with your heart, your soul, your leadership, and the support you’ve given to others along the way. He is kind, yet unwaveringly committed to justice. He is everywhere, connecting and communicating in ways that we can hear what’s happening.” — Wendy Miller Olapade, Community Leader

— Christine Barber, Medford State Representative

— Emily Lazzaro, Medford City Council

— Matt Leming, Medford City Council

— Anna Callahan, Medford City Councilor

— Jenny Graham, School Committee Vice Chair

— Paul Ruseau, School Committee Member

— Melanie McLaughlin, School Committee Member

— Aaron Olapade, School Committee Member

— Erika Reinfeld, School Committee Member

— Our Revolution Medford

— Greater Boston Labor Council

— The Sierra Club

— The Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund

— Young Democrats of Massachusetts

“Justin is approachable, astute and extremely committed to issues of equity and justice.” — Liz Daneu, Medford High School Teacher

Vote Yes on Questions 6, 7, & 8!

This Election Day, Medford finds itself at a turning point.

From pounding the pavement to serving in office, I’ve seen that behind each door, we are a city united in our aspirations: better schools for our kids, safer streets and sidewalks, and a more vibrant, inclusive, and affordable city where we aren’t just getting by but getting ahead.

That’s why, as your City Councilor, the toughest days are when I have to tell our neighbors that Medford can’t act because decades of underfunding is holding our city back and weighing all of us down.

Tomorrow, we have the chance to change this. Voting Yes on Questions 6, 7, and 8 will invest in Medford by investing in our schools, streets, and our fire headquarters.

As a Medford Public Schools grad, I’ve experienced the realities of classroom underfunding: teachers feel overstretched and underappreciated, students hold their breath each year anticipating cuts to arts and extracurriculars, and parents spend their hard earned money for outside tutors and private schools.

Voting Yes allows us to prevent devastating cuts to our schools, ensuring our kids have the teachers, literacy coaches, behavior specialists, administrative assistants, and nurses they need. It is an investment in our future, our public safety, and the returns from the investments folks have made by choosing to settle in Medford.

As a Medford resident, I know our infrastructure needs work. Driving on our roads should not feel like riding a rollercoaster – much less make our residents spend as much as they do on fixing their cars. Our sidewalks should not make our seniors worried about being injured on a walk or make new parents struggle with pushing their strollers. Our public buildings should not be falling apart. Full stop.

Voting Yes will allow us to hire an in-house street and sidewalk maintenance crew, allowing us to finally start to reverse our decades-worth backlog of repairs. It will free up our capacity to make much-needed repairs to our public facilities.

These are the reasons why I ran for office in the first place. Medford has fallen behind the rest of the state, spending less per person than our peers. The scarcity of our budget simply does not match the generosity of our ambition and our spirit. While we are implementing plans to increase our tax base that have already generated the highest growth Medford’s seen in decades, we need this funding now, before those projects are built.

Medford simply cannot afford what those who oppose this ballot measure promise: concepts of plans to kick the can down the road, revert to decades of disinvestment, and holding our needs hostage. The only plan is to dilly dally, dither, and delay. Medford cannot afford this.

It’s time to finally say Yes to invest in Medford. Let’s forge a new path forward and turn our vision for a brighter Medford into reality.

– Justin Tseng, Medford City Councilor

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