Ned Melanson for Cambridge City Council

A poorly photoshopped flier of Ned and Councillor Azeem shaking hands in front of the bar Miracle of Science

Campaign Newsletter 3: Address to address

Is This Thing On? First--this is coming to you from a new official address: ned@ned4cambridge.com! Hopefully this will get my emails past your spam filters, among other things. We're learning a lot running this grassroots campaign, including the need to use a paid email address. If you email me at my old address, you will still get me. Let's Party Come hang out on Thursday at Miracle of Science with myself, Councillor Burhan Azeem, and lots of pro-housing, pro-transit neighbors! More Doors...

6 days ago • 1 min read

The first "Ned Melanson" campaign yard sign in a yard

Campaign Newsletter 2: Signs of the Times

Signs of the Times The campaign has not slowed down in the past two weeks. Our first yard signs have gone out! Please reply to this email if you'd like one and I'll bike it over. I'll probably be in your neighborhood knocking doors sometime soon anyway. The first yard sign in the wild! I've knocked a lot of doors, but many of the best conversations have been with people passing by in the street. If you want to get to know Cambridge and the people in it, run for City Council. Significant...

13 days ago • 2 min read

Campaign Newsletter 1: Knock knock knockin'

Hello and welcome to my campaign newsletter! I hope to make this the first of many updates on my campaign for Cambridge City Council. This is my first time running for office–but make no mistake, I’m running to win this thing and join the Council in 2026. If you’re new to my campaign, I’m running on three main principles: Make Cambridge more affordable to live in by building more housing of all types–market, social, affordable–and especially in corridors, squares and near transit. Make our...

26 days ago • 2 min read