Ed Flynn (politician)

Ed Flynn
Flynn in 2024
President of the Boston City Council
In office January 3, 2022 – January 1, 2024
Preceded by	Kim Janey
Succeeded by	Ruthzee Louijeune
Member of the Boston City Council from District 2
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2018
Preceded by	Bill Linehan
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Kristen
Children	2
Parents	Raymond Flynn (father) Catherine Coyne (mother)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	U.S. Navy

Edward M. Flynn is an American politician currently serving on the Boston City Council, representing the city's 2nd district. He has held his seat since January 2017. From January 2022 until January 2024, he served as president of the Boston City Council. He is the son of former Boston mayor Raymond Flynn.

Flynn is a veteran of the United States Navy, having previously spent 25 years in the military branch. While active duty, he served two deployments to the Persian Gulf. He also spent time serving abroad while in the Naval Reserves. He served as a legislative affairs specialist at the United States Department of Labor for five years during the Clinton administration, working on matters related to expanding access to affordable healthcare and efforts to increase federal minimum wage. He also served as a transpiration logistical specialist with the United States Department of Defense's Joint Task Force-Armed Forces Inaugural Committee for the 2005 United States presidential inauguration. He has also previously worked as a probation officer in the Suffolk Superior Court, a state public safety official, and a substitute teacher.

In 2005, Flynn unsuccessfully ran for an at-large seat on the Boston City Council, placing eighth in the general election for four seats. In 2007, Flynn unsuccessfully ran in a special election for the 2nd district seat on the Boston City Council, placing third in the nonpartisan primary. In 2017, Flynn succeeded in his third campaign for city council, narrowly winning an open election for the 2nd district seat. Flynn has since been reelected three times without opposition (in 2019, 2021, and 2023). After joining the council, Flynn was a strong advocate for the passage of city regulations on short-term rentals, which were ultimately adopted in 2018. In his third term on the council (2021 and 2022), Flynn served as the council's president. During his term as president, the council carried out the process of adopting a map for its decennial redistricting which proved contentious. Flynn has pushed for the creation of a dedicated "rat czar" position to centralize leadership on pest control in the city.