Marc C. McGovern is a Cambridge (Massachusetts) City Council member and was the 78th mayor from 2018 until 2020.[1][2][3]
Marc C. McGovern
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McGovern in 2018
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| Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| In office January 2013 – January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | E. Denise Simmons |
| Succeeded by | Sumbul Siddiqui |
| Member of the Cambridge City Council | |
| Assumed office January 2014 | |
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McGovern grew up in Central Square, Cambridge and graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.[4] In 2003, he began his political career on the Cambridge School Committee. After serving four terms on the Committee, he was elected to the Cambridge City Council in 2013.[2][5] He was named mayor by the Cambridge City Council and sworn in on January 1, 2018, succeeding E. Denise Simmons.[4] In January 2020, he announced that he would not seek re-election as mayor and endorsed fellow councilmember Sumbul Siddiqui as his successor.[2] Siddiqui was sworn in as mayor on January 6, 2020.[6] In 2024, McGovern was selected as vice mayor, under mayor E. Denise Simmons.[7]
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