2013 Boston City Council election

Boston City Council elections were held on November 5, 2013. Twelve seats (eight district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbent in district 3 was unopposed. Eight seats (the four at-large members, and districts 1, 4, 5, and 8) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 24, 2013.

At-large

Councillors Ayanna Pressley and Stephen J. Murphy were re-elected, while the seats formerly held by John R. Connolly and Felix G. Arroyo were won by Michael F. Flaherty and Michelle Wu. Connolly and Arroyo did not seek re-election, as they ran for Mayor of Boston; Arroyo was eliminated in the preliminary election, while Connolly was defeated by Marty Walsh in the general election.

Candidates	Preliminary Election^[1]		General Election^[2]
Candidates	Votes	%	Votes	%
Ayanna Pressley	42,915	16.71%	60,799	18.30%
Michelle Wu	29,384	11.44%	59,741	17.98%
Michael F. Flaherty	39,904	15.54%	55,104	16.59%
Stephen J. Murphy	31,728	12.35%	44,993	13.54%
Annissa Essaibi George	12,244	4.77%	30,538	9.19%
Jeffrey Michael Ross	13,939	5.43%	28,879	8.69%
Martin J. Keogh	15,743	6.13%	26,500	7.98%
Jack F. Kelly III	11,909	4.64%	23,967	7.22%
Catherine M. O'Neill	10,952	4.26%
Althea Garrison	10,268	4.00%
Ramon Soto	9928	3.87%
Philip Arthur Frattaroli	5832	2.27%
Gareth R. Saunders	5363	2.09%
Christopher J. Conroy	3433	1.34%
Seamus M. Whelan	3118	1.21%
Francisco L. White	2745	1.07%
Douglas D. Wohn	2382	0.93%
Frank John Addivinola Jr.	2240	0.87%
Keith B. Kenyon	1950	0.76%
Jamarhl Crawford	21†	0.01%
all others	832	0.32%	1658	0.50%

† write-in votes

District 1

Councillor Salvatore LaMattina was re-elected.

Candidates	Preliminary Election^[3]		General Election^[4]
Candidates	Votes	%	Votes	%
Salvatore LaMattina	7070	73.38%	9999	70.73%
Brian J. Gannon	1526	15.84%	4068	28.78%
John Ribeiro Jr.	996	10.34%
all others	43	0.45%	70	0.50%

District 2

Councillor Bill Linehan was re-elected.

Candidates	General Election^[5]
Candidates	Votes	%
Bill Linehan	9322	52.88%
Suzanne Lee	8250	46.80%
all others	58	0.33%

District 3

Councillor Frank Baker ran unopposed and was re-elected.

Candidates	General Election^[6]
Candidates	Votes	%
Frank Baker	9945	97.76%
all others	228	2.24%

District 4

Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.

Candidates	Preliminary Election^[7]		General Election^[8]
Candidates	Votes	%	Votes	%
Charles Yancey	6144	65.39%	8145	68.34%
Terrance J. Williams	1547	30.84%	3676	16.46%
Steven Godfrey	849	9.04%
Divo Rodrigues Monteiro	7.68	8.17%
all others	88	0.94%	98	0.82%

District 5

The seat formerly held by Robert Consalvo was won by Timothy McCarthy. Consalvo did not seek re-election, as he was running for Mayor of Boston.^[9]

Candidates	Preliminary Election^[10]		General Election^[11]
Candidates	Votes	%	Votes	%
Timothy McCarthy	3732	24.30%	9603	54.65%
Jean-Claude Sanon	3055	19.89%	7881	44.85%
Mimi E. Turchinetz	2691	17.52%
Ava D. Callender	1795	11.69%
Patrice Gattozzi	1426	9.29%
Andrew Norman Cousino	1377	8.97%
Michael E. Wells III	705	4.59%
Margherita Ciampa-Coyne	515	3.35%
all others	61	0.40%	88	0.50%

District 6

Councillor Matt O'Malley was re-elected.

Candidates	General Election^[12]
Candidates	Votes	%
Matt O'Malley	18,204	85.08%
Luis F. Valerio	3088	14.43%
all others	105	0.49%

District 7

Councillor Tito Jackson was re-elected.

Candidates	General Election^[13]
Candidates	Votes	%
Tito Jackson	7676	74.61%
Roy Owens	1680	16.33%
Jamarhl C. Crawford	653†	6.35%
all others	279	2.71%

† write-in votes

District 8

The seat formerly held by Michael P. Ross was won by Josh Zakim. Ross did not seek re-election, as he was running for Mayor of Boston.^[9]

Candidates	Preliminary Election^[14]		General Election^[15]
Candidates	Votes	%	Votes	%
Josh Zakim	2691	45.32%	4498	52.39%
Michael Joseph Nichols	1619	27.27%	4038	47.03%
Gloria Murray	841	14.16%
Thomas Joseph Dooley III	499	8.40%	11†	0.13%
Angelica Elle Addivinola	259	4.36%
all others	29	0.49%	39	0.45%

† write-in votes

District 9

Councillor Mark Ciommo was re-elected.

Candidates	General Election^[16]
Candidates	Votes	%
Mark Ciommo	6271	81.78%
Michael C. Bronner	1330	17.34%
all others	67	0.87%

References

^ "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR AT LARGE" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTONMUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR AT LARGE" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 1" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 1" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 2" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 3" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 4" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 4" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Handy, Delores (November 1, 2013). "Expect Many New Faces On Boston City Council". WBUR-FM. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 5" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 5" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTONMUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 6" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 7" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 8" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 8" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
^ "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 9" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

External links

2013 Election Results at boston.gov

[1] "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR AT LARGE" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[2] "CITY OF BOSTONMUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR AT LARGE" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[3] "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 1" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[4] "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 1" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

[5] "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 2" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

[6] "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 3" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

[7] "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 4" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[8] "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 4" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

[wbur-9] Handy, Delores (November 1, 2013). "Expect Many New Faces On Boston City Council". WBUR-FM. Retrieved February 19, 2018.

[10] "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 5" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[11] "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 5" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

[12] "CITY OF BOSTONMUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 6" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

[13] "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 7" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

[14] "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 8" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[15] "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 8" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

[16] "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 5, 2013 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 9" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.

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2013 Boston City Council election

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District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

See also

References

Further reading

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