1989 Boston City Council election

Boston City Council elections were held on November 7, 1989. Eleven seats (seven district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents in districts 3 and 5 were unopposed. Nine seats (the four at-large members, and districts 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 26, 1989.

At-large

Councillors Dapper O'Neil, Christopher A. Iannella, Rosaria Salerno, and Michael J. McCormack were re-elected.

Candidates [1]	Preliminary Election [2]		General Election [3]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Dapper O'Neil	21,764	17.2%	40,106	17.6%
Christopher A. Iannella	20,142	15.9%	38,357	16.9%
Rosaria Salerno	19,478	15.4%	35,654	15.7%
Michael J. McCormack	19,073	15.1%	31,170	13.7%
John A. Nucci	14,646	11.6%	30,466	13.4%
John N. Flanagan	13,676	10.8%	22,359	9.8%
Joseph W. Casper	10,103	8.0%	18,069	7.9%
Althea Garrison	5,042	4.0%	11,281	5.0%
Glenn Fiscus	2,365	1.9%

District 1

Councillor Robert Travaglini was re-elected.

Candidates [1]	Preliminary Election [2]		General Election [4]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Robert Travaglini	4,472	57.0%	7,053	62.0%
Brian Callahan	2,399	30.6%	4,322	38.0%
Martin Coughlin	618	7.9%
Imee Jackson	363	4.6%

District 2

Councillor James M. Kelly was re-elected.

Candidates [1]	General Election [4]
	Votes	%
James M. Kelly	7,429	85.9%
Ali J. Fiumedoro	1,221	14.1%

District 3

Councillor James E. Byrne ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 4

Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.

Candidates [1]	General Election [4]
	Votes	%
Charles Yancey	3,215	87.9%
J. R. Rucker	442	12.1%

District 5

Councillor Thomas Menino ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 6

Councillor Maura Hennigan was re-elected.

Candidates [1]	Preliminary Election [2]		General Election [4]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Maura Hennigan	4,445	52.9%	7,753	57.7%
Vincent G. Mannering	3,805	45.3%	5,678	42.3%
Nels J'Anthony	156	1.9%

District 7

Councillor Bruce Bolling was re-elected.

Candidates [1]	Preliminary Election [2]		General Election [4]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Bruce Bolling	998	57.1%	2,330	60.1%
Roy A. Owens	391	22.4%	1,547	39.9%
Michael Long	358	20.5%

District 8

Councillor David Scondras was re-elected.

Candidates [1]	Preliminary Election [2]		General Election [4]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
David Scondras	1,524	75.9%	2,913	71.8%
Benjamin H. Morehead	217	10.8%	1,146	28.2%
Oscar T. Brookins	153	7.6%
Marilyn Stacy Huynh	111	5.5%

District 9

Councillor Brian J. McLaughlin was re-elected.

Candidates [1]	Preliminary Election [2]		General Election [4]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Brian J. McLaughlin	2,110	40.7%	4,387	60.6%
Judith Bracken	1,597	30.8%	2,848	39.4%
Cornelius K. Hurley	1,330	25.6%
Aramis Camps	150	2.9%

See also

• List of members of the Boston City Council

References

1. "FOCUS ON JOCKEYING FOR AT-LARGE COUNCIL SEATS, RACES IN EAST BOSTON, BRIGHTON, WEST ROXBURY" . The Boston Globe . September 26, 1989. Retrieved February 23, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
2. "IT'S OFFICIAL: ELECTION RESULTS SHOW 18% BOSTON TURNOUT" . The Boston Globe . September 29, 1989. Retrieved February 23, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
3. "OFFICIALS: NUCCI LOSS MARGIN IS 704 VOTES" . The Boston Globe . November 9, 1989. Retrieved February 23, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
4. "BOSTON DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL" . The Boston Globe . November 8, 1989. Retrieved February 23, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.

Further reading

• "For City Council". The Boston Globe . October 31, 1989. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
• "Charlestown Patriot and Somerville Chronicle" (PDF). Vol. 32, no. 10. November 2, 1989. Retrieved February 23, 2018– via docdroid.net.
• "Charlestown Patriot and Somerville Chronicle" (PDF). Vol. 32, no. 11. November 9, 1989. Retrieved February 23, 2018– via docdroid.net.