1999 Boston City Council election

Boston City Council elections were held on November 2, 1999. Eleven seats (seven district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents for districts 1 and 2 ran unopposed. Ten seats (six districts and the four at-large members) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 21, 1999.

At-large

Councillors Francis Roache, Stephen J. Murphy, and Peggy Davis-Mullen were re-elected. Councillor Dapper O'Neil, a member of the council since 1971, lost his seat to Michael F. Flaherty. ^[1]

Candidates [2]	Preliminary Election [3]		General Election [4]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Francis Roache	21,658	19.1%	30,271	18.1%
Stephen J. Murphy	19,380	17.1%	27,515	16.4%
Peggy Davis-Mullen	16,233	14.3%	26,468	15.8%
Michael F. Flaherty	10,985	9.7%	26,377	15.8%
Dapper O'Neil	17,052	15.1%	24,636	14.7%
Gregory B. Timilty	14,429	12.7%	16,068	9.6%
Joseph Mulligan III	6,245	5.5%	10,012	6.0%
Andrea Morrell	3,329	2.9%	6,093	3.6%
Daniel Kontoff	2,137	1.9%
John Hugo	1,812	1.6%

District 1

Councillor Paul Scapicchio ran unopposed and was re-elected. ^[5]

District 2

Councillor James M. Kelly ran unopposed and was re-elected. ^[6]

District 3

Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.

Candidates [2]	General Election [7]
	Votes	%
Maureen Feeney	4,772	80.7%
John M. Comerford	1,142	19.3%

District 4

Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.

Candidates [2]	Preliminary Election [3]		General Election [8]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Charles Yancey	1,166	79.0%	2,243	82.4%
Vikki Middleton	247	16.7%	479	17.6%
J. R. Rucker	63	4.3%

District 5

Councillor Daniel F. Conley was re-elected.

Candidates [2]	Preliminary Election [3]		General Election [9]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Daniel F. Conley	4,392	90.2%	6,085	89.0%
David Patrick	245	5.0%	749	11.0%
J. J. Devine Jr.	230	4.7%

District 6

Councillor Maura Hennigan was re-elected.

Candidates [2]	Preliminary Election [3]		General Election [1]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Maura Hennigan	3,455	43.3%	6,023	54.5%
John M. Tobin Jr.	2,559	32.1%	5,034	45.5%
Michael Rush	1,863	23.3%
Edgar Williams	102	1.3%

District 7

Councillor Gareth R. Saunders had announced in June 1999 that he would not seek re-election; ^[10] his seat was won by Chuck Turner. ^[11]

Candidates [2]	Preliminary Election [3]		General Election [1]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Chuck Turner	1,153	33.9%	2,419	58.4%
Tracy Litthcut	590	17.3%	1,726	41.6%
Julio Henriquez	339	10.0%
Roy A. Owens	314	9.2%
Althea Garrison	282	8.3%
Anthony Crayton	255	7.5%
Hassan Ali Williams	122	3.6%
Richard Masterson	115	3.4%
Scotland Willis	70	2.1%
Kenneth Yarbrough	65	1.9%
Roger Garvin	51	1.5%
Thelma Barros	47	1.4%

District 8

Councillor Thomas M. Keane Jr. had announced in March 1999 that he would not seek re-election; ^[12] his seat was won by Michael P. Ross, who defeated Suzanne Iannella, daughter of former council president Christopher A. Iannella and sister of former council member Richard P. Iannella. ^[6]

Candidates [2]	Preliminary Election [3]		General Election [1]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Michael P. Ross	851	28.4%	2,793	54.0%
Suzanne Iannella	985	32.9%	2,384	46.0%
Alana Murphy	656	21.9%
Anthony Schinella	174	5.8%
Carmen Torres	170	5.7%
Lynda McNally	160	5.3%

District 9

Councillor Brian Honan was re-elected.

Candidates [2]	Preliminary Election [3]		General Election [13]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Brian Honan	2,562	76.9%	3,407	76.1%
Rosie Hanlon	699	21.0%	1,070	23.9%
Aramis Camps	69	2.1%

See also

• List of members of the Boston City Council

References

1. Flint, Anthony; Abraham, Yvonne (November 3, 1999). "TIME TO GO, VOTERS TELL 'DAPPER'\ FLAHERTY UNSEATS COUNCILOR O'NEIL" . The Boston Globe . p. A.1. Retrieved March 7, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
2. Flint, Anthony (November 1, 1999). "VOTER TURNOUT LEVEL WILL TELL WHO GETS SEATS ON CITY COUNCIL" . The Boston Globe . p. B.1. Retrieved March 7, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
3. "Boston Preliminary Election results" . The Boston Globe . September 22, 1999. p. B.6. Retrieved March 7, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
4. "Our Campaigns - Boston City Councillor - At-Large Race - Nov 02, 1999".
5. Mooney, Brian C. (November 6, 1999). "ELECTION TALLY TIDBITS SHOW WOMEN GAINING CLOUT, ONE-VOTE BOUTS" . The Boston Globe . p. B.3. Retrieved March 7, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
6. Jonas, Michael (November 3, 1999). "IANNELLA CONCEDES LOSS TO ROSS" . The Boston Globe . p. B.7. Retrieved March 7, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
7. "Our Campaigns - Boston City Councillor - District 3 Race - Nov 02, 1999".
8. "Our Campaigns - Boston City Councillor - District 4 Race - Nov 02, 1999".
9. "Our Campaigns - Boston City Councillor - District 5 Race - Nov 02, 1999".
10. Flint, Anthony (June 10, 1999). "Saunders: It's time to leave Council Says office is 'draining,' cites efforts" . The Boston Globe . p. B.2. Retrieved March 7, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
11. Abraham, Yvonne (November 3, 1999). "TURNER DEFEATS LITTHCUT" . The Boston Globe . p. B.7. Retrieved March 7, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
12. Ebbert, Stephanie (March 9, 1999). "Keane will give up council seat" . The Boston Globe . p. B.1. Retrieved March 7, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
13. "Our Campaigns - Boston City Councillor - District 9 Race - Nov 02, 1999".

Further reading

• "For Boston City Council" . The Boston Globe . September 17, 1999. p. A.26. Retrieved March 7, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
• "FOR BOSTON CITY COUNCIL\ AT LARGE" . The Boston Globe . October 25, 1999. p. A.18. Retrieved March 7, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.