Michael F. Flaherty is a politician who served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council for a cumulative ten terms. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected to the council in 1999,serving an initial five terms between 2000 until 2010. During this initial tenure,he served as vice president of the council in 2001 and as council president from 2002 to 2006. In 2009 he forwent reelection to a further term in order to run for mayor of Boston in that year's election,which he lost to incumbent mayor Thomas Menino. He ran unsuccessfully in 2011 to return to the council as an at-large member. In 2013,Flaherty again ran in the at-large city council race,and was returned to the council. He served five terms between 2014 and 2024. In 2023,he declined to seek reelection to an additional term.
The 2009 Boston mayoral election occurred on Tuesday,November 3,2009,between incumbent Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino,and Michael F. Flaherty,member of the Boston City Council and former Council president. Menino was re-elected to a fifth term,the first mayor to do so in Boston history. A nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on September 22,2009,where Flaherty and Menino advanced to the general election.
Charles Turner was an American politician and activist,who served on the Boston City Council representing District 7. Turner was a member of the Green-Rainbow Party Massachusetts affiliate to the national Green Party. In 2010,Turner was convicted of accepting a bribe and sentenced to three years in prison;he was expelled from the city council.
Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019. This district includes the northern three quarters of Boston,most of Cambridge,parts of Milton,as well as all of Chelsea,Everett,Randolph,and Somerville. Before serving in the United States House of Representatives,Pressley served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council from 2010 through 2019. She was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2018 after she defeated the ten-term incumbent Mike Capuano in the Democratic primary election for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district and ran unopposed in the general election. Pressley was the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is a member of "The Squad",a group of progressive Congress members.
Robert Consalvo is a Massachusetts State Representative,the former chief of staff for Boston Public Schools,and a former member of the Boston City Council. For 12 years he represented District 5,which includes the Hyde Park,Roslindale,Readville,and Mattapan neighborhoods of Boston,Massachusetts.
Felix G. Arroyo is an American political figure from Boston. Arroyo was elected to an at-large seat on the Boston City Council in November 2009,and re-elected in November 2011,serving for two terms before unsuccessfully running for Mayor of Boston in 2013. He subsequently served as the city's Chief of Health and Human Services from 2014 until his dismissal in 2017 following an investigation into sexual harassment allegations.
Althea Garrison is an American politician from Boston,Massachusetts who previously served a single term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1995) and a partial term as an at-large councilor on the Boston City Council (2019–2020). She is considered the earliest transgender person known to have been elected to a state legislature in the United States. She was outed against her will by the Boston Herald after her 1992 election. She is a perennial candidate,having been an unsuccessful candidate for political office more than forty times.
The 2013 Boston mayoral election occurred on Tuesday,November 5,2013. Incumbent mayor Thomas Menino had declined to run for re-election to a sixth term. A non-partisan preliminary election was held on Tuesday,September 24,2013. 12 candidates made the ballot to replace Menino,with state representative Marty Walsh and at-large city councilor John R. Connolly advancing to the general election. Walsh was elected to his first term,defeating Connolly by 3% of the vote,and was inaugurated on Monday,January 6,2014.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 3,2009. Eight seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 2,3,4,5,and 6 were unopposed. Seven seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 22,2009.
Tito Jackson is an American politician who was a member of the Boston City Council. He represented council District 7,representing parts of the Roxbury neighborhood and parts of Dorchester,South End,and Fenway. In 2017,he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Boston against incumbent mayor Marty Walsh. After leaving the Boston City Council,Jackson worked in the cannabis industry. In 2022,Boston Mayor Michelle Wu appointed Jackson to the city's Commission on Black Men and Boys.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 8,2011. Eight seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 1,5,6,8,and 9 were unopposed. Three seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 27,2011.
The Boston mayoral election of 2017 was held on Tuesday,November 7,2017,to elect the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts. Incumbent Democratic mayor Marty J. Walsh won re-election to a second term,defeating District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson,and two long-shot candidates,Robert Cappucci and Joseph Wiley.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 5,2013. Twelve seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbent in district 3 was unopposed. Eight seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 24,2013.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 3,2015. Eight seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 1,2,6,8,and 9 were unopposed. Two seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 8,2015.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 7,2017. Nine seats in the Boston City Council were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 3,4,5,and 6 were unopposed. Four seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 26,2017.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 8,2005. Ten seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 5,7,and 8 were unopposed. Five seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 27,2005.
Boston City Council elections were held on November 6,2007. Eight seats were contested in the general election,as the incumbents in districts 1,2,5,6,and 8 were unopposed. Two seats had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 25,2007.
Frank Baker is an American politician who represents District 3 on the Boston City Council. He was first elected on November 8,2011.
Edward Michael Flynn is an American politician currently serving on the Boston City Council,representing the city's 2nd district. A member of the Democratic Party,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.
Ayanna Pressley was first elected to the Boston City Council in November 2009 and served from January 2010 until joining the United States House of Representatives in January 2020. Upon being sworn in as a city councilor on January 4,2010,she became the first woman of color to serve in the Boston City Council up to that point.
