Boston City Council election, 2005

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Boston City Council elections were held on November 8, 2005. Ten seats (six district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents in districts 5, 7, and 8 were unopposed. Five seats (the four at-large members, and district 9) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 27, 2005.

Boston City Council municipal council of Boston, Massachusetts

The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve. Boston uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch, the mayor. The Council is responsible for approving the city budget; monitoring, creating, and abolishing city agencies; making land use decisions; and approving, amending, or rejecting other legislative proposals.

A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.

A primary election is the process by which voters, either the general public or members of a political party, can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

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At-large

Councillors Michael F. Flaherty, Felix D. Arroyo, and Stephen J. Murphy were re-elected, while the seat formerly held by Maura Hennigan was won by Sam Yoon. Hennigan did not seek re-election, as she ran for Mayor of Boston; she was defeated by incumbent Thomas Menino in the general election. Yoon became the first Asian American to hold elected office in Boston. [1]

Michael F. Flaherty American politician

Michael F. Flaherty is an at-large member of the Boston City Council. He is a member of the United States Democratic Party. He was elected Boston City Council Vice President in 2001 and Boston City Council President from 2002 to 2006.

Felix D. Arroyo is the current Register of Probate for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and a former at-large member of the Boston City Council.

Stephen J. Murphy is the Register of Deeds, in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, having received over 158,000 votes in the general election of November 8, 2016, while winning Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop.

CandidatesPreliminary Election [2] General Election [3]
Votes%Votes%
Michael F. Flaherty 17,828 13.90% 49,220 17.58%
Felix D. Arroyo 15,690 12.23% 43,533 15.55%
Sam Yoon 13,165 10.27% 41,891 14.96%
Stephen J. Murphy 14,094 10.99% 35,553 12.70%
John R. Connolly 14,287 11.14% 31,629 11.30%
Matt O'Malley 12,070 9.41% 28,318 10.12%
Patricia H. White 12,895 10.05% 26,999 9.64%
Edward M. Flynn 11,092 8.65% 21,778 7.78%
Althea Garrison 4824 3.76% 
Kevin R. Mccrea 3661 2.85% 
Roy Owens 3622 2.82% 
Laura Garza 1807 1.41% 
Gregory Joseph O'Connell 1174 0.92% 
Martin J. Hogan 1031 0.80% 
Joseph Ready 675 0.53% 
Joseph Ureneck 17Dagger-14-plain.png 0.01% 133Dagger-14-plain.png 0.05%
Gibran Rivera 17Dagger-14-plain.png 0.01% 
all others 297 0.23% 874 0.31%

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District 1

General election

Councillor Paul Scapicchio was re-elected.

CandidatesGeneral Election [4]
Votes%
Paul Scapicchio 7027 86.23%
Ben Joplin 1084 13.30%
all others 38 0.47%

Special election

Scapicchio resigned his seat effective April 30, 2006, in order to join a private lobbying firm. [5] This created a vacancy that needed to be filled by a special election, which took place on June 13, 2006, with the preliminary election on May 16, 2006. Salvatore LaMattina was elected to serve the remainder of Scapicchio's term.

Salvatore "Sal" J. LaMattina is a former member of the Boston City Council in Boston, Massachusetts. He represented District 1, which includes the North End, East Boston, and Charlestown, serving from January 2006 through December 2017.

CandidatesSpecial Prelim. Election [6] Special Gen. Election [7]
Votes%Votes%
Salvatore LaMattina 3336 53.26% 4229 50.85%
Daniel J. Ryan 2010 32.09% 4073 48.97%
Peter Borre 681 10.87% 
Christine Amisano 143 2.28% 
Anthony L. Dantona Sr. 64 1.02% 
John Toby Knudsen 13 0.21% 
all others 17 0.27% 15 0.18%

District 2

General election

Councillor James M. Kelly was re-elected.

CandidatesGeneral Election [8]
Votes%
James M. Kelly 7047 60.93%
Susan M. Passoni 4475 38.69%
all others 44 0.38%

Special election

Kelly died in January 2007, [9] creating a vacancy that needed to be filled by a special election, which took place on May 15, 2007, with the preliminary election on April 17, 2007. Bill Linehan was elected to serve the remainder of Kelly's term.

William P. Linehan is a former member and President of the Boston City Council in Boston, Massachusetts. He represented District 2, which includes Downtown Boston, the South End, South Boston and Chinatown.

CandidatesSpecial Prelim. Election [10] Special Gen. Election [11]
Votes%Votes%
Bill Linehan 1834 23.68% 4771 52.58%
Susan M. Passoni 1870 24.14% 4217 46.48%
Edward M. Flynn 1741 22.48% 52Dagger-14-plain.png 0.57%
Robert O'Shea 831 10.73% 
Brian R. Mahoney 549 7.09% 
Mary Cooney 529 6.83% 
Bob Ferrara 384 4.96% 
all others 7 0.09% 33 0.36%

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District 3

Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.

CandidatesGeneral Election [12]
Votes%
Maureen Feeney 7559 80.30%
Michael J. Cote 1816 19.29%
all others 39 0.41%

District 4

Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.

CandidatesGeneral Election [13]
Votes%
Charles Yancey 6724 88.52%
J. R. Rucker 851 11.20%
Jaha Hughes 4Dagger-14-plain.png 0.05%
all others 17 0.22%

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District 5

Councillor Robert Consalvo ran unopposed and was re-elected.

Robert Consalvo Boston City Councilor

Robert Consalvo is the 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.

CandidatesGeneral Election [14]
Votes%
Robert Consalvo 8844 98.86%
all others 102 1.14%

District 6

Councillor John M. Tobin Jr. was re-elected.

CandidatesGeneral Election [15]
Votes%
John M. Tobin Jr. 10,194 63.80%
Gibran Rivera 5741 35.93%
all others 42 0.26%

District 7

Councillor Chuck Turner ran unopposed and was re-elected.

Chuck Turner is a Boston, Massachusetts politician, activist, and convicted felon, who served on the Boston City Council representing District 7. Turner is a member of the Green-Rainbow Party Massachusetts affiliate to the national Green Party. Turner also held the distinction of being the highest elected Green official in the state.

CandidatesGeneral Election [16]
Votes%
Chuck Turner 6628 98.81%
all others 80 1.19%

District 8

Councillor Michael P. Ross ran unopposed and was re-elected.

CandidatesGeneral Election [17]
Votes%
Michael P. Ross 4409 97.29%
all others 123 2.71%

District 9

Councillor Jerry P. McDermott was re-elected.

CandidatesPreliminary Election [18] General Election [19]
Votes%Votes%
Jerry P. McDermott 2145 66.22% 4144 68.19%
Paul F. Creighton Jr. 848 26.18% 1877 30.89%
Daniel Kontoff 235 7.26% 
all others 11 0.34% 56 0.92%

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References

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  2. ↑ "CITY OF BOSTON PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 27, 2005 CITY COUNCILLOR AT LARGE" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  3. ↑ "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 8, 2005 CITY COUNCILLOR AT LARGE" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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  5. ↑ "Scapicchio set to leave council". The Daily Free Press . Boston University. March 2, 2006. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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  7. ↑ "CITY OF BOSTON SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION - JUNE 13, 2006 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 1" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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  9. ↑ Lovett, Chris (January 10, 2007). "Jim Kelly: Identity and Politics". Civic Boston. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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  16. ↑ "CITY OF BOSTON MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 8, 2005 CITY COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 7" (PDF). cityofboston.gov. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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