Boston mayoral election, 1993

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Boston mayoral election, 1993
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Candidate Thomas Menino James Brett
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote74,448 41,052
Percentage64.45% 35.54%
Mayor before election

Thomas Menino (acting)

Elected Mayor

Thomas Menino

The Boston mayoral election of 1993 occurred on Tuesday, November 2, 1993, between Acting Mayor Thomas Menino and State Representative James Brett. Menino was elected to his first term.

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Contents

This election came just two years after the prior mayoral election (1991) due to Raymond Flynn—who had been Mayor of Boston since 1984—being appointed United States Ambassador to the Holy See. Following Flynn's appointment in July 1993, Boston City Council president Menino became acting mayor.

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The nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on September 21, 1993.

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Candidates

Candidates eliminated in preliminary

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Results

CandidatesPreliminary Election [2] [3] General Election [2]
Votes%Votes%
Thomas Menino 30,060 26.89 74,448 64.45
James Brett 25,052 22.41 41,052 35.54
Robert Rufo 22,517 20.14
Rosaria Salerno 19,605 17.54
Bruce Bolling 6,564 5.87
Christopher Lydon 3,630 3.25
Francis Roache 3,362 3.01
Diane Moriarty 991 0.89

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References

  1. ↑ 1991–1992 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  2. 1 2 "Election Results". Cityofboston.gov. The City of Boston. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  3. ↑ Nolan, Martin F. (September 25, 1993). "Official tally reverses finish of 2 City Council hopefuls"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . p. 15. Retrieved March 3, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.


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