Boston mayoral election, 2009

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Boston mayoral election, 2009
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Candidate Thomas Menino Michael F. Flaherty
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote63,12346,768
Percentage57.27%42.43%
Mayor before election

Thomas Menino

Elected Mayor

Thomas Menino

The Boston mayoral election of 2009 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.

Mayor of Boston

The Mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston has a mayor-council system of government. Boston's mayoral elections are non-partisan, and elect a mayor to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office is in Boston City Hall, in Government Center.

Thomas Menino 53rd mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Thomas Michael "Tom" Menino was an American politician who served as the 53rd Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. Before becoming mayor, the Boston native was a member and President of the Boston City Council.

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.

Contents

31% of registered voters turned out to vote in the election. [1] [2]

The nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on September 22, 2009.

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.

Campaign

After the preliminary election, Flaherty and fellow-Councillor Sam Yoon, who had finished third, declared they had formed a ticket. If Flaherty were victorious, he vowed to appoint Yoon deputy mayor, a position that had not existed in Boston since the administration of Kevin White, who left office in 1984. [3] Details of the position, including salary, were never finalized.

Sam Yoon American politician

Sam Yoon is a former at-large member of the Boston City Council. He currently serves as the executive director for the Council of Korean Americans in Washington, DC. He was the first Asian American to hold elected office in Boston. He is a member of the United States Democratic Party.

Candidates

Eliminated in preliminary

Results

CandidatesPreliminary Election [8] General Election [9]
Votes%Votes%
Thomas Menino 41,02650.5263,12357.27
Michael F. Flaherty 19,45923.9646,76842.43
Sam Yoon 17,17921.16
Kevin McCrea 3,3404.11

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/2009%20-%2011-03-09%20-%20Mayor%20Ward%20&%20Precinct%20Results_tcm3-2835.pdf
  2. ↑ https://www.cityofboston.gov/images_documents/2009%20-%2011-03-09%20-%20Municipal%20Election%20figures_tcm3-26102.pdf
  3. ↑ Levenson, Michael (September 29, 2009). "Yoon is joining Flaherty as deputy"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . p. B.1. Retrieved March 2, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  4. ↑ http://www.michaelflaherty.com/
  5. ↑ http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/04/menino_reelecti.html
  6. ↑ http://electkevin.blogspot.com/
  7. ↑ 'Yoon announces candidacy for mayor', The Boston Globe February 8, 2009
  8. ↑ http://www.cityofboston.gov/elections/currentelections/default.asp
  9. ↑ http://www.cityofboston.gov/elections/currentelections/default.asp

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