Boston mayoral election, 2013

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Boston mayoral election, 2013
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Candidate Marty Walsh John R. Connolly
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote72,51467,606
Percentage51.55%48.06%
Mayor before election

Thomas Menino

Elected Mayor

Marty Walsh

The Boston mayoral election of 2013 occurred on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, between state representative Marty Walsh and city councilor John R. Connolly. Walsh was elected to his first term, and was inaugurated on Monday, January 6, 2014. [1]

Boston Capital city of Massachusetts, United States

Boston is the capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city proper covers 48 square miles (124 km2) with an estimated population of 685,094 in 2017, making it also the most populous city in New England. Boston is the seat of Suffolk County as well, although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999. The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest such area in the country. As a combined statistical area (CSA), this wider commuting region is home to some 8.2 million people, making it the sixth-largest in the United States.

Marty Walsh (politician) politician from Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Martin Joseph Walsh is an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. A Democrat, he is the 54th and current Mayor of Boston, having served in office since 2014. He was previously a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving in that office from 1997 until 2014 and representing the Thirteenth Suffolk district.

John R. Connolly American politician

John R. Connolly is a former at-large Boston city councilor and candidate for mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. He was first elected in November 2007.

Contents

38% of registered voters turned out to vote in the election. [2]

A non-partisan preliminary election was held on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. [3] [4] [5]

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.

Incumbent Mayor Thomas Menino had declined to run for re-election to a sixth term.

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.

Preliminary candidates

Declared

Felix G. Arroyo American politician

Felix G. Arroyo is an American political figure from Boston. Arroyo was elected to a Councilor At-Large position on the Boston City Council in November 2009. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Boston in 2013 and 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.

Boston Public Schools public school system of Boston

Boston Public Schools (BPS) is a school district serving the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Daniel F. Conley American politician and lawyer

Daniel F. Conley was the 15th District Attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, serving Boston, Revere, Chelsea and Winthrop. Appointed to the office in February 2002, Conley was later elected on November 5, 2002, and again in 2006, 2010, and 2014. He resigned in 2018 to enter private practice.

Withdrew

Boston Police Department

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Althea Garrison American politician

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Declined

Preliminary election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Felix
Arroyo		John
Barros		Charles
Clemons		Daniel
Conley		John
Connolly		Robert
Consalvo		Charlotte Golar
Richie		Michael
Ross		Bill
Walczak		Marty
Walsh		David
Wyatt		Charles
Yancey		Other/
Undecided
Suffolk University/Boston Herald September 12–17, 2013600± 4%6%3%1%12%16%8%10%5%6%12%0%1%21%
Mass Inc September 14–16, 2013487± 4.4%8%3%<1%8%15%5%10%6%4%12%<1%1%27%
UNH September 5–12, 2013411± 4.8%6%6%2%10%15%6%10%5%4%10%0%3%25%
Suffolk University/Boston Herald July 10–15, 2013600± 4%4%1%1%9%12%8%5%5%2%11%1%3%40%

General election

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Marty
Walsh		John
Connolly		Undecided
Suffolk University/Boston Herald October 29–31, 2013555± 4.2%46%43%11%
UMass Poll, UMass Amherst October 22–26, 2013405± 5.9%47%40%13%
University of New Hampshire October 17–22, 2013465± 4.5%38%47%15%
Mass Inc October 19–20, 2013503± 4.4%39%41%20%
Sage Systems October 16–17, 2013375± 3.9%36%40%24%
UMass Lowell October 2–7, 2013375± 6%37%45%18%
S.U./Herald October 2–6, 2013600± 4%34%41%23%
Anderson Robbins ^ September 28–30, 2013800± ?32%44%24%
S.U./Herald September 12–17, 2013600± 4%29%44%28%

Results

Notes: all candidates are nonpartisan, 0.40% are write-in votes.

CandidatesPreliminary election [25] General election [3]
Votes%Votes%
Marty Walsh 20,83818%72,51451.55%
John R. Connolly 19,42017%67,60648.06%
Charlotte Golar Richie 15,53614%
Daniel Conley 12,76411%
Felix Arroyo 9,8889%
John Barros 9,1388%
Robert Consalvo 8,5928%
Michael Ross 8,1557%
Bill Walczak 3,8223%
Charles Yancey 2,3882%
Charles Clemons1,7992%
David Wyatt3340%

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  2. ↑ "Data" (PDF). www.cityofboston.gov. 2011.
  3. 1 2 "Unofficial election results".
  4. ↑ "Boston Mayoral Race Preliminary Election 2013 - Live blog".
  5. ↑ "Election calendar" (PDF). www.cityofboston.gov. 2013.
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  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Andrew Ryan; Wesley Lowery (May 22, 2013). "15 remain in the race for mayor of Boston". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ Andrew Ryan (May 25, 2013). "Will Dorcena will not make ballot". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Boston to face crowded ballot". The Boston Globe. June 14, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
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  11. ↑ "State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz says it's not the right time to run for mayor of Boston". April 3, 2013. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013.
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  16. ↑ "Hennigan won't join mayoral race - Jamaica Plain Gazette". jamaicaplaingazette.com.
  17. ↑ "Mayoral race could be dominated by JPers - Jamaica Plain Gazette". jamaicaplaingazette.com.
  18. 1 2 "Mayoral maneuvering: Consalvo in, Jackson and Rooney out".
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