Boston mayoral election, 2017

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Boston mayoral election, 2017
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Candidate Marty Walsh Tito Jackson
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote70,197 36,472
Percentage65.37% 33.97%
Mayor before election

Marty Walsh

Elected Mayor

Marty Walsh

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, [1] and two long-shot candidates, Robert Cappucci and Joseph Wiley. [2] [3]

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.

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.

Democratic Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.

Contents

A non-partisan preliminary election was held on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, with Walsh and Jackson advancing into a November runoff election. [4] In the November election, Walsh secured a landslide victory, winning by a two-to-one margin. [5] A total of 109,034 [6] of the city's approximately 392,000 registered voters [7] cast a ballot in the November election. The voter turnout of 27.80% [6] was down ten percentage points from the 2013 mayoral election, which generated more excitement as the first Boston mayoral race in a generation without an incumbent. [7]

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.

Voter turnout percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.

Endorsements

By October 2017, ten of the 13 Boston City Council members endorsed Walsh for re-election. Ayanna Pressley remained neutral due to her husband being employed by the mayor, and Andrea Campbell declined to comment on her preference. [8]

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.

Ayanna Pressley American politician

Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician who is the member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. The district, which was once represented by John F. Kennedy and Tip O'Neill, includes the northern three-fourths of Boston, most of Cambridge, and all of Chelsea and Somerville. She is a Democrat.

The Boston Globe editorial board endorsed Walsh for a second time, citing his excellence in handling housing and the city’s vibrancy during this first term. [9] The Boston Herald editorial board also endorsed Walsh, saying the newspaper was wrong not to give their endorsement to Walsh in 2013. [10]

<i>The Boston Globe</i> newspaper

The Boston Globe is an American daily newspaper founded and based in Boston, Massachusetts, since its creation by Charles H. Taylor in 1872. The newspaper has won a total of 26 Pulitzer Prizes as of 2016, and with a total paid circulation of 245,824 from September 2015 to August 2016, it is the 25th most read newspaper in the United States. The Boston Globe is the oldest and largest daily newspaper in Boston.

<i>Boston Herald</i> US newspaper

The Boston Herald is an American daily newspaper whose primary market is Boston, Massachusetts and its surrounding area. It was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States. It has been awarded eight Pulitzer Prizes in its history, including four for editorial writing and three for photography before it was converted to tabloid format in 1981. The Herald was named one of the "10 Newspapers That 'Do It Right'" in 2012 by Editor & Publisher.

Polling

Walsh led in polls by substantial margins. An Emerson College Polling Society survey in a September poll of likely voters found Walsh at 52%, Jackson at 21%, Cappucci at 7%, and Wiley at 5%. [11] A Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll in June 2017 found Walsh with a 31-point lead. [12]

Emerson College private coeducational university located in Boston, Massachusetts

Emerson College is a private college in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of oratory," the college offers more than three dozen degree programs in the area of Arts and Communication and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Located in Boston's Washington Street Theatre District on the edge of the Boston Common, the school also maintains buildings in Los Angeles and the town of Well, The Netherlands.

Suffolk University private university located in Boston, Massachusetts

Suffolk University is a private, non-sectarian, non-profit research university located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. With 7,560 students, it is the eighth largest university in metropolitan Boston. It is categorized as a Doctoral Research University by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. It was founded as a law school in 1906 and named after its location in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The university's notable alumni include mayors, dozens of U.S. federal and state judges and United States members of Congress.

Results

Notes: all candidates are nonpartisan, 0.66% of votes in the general election were write-ins.

A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person's name. The system is almost totally confined to elections in the United States. Some U.S. states and local jurisdictions allow a voter to affix a sticker, with the write-in candidate's name, to the ballot in lieu of actually writing in the candidate's name. Write-in candidacies are sometimes a result of a candidate being legally or procedurally ineligible to run under his or her own name or party; write-in candidacies may be permitted where term limits bar an incumbent candidate from being officially nominated for, or being listed on the ballot for, re-election. In some cases, write-in campaigns have been organized to support a candidate who is not personally involved in running; this may be a form of draft campaign.

CandidatesPreliminary election [13] General election [6]
Votes%Votes%
Marty Walsh 34,88262.52%70,19765.37%
Tito Jackson 16,21629.07% 36,472 33.97%
Robert Cappucci 3,736 6.70%
Joseph Wiley 529 0.95%

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References

  1. ↑ Irons, Meghan E. (January 11, 2017). "'I want to become the 55th mayor of the City of Boston'". Boston Globe . Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Meghan E. Irons, Long shots force runoff in Boston mayoral primary, Boston Globe (June 7, 2017).
  3. ↑ Marty Walsh faces 3 challengers on Boston's preliminary ballot, Associated Press (September 24, 2017).
  4. ↑ Steve LeBlanc, Marty Walsh, Tito Jackson advance to November election, Associated Press (September 26, 2017).
  5. ↑ Dan Atkinson & O'Ryan Johnson, [Mayor Walsh with a 'W' in re-election bid: Incumbent cruises home over challenger Tito Jackson], Boston Herald (November 8, 2017).
  6. 1 2 3 "MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 7, 2017 MAYOR" (PDF). Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Creamer, Lisa (November 8, 2017). "Low — But Slightly Higher Than Expected — Voter Turnout In Boston's Election". WBUR .
  8. ↑ Irons, Meghan E. (2017-10-04). "Mayoral candidate Tito Jackson gets a cold shoulder from political establishment". The Boston Globe . Retrieved 2017-10-04.
  9. ↑ Editorial Board (2017-10-23). "A second term for Mayor Walsh". The Boston Globe . Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  10. ↑ Boston Herald, Editorial Staff (2017-10-25). "Editorial: Walsh has earned a second term". Boston Herald . Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  11. ↑ Joe Battenfeld, Walsh up big in poll; pollster says Tito needs ‘perfect storm at this point', Boston Herald (September 18, 2017).
  12. ↑ Walsh has 31-point lead over Jackson in mayoral race, poll shows, Boston Globe (June 22, 2017).
  13. ↑ "PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 MAYOR" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-11-09.
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