Thomas Michael "Tom" Finneran,is a radio talk host and former Massachusetts Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from April 1996 to September 2004. He represented the district that included parts of the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester,Mattapan and Hyde Park as well as parts of the town of Milton for 26 years.
Michael F. Flaherty is a politician who served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council for a cumulative ten terms. A member of the Democratic Party,he was first elected to the council in 1999,serving an initial five terms between 2000 until 2010. During this initial tenure,he served as vice president of the council in 2001 and as council president from 2002 to 2006. In 2009 he forwent reelection to a further term in order to run for mayor of Boston in that year's election,which he lost to incumbent mayor Thomas Menino. He ran unsuccessfully in 2011 to return to the council as an at-large member. In 2013,Flaherty again ran in the at-large city council race,and was returned to the council. He served five terms between 2014 and 2024. In 2023,he declined to seek reelection to an additional term.
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The 2009 Boston mayoral election 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. A nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on September 22,2009,where Flaherty and Menino advanced to the general election.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Middlesex district is an electoral district for the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Located in central Massachusetts,it comprises the towns of Hudson,Maynard and Stow,as well as the town of Bolton. Democrat Kate Hogan of Stow has represented the district since 2013. She is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.
Joseph A. Langone Jr. (1896–1960) was a Massachusetts state senator from 1933 to 1940,and was Boston Election Commissioner in the 1940s.
The Boston mayoral election of 1933 occurred on Tuesday,November 7,1933. Former state treasurer Frederick Mansfield defeated five other candidates to be elected Mayor of Boston.
The Boston mayoral election of 1905 took place on Tuesday,December 12,1905. Democratic nominee John F. Fitzgerald defeated Republican nominee Louis A. Frothingham and four other contenders to win election to his first term as Mayor of Boston. Ahead of the general election,primary elections had been held on Thursday,November 16,1905.
John F. Cotter was an American political figure who served as Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department and secretary to Congressman John P. Higgins.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Cambridge in Middlesex County and part of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Jay Livingstone of Back Bay has represented the district since 2013.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 27th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Somerville in Middlesex County. Democrat Erika Uyterhoeven is the current representative.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 25th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Cambridge in Middlesex County. Democrat Marjorie Decker of Cambridge has represented the district since 2013.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Middlesex County. Democrat Vanna Howard was elected to the position on November 3,2020.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Boston and part of the city of Chelsea in Suffolk County. Democrat Dan Ryan of Charlestown has represented the district since 2015. Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include the incumbent Ryan and Damali Vidot.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat David Biele of South Boston has represented the district since 2019.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Christopher Worrell of Dorchester has represented the district since 2023.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of the city of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Russell Holmes of Mattapan has represented the district since 2011.
The 2021 Boston City Council election was held on November 2,2021. All thirteen councillors from the nine districts and four councillors at-large were up for election. Elections in Boston are officially nonpartisan.
The 1942 Massachusetts general election was held on November 3,1942,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 15.
John E. Murphy Jr. is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1971 to 1985.
