2011 Boston City Council election

2011 Boston City Council election

November 8, 2011

Boston City Council elections were held on November 8, 2011. Eight seats (four district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents in districts 1, 5, 6, 8, and 9 were unopposed. Three seats (districts 2, 3, and 7) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 27, 2011.

At-large

Councillors John R. Connolly, Stephen J. Murphy, Felix G. Arroyo, and Ayanna Pressley were re-elected to the four at-large seats. Pressley's victory made her the first woman of color to be re-elected to the council; entering 2012, she was the only female member of the council.^[1]

Candidates	General Election[2]
	Votes	%
Ayanna Pressley	37,532	21.42%
Felix G. Arroyo	35,483	20.25%
John R. Connolly	32,827	18.74%
Stephen J. Murphy	26,730	15.26%
Michael F. Flaherty	25,805	14.73%
Will Dorcena	8,739	4.99%
Sean H. Ryan	7,376	4.21%

District 1

Councillor Salvatore LaMattina ran unopposed.^[3]

District 2

Councillor Bill Linehan was re-elected.

Candidates	Preliminary election[4]		General election[5]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Bill Linehan	2,334	35.02%	5,078	50.28%
Suzanne Lee	2,608	39.14%	4,981	49.32%
Bob Ferrara	1,689	25.35%

District 3

Councillor Maureen Feeney, a member of the council since 1994, did not seek re-election;^[6] she subsequently took the job of city clerk. Frank Baker was elected.

Candidates	Preliminary Election[7]		General Election[8]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Frank Baker	2,338	31.53%	5,262	55.78%
John O'Toole	1,916	25.84%	4,120	43.68%
Craig Galvin	1,769	23.86%
Doug Bennett	703	9.48%
Marydith Tuitt	334	4.50%
Stephanie Everett	266	3.59%
Martin Hogan	63	0.85%

District 4

Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.

Candidates	General Election[9]
	Votes	%
Charles Yancey	3,893	88.54%
J. R. Rucker	435	9.89%

District 5

Councillor Robert Consalvo ran unopposed.^[10]

District 6

Councillor Matt O'Malley ran unopposed.^[11] O'Malley had won his seat through a special election to fill a vacancy for District 6, which took place on November 16, 2010, with the preliminary election on October 19, 2010.

District 7

Councillor Tito Jackson was re-elected. Jackson had won his seat through a special election to fill a vacancy for District 7, which took place on March 15, 2011, with the preliminary election on February 15, 2011.

Candidates	Preliminary Election[12]		General Election[13]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Tito Jackson	1,876	76.07%	4,818	84.35%
Sheneal Parker	273	11.07%	799	13.99%
Althea Garrison	216	8.76%
Roy Owens	85	3.45%

District 8

Councillor Michael P. Ross ran unopposed.^[14]

District 9

Councillor Mark Ciommo ran unopposed.^[15]

See also

• List of members of the Boston City Council

References

1. "Ayanna Pressley / Former At-Large City Councilor". www.cityofboston.gov. Retrieved March 29, 2010.^{[title missing]}
2. "Municipal Election - City Councillor At Large" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
3. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 1" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
4. "Preliminary Municipal Election - City Councillor District 2" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
5. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 2" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
6. Ryan, Andrew (November 15, 2011). "Feeney, long on council, leaves quietly". The Boston Globe.
7. "Preliminary Municipal Election - City Councillor District 3" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
8. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 3" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
9. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 4" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
10. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 5" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
11. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 6" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
12. "Preliminary Municipal Election - City Councillor District 7" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
13. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 7" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
14. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 8" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.
15. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 9" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved November 10, 2012.

Further reading

• "Candidates Running for Boston City Council in 2011" (PDF). Boston Municipal Research Bureau. June 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
• "City Council Races Set for General Election" (PDF). Boston Municipal Research Bureau. September 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2018.

External links

• 2011 Election Results at boston.gov
• Boston City Council Swearing-In Ceremony at cityofboston.gov (January 2, 2012)

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