Boston city council election, 2009

Boston city council elections were held on November 3, 2009 with preliminary elections on September 22, 2009. All 13 seats (9 district representatives and 4 at-large members) were contested.

At-Large

John R. Connolly, Stephen J. Murphy, Felix G. Arroyo, and Ayanna Pressley won the four At-Large seats. Incumbent At-Large Councilors Michael F. Flaherty and Sam Yoon did not run for re-election as they were running for Mayor.

Pressley's victory made her first woman of color to be elected to the council in its history.^[1]

Candidates	Preliminary Election[2]		General Election[3]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
John R. Connolly	35,182	18.08%	51,362	18.35%
Stephen J. Murphy	30,365	15.61%	51,008	18.22%
Felix G. Arroyo	25,859	13.29%	45,144	16.13%
Ayanna Pressley	16,866	8.67%	41,879	14.96%
Tito Jackson	12,535	6.44%	30,203	10.79%
Andrew Kenneally	12,653	6.50%	24,249	8.66%
Tomás González	10,122	5.20%	18,310	6.54%
Doug Bennett	10,529	5.41%	16,842	6.02%
Ego Ezedi	9,260	4.76%
Hiep Quoc Nguyen	7,691	3.95%
Sean H. Ryan	6,665	3.43%
Jean-Claude Sanon	5,386	2.77%
Robert Fortes	5,071	2.61%
Bill Trabucco	3,132	1.61%
Scotland Willis	2,639	1.36%

District 1

Councilor Salvatore LaMattina was re-elected.

Candidates	Preliminary Election[4]		General Election[5]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Salvatore LaMattina	5,599	73.37%	8,111	76.58%
Chris Kulikoski	1,149	15.06%	2,444	23.07%
Laura Garza	854	11.19%

District 2

Councilor Bill Linehan ran unopposed.^[6]

District 3

Councilor Maureen Feeney ran unopposed.^[7]

District 4

Councilor Charles Yancey ran unopposed.^[8]

District 5

Councilor Robert Consalvo ran unopposed.^[9]

District 6

Councilor John M. Tobin, Jr. ran unopposed.^[10]

District 7

Councilor Chuck Turner was re-elected.

Candidates	Preliminary Election[11]		General Election[12]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Chuck Turner	3,648	52.57%	5,521	59.83%
Carlos Henriquez	1,659	23.91%	3,644	39.49%
Althea Garrison	995	14.34%
Roy Owens	610	8.79%

District 8

Councilor Michael P. Ross was reelected.

Candidates	General Election[13]
	Votes	%
Michael P. Ross	5,331	84.10%
Oscar Brookins	981	15.48%

District 9

Councilor Mark Ciommo was re-elected.

Candidates	Preliminary Election[14]		General Election[15]
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Mark Ciommo	3,495	59.78%	4,849	64.31%
Alex Selvig	1,353	23.14%	2,678	35.42%
Abigail Furey	785	13.43%
Benjamin Ian Narodick	188	3.22%

See also

Boston mayoral election, 2009

References

1. http://www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/councillors/pressley.asp Retrieved 2010-03-29
2. "Preliminary Municipal Election - City Councillor At Large" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
3. "Municipal Election - City Councillor At Large" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
4. "Preliminary Municipal Election - City Councillor District 1" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
5. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 1" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
6. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 2" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
7. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 3" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
8. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 4" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
9. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 5" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
10. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 5" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
11. "Preliminary Municipal Election - City Councillor District 7" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
12. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 7" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
13. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 8" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
14. "Preliminary Municipal Election - City Councillor District 9" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
15. "Municipal Election - City Councillor District 9" (PDF). City of Boston.gov. City of Boston. Retrieved 6 June 2011.