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Boston City Council election, 2005
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'''Boston City Council elections''' were held on November 8, 2005, with preliminary elections on September 27, 2005. All 13 seats (9 district representatives and 4 at-large members) of the [[Boston City Council]] were contested in the [[general election]]; five seats (the at-large seats, and representative for district 9) were contested in the [[primary election|preliminary election]].
==At-Large==
Councilors [[Michael F. Flaherty]], [[Felix D. Arroyo]], and [[Stephen J. Murphy]] were re-elected, while the seat formerly held by [[Maura Hennigan]] was won by [[Sam Yoon]]. Hennigan did not seek re-election, as she ran for [[Mayor of Boston]]; she was defeated by incumbent [[Thomas Menino]] in the [[Boston mayoral election, 2005|general election]]. Yoon became the first [[Asian American]] to hold elected office in Boston.<ref name=newkid></ref>
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''Preliminary Election'''<ref></ref>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Michael F. Flaherty]]
| align="right" | 17,828
| align="right" | 13.90%
| align="right" | 49,220
| align="right" | 17.58%
|-
| [[Felix D. Arroyo]]
| align="right" | 15,690
| align="right" | 12.23%
| align="right" | 43,533
| align="right" | 15.55%
|-
| [[Sam Yoon]]
| align="right" | 13,165
| align="right" | 10.27%
| align="right" | 41,891
| align="right" | 14.96%
|-
| [[Stephen J. Murphy]]
| align="right" | 14,094
| align="right" | 10.99%
| align="right" | 35,553
| align="right" | 12.70%
|-
| [[John R. Connolly]]
| align="right" | 14,287
| align="right" | 11.14%
| align="right" | 31,629
| align="right" | 11.30%
|-
| [[Matt O'Malley]]
| align="right" | 12,070
| align="right" | 9.41%
| align="right" | 28,318
| align="right" | 10.12%
|-
| Patricia H. White
| align="right" | 12,895
| align="right" | 10.05%
| align="right" | 26,999
| align="right" | 9.64%
|-
| [[Edward M. Flynn]]
| align="right" | 11,092
| align="right" | 8.65%
| align="right" | 21,778
| align="right" | 7.78%
|-
| [[Althea Garrison]]
| align="right" | 4824
| align="right" | 3.76%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Kevin R. Mccrea
| align="right" | 3661
| align="right" | 2.85%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Roy Owens
| align="right" | 3622
| align="right" | 2.82%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| [[Laura Garza]]
| align="right" | 1807
| align="right" | 1.41%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Gregory Joseph O'Connell
| align="right" | 1174
| align="right" | 0.92%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Martin J. Hogan
| align="right" | 1031
| align="right" | 0.80%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Joseph Ready
| align="right" | 675
| align="right" | 0.53%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Joseph Ureneck
| align="right" | 17
| align="right" | 0.01%
| align="right" | 133
| align="right" | 0.05%
|-
| Gibran Rivera
| align="right" | 17
| align="right" | 0.01%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 297
| align="right" | 0.23%
| align="right" | 874
| align="right" | 0.31%
|}
write-in votes
==District 1==
===General election===
Councilor [[Paul Scapicchio]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Paul Scapicchio]]
| align="right" | 7027
| align="right" | 86.23%
|-
| Ben Joplin
| align="right" | 1084
| align="right" | 13.30%
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 38
| align="right" | 0.47%
|}
===Special election===
Scapicchio resigned his seat effective April 30, 2006, in order to join a private lobbying firm.<ref></ref> This created a vacancy that needed to be filled by a special election, which took place on June 13, 2006, with the preliminary election on May 16, 2006. [[Salvatore LaMattina]] was elected to serve the remainder of Scapicchio's term.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''Special Prelim. Election'''<ref></ref>
!colspan=2 |'''Special Gen. Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Salvatore LaMattina]]
| align="right" | 3336
| align="right" | 53.26%
| align="right" | 4229
| align="right" | 50.85%
|-
| Daniel J. Ryan
| align="right" | 2010
| align="right" | 32.09%
| align="right" | 4073
| align="right" | 48.97%
|-
| Peter Borre
| align="right" | 681
| align="right" | 10.87%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Christine Amisano
| align="right" | 143
| align="right" | 2.28%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Anthony L. Dantona Sr.
| align="right" | 64
| align="right" | 1.02%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| John Toby Knudsen
| align="right" | 13
| align="right" | 0.21%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 17
| align="right" | 0.27%
| align="right" | 15
| align="right" | 0.18%
|}
==District 2==
===General election===
Councilor [[James M. Kelly (Boston politician)|James M. Kelly]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[James M. Kelly (Boston politician)|James M. Kelly]]
| align="right" | 7047
| align="right" | 60.93%
|-
| Susan M. Passoni
| align="right" | 4475
| align="right" | 38.69%
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 44
| align="right" | 0.38%
|}
===Special election===
Kelly died in January 2007,<ref></ref> creating a vacancy that needed to be filled by a special election, which took place on May 15, 2007, with the preliminary election on April 17, 2007. [[Bill Linehan]] was elected to serve the remainder of Kelly's term.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''Special Prelim. Election'''<ref></ref>
!colspan=2 |'''Special Gen. Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Bill Linehan]]
| align="right" | 1834
| align="right" | 23.68%
| align="right" | 4771
| align="right" | 52.58%
|-
| Susan M. Passoni
| align="right" | 1870
| align="right" | 24.14%
| align="right" | 4217
| align="right" | 46.48%
|-
| [[Edward M. Flynn]]
| align="right" | 1741
| align="right" | 22.48%
| align="right" | 52
| align="right" | 0.57%
|-
| Robert O'Shea
| align="right" | 831
| align="right" | 10.73%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Brian R. Mahoney
| align="right" | 549
| align="right" | 7.09%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Mary Cooney
| align="right" | 529
| align="right" | 6.83%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Bob Ferrara
| align="right" | 384
| align="right" | 4.96%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 7
| align="right" | 0.09%
| align="right" | 33
| align="right" | 0.36%
|}
write-in votes
==District 3==
Councilor [[Maureen Feeney]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Maureen Feeney]]
| align="right" | 7559
| align="right" | 80.30%
|-
| Michael J. Cote
| align="right" | 1816
| align="right" | 19.29%
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 39
| align="right" | 0.41%
|}
==District 4==
Councilor [[Charles Yancey]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Charles Yancey]]
| align="right" | 6724
| align="right" | 88.52%
|-
| J. R. Rucker
| align="right" | 851
| align="right" | 11.20%
|-
| Jaha Hughes
| align="right" | 4
| align="right" | 0.05%
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 17
| align="right" | 0.22%
|}
write-in votes
==District 5==
Councilor [[Robert Consalvo]] ran unopposed and was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Robert Consalvo]]
| align="right" | 8844
| align="right" | 98.86%
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 102
| align="right" | 1.14%
|}
==District 6==
Councilor [[John M. Tobin Jr.]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[John M. Tobin Jr.]]
| align="right" | 10,194
| align="right" | 63.80%
|-
| Gibran Rivera
| align="right" | 5741
| align="right" | 35.93%
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 42
| align="right" | 0.26%
|}
==District 7==
Councilor [[Chuck Turner]] ran unopposed and was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Chuck Turner]]
| align="right" | 6628
| align="right" | 98.81%
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 80
| align="right" | 1.19%
|}
==District 8==
Councilor [[Michael P. Ross]] ran unopposed and was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Michael P. Ross]]
| align="right" | 4409
| align="right" | 97.29%
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 123
| align="right" | 2.71%
|}
==District 9==
Councilor [[Jerry P. McDermott]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''
!colspan=2 |'''Preliminary Election'''<ref></ref>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Jerry P. McDermott]]
| align="right" | 2145
| align="right" | 66.22%
| align="right" | 4144
| align="right" | 68.19%
|-
| Paul F. Creighton Jr.
| align="right" | 848
| align="right" | 26.18%
| align="right" | 1877
| align="right" | 30.89%
|-
| Daniel Kontoff
| align="right" | 235
| align="right" | 7.26%
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| ''all others''
| align="right" | 11
| align="right" | 0.34%
| align="right" | 56
| align="right" | 0.92%
|}
==See also==
* [[Boston mayoral election, 2005]]
==References==
==External links==
* [http://ift.tt/2Cx0Sn5 2005 Election Results] at boston.gov
[[Category:History of Boston]]
[[Category:Government of Boston]]
[[Category:Massachusetts elections, 2005]]
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