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Boston City Council election, 1991
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'''[[Boston City Council]] elections''' were held on November 5, 1991. All thirteen seats (nine district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the [[general election]], and had also been contested in the [[primary election|preliminary election]] held on September 24, 1991.
==At-large==
Councillors [[Dapper O'Neil]], [[Christopher A. Iannella]], and [[Rosaria Salerno]] were re-elected. Councillor [[Michael J. McCormack]] retired and did not seek re-election; his seat was won by former Boston School Committee member [[John A. Nucci]].
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''<ref></ref>
!colspan=2 |'''Preliminary Election'''<ref></ref>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Dapper O'Neil]]
| align="right" | 32,374
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 44,758
| align="right" |
|-
| [[Christopher A. Iannella]]
| align="right" | 23,566
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 40,270
| align="right" |
|-
| [[Rosaria Salerno]]
| align="right" | 24,447
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 37,113
| align="right" |
|-
| [[John A. Nucci]]
| align="right" | 22,253
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 35,723
| align="right" |
|-
| [[Bruce Bolling]]
| align="right" | 16,400
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 32,008
| align="right" |
|-
| [[Peggy Davis-Mullen]]
| align="right" | 12,860
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 25,658
| align="right" |
|-
| Francis Costello
| align="right" | 12,855
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 22,545
| align="right" |
|-
| John Grady
| align="right" | 13,512
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 20,375
| align="right" |
|-
| Corbett
| align="right" | 11,205
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Boyce Slayman
| align="right" | 8251
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Walsh
| align="right" | 7559
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Hall
| align="right" | 5220
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Murray
| align="right" | 3915
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| James Klocke
| align="right" | 2886
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|}
==District 1==
Councillor [[Robert Travaglini]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''<ref name=Ballot></ref>
!colspan=2 |'''Preliminary Election'''<ref name=Prelim></ref>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref name=General></ref>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Robert Travaglini]]
| align="right" | 5531
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 7592
| align="right" |
|-
| Robert M. Cappucci
| align="right" | 2299
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 3392
| align="right" |
|-
| Thomas B. Pizzi
| align="right" | 740
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|}
==District 2==
Councillor [[James M. Kelly (Boston politician)|James M. Kelly]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''<ref name=Ballot/>
!colspan=2 |'''Preliminary Election'''<ref name=Prelim/>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref name=General/>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[James M. Kelly (Boston politician)|James M. Kelly]]
| align="right" | 7249
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 9414
| align="right" |
|-
| Michael Cronin
| align="right" | 1926
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 3608
| align="right" |
|-
| Richard W. Czubinski
| align="right" | 512
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Ali J. Fiumedoro
| align="right" | 344
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|}
==District 3==
Councillor [[James E. Byrne]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''<ref name=Ballot/>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref name=General/>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[James E. Byrne]]
| align="right" | 7922
| align="right" |
|-
| Jill S. Klowden
| align="right" | 1635
| align="right" |
|}
==District 4==
Councillor [[Charles Yancey]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''<ref name=Ballot/>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref name=General/>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Charles Yancey]]
| align="right" | 4742
| align="right" |
|-
| J. R. Rucker
| align="right" | 558
| align="right" |
|}
==District 5==
Councillor [[Thomas Menino]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''<ref name=Ballot/>
!colspan=2 |'''Preliminary Election'''<ref name=Prelim/>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref name=General/>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Thomas Menino]]
| align="right" | 6784
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 9678
| align="right" |
|-
| Peter D. Stone
| align="right" | 913
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 2181
| align="right" |
|-
| Edmund T. Burke
| align="right" | 632
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Gerald Bagley
| align="right" | 203
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|}
==District 6==
Councillor [[Maura Hennigan]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''<ref name=Ballot/>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref name=General/>
|-
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Maura Hennigan]]
| align="right" | 9079
| align="right" |
|-
| Michael Kennedy
| align="right" | 2753
| align="right" |
|}
==District 7==
Councillor [[Bruce Bolling]] ran for an at-large seat; [[Anthony Crayton]] won the District 7 seat.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''<ref></ref>
!colspan=2 |'''Preliminary Election'''<ref name=Prelim/>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref name=General/>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Anthony Crayton]]
| align="right" | 836
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 3129
| align="right" |
|-
| Roy A. Owens
| align="right" | 974
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 2314
| align="right" |
|-
| [[Althea Garrison]]
| align="right" | 703
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Ben Haith
| align="right" | 691
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| James A. West
| align="right" | 666
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Hattie Dudley
| align="right" | 395
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Natalie E. Carithers
| align="right" | 211
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|}
==District 8==
Councillor [[David Scondras]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''<ref name=Ballot/>
!colspan=2 |'''Preliminary Election'''<ref name=Prelim/>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref name=General/>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[David Scondras]]
| align="right" | 2086
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 3208
| align="right" |
|-
| Glenn W. Fiscus
| align="right" | 577
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 1380
| align="right" |
|-
| Michael J. Fleuette
| align="right" | 323
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|}
==District 9==
Councillor [[Brian J. McLaughlin]] was re-elected.
{| class=wikitable
!colspan=1 rowspan=2 |'''Candidates'''<ref name=Ballot/>
!colspan=2 |'''Preliminary Election'''<ref name=Prelim/>
!colspan=2 |'''General Election'''<ref name=General/>
|-
!Votes
!%
!Votes
!%
|-
| [[Brian J. McLaughlin]]
| align="right" | 2514
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 3685
| align="right" |
|-
| Cornelius K. Hurley
| align="right" | 1639
| align="right" |
| align="right" | 3516
| align="right" |
|-
| Curran
| align="right" | 516
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|-
| Aramis Camps
| align="right" | 169
| align="right" |
| colspan=2 bgcolor=darkgray |
|}
==See also==
* [[Boston mayoral election, 1991]]
==References==
==Further reading==
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[[Category:History of Boston]]
[[Category:Government of Boston]]
[[Category:Massachusetts elections, 1991]]
February 24, 2018 at 03:58PM
