Boston City Council elections were held on November 7, 2017. Nine seats in the Boston City Council (five district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents in districts 3, 4, 5, and 6 were unopposed. Four seats (districts 1, 2, 7, and 9) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 26, 2017.
At-large Councillors Michelle Wu, Ayanna Pressley, Michael F. Flaherty, and Annissa Essaibi George were re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Michelle Wu 65,040 24.47% Ayanna Pressley 57,520 21.64% Michael F. Flaherty 51,673 19.44% Annissa Essaibi George 45,564 17.14% Althea Garrison 18,253 6.87% Domingos DaRosa 11,647 4.38% William A. King 8,773 3.30% Pat Payaso 6,124 2.30% all others 1,230 0.46%
District 1 The seat formerly held by Salvatore LaMattina was won by Lydia Edwards. LaMattina had announced in April 2017 that he would not seek re-election.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Lydia Edwards 3,547 45.95% 6,906 52.70% Stephen Passacantilli 3,628 47.00% 6,812 47.17% Margaret M. Farmer 522 6.76% all others 22 0.29% 17 0.13%
District 2 The seat formerly held by Bill Linehan was won by Edward M. Flynn, son of former mayor of Boston Raymond Flynn. Linehan had announced in February 2017 that he would not seek re-election.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Edward M. Flynn 5,085 56.42% 7,474 51.61% Michael S. Kelley 2,860 31.73% 6,958 48.05% Corey G. Dinopoulos 504 5.59% Erica J. Tritta 183 2.03% Joseph F. Kebartas 161 1.79% Peter A. Lin-Marcus 124 1.38% Kora R. Vakil 72 0.80% all others 24 0.29% 27 0.35%
District 3 Councillor Frank Baker ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Frank Baker 8,385 97.12% all others 249 2.88%
District 4 Councillor Andrea Campbell ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Andrea Campbell 8,027 98.64% all others 111 1.36%
District 5 Councillor Timothy McCarthy ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Timothy McCarthy 9,870 97.60% all others 243 2.40%
District 6 Councillor Matt O'Malley ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Matt O'Malley 6,658 97.75% all others 153 2.25%
District 7 The seat formerly held by Tito Jackson (who lost in the Boston mayoral election) was won by Kim Janey.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Kim Janey 1,534 25.00% 4,942 55.47% Rufus J. Faulk 719 11.72% 3,856 43.28% Deeqo M. Jibril 605 9.86% Domonique A. Williams 593 9.66% Charles Clemmons Muhammad 423 6.89% Roy Owens 370 6.03% 29 0.33% Jose Lopez 363 5.92% Brian S. Keith 348 5.67% Joao Gomes Depina 299 4.87% Hassan A. Williams 285 4.64% Carlos Henriquez 263 4.29% Angelina Magdalena Camacho 247 4.03% Steven A. Wise 64 1.04% all others 23 0.37% 83 0.93% write-in votes
District 8 Councillor Josh Zakim was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Josh Zakim 4,000 67.06% Kristen Mobilia 1,936 32.46% all others 29 0.49%
District 9 Councillor Mark Ciommo was re-elected.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Mark Ciommo 2,076 58.61% 4,680 61.30% Brandon David Bowser 823 23.24% 2,913 38.15% Alexander Bernhard Golonka 619 17.48% all others 24 0.68% 42 0.55%
See also List of members of the Boston City Council 2017 Boston mayoral election
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External links 2017 Election Results at boston.gov