Boston City Council elections were held on November 6, 2007. Eight seats (four district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents in districts 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 were unopposed. Two seats (districts 7 and 9) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 25, 2007.
At-large Councillors Michael F. Flaherty, Stephen J. Murphy, and Sam Yoon were re-elected, while incumbent Felix D. Arroyo was beaten for the final seat by John R. Connolly.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Michael F. Flaherty 25,863 20.57% Stephen J. Murphy 23,659 18.82% Sam Yoon 23,230 18.48% John R. Connolly 21,997 17.50% Felix D. Arroyo 18,579 14.78% Martin J. Hogan 4,008 3.19% Matthew Geary 3,030 2.41% William P. Estrada 2,439 1.94% David James Wyatt 2,383 1.90% all others 542 0.43%
District 1 Councillor Salvatore LaMattina ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Salvatore LaMattina 2,848 95.80% all others 125 4.20%
District 2 Councillor Bill Linehan ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Bill Linehan 3,916 95.68% all others 177 4.32%
District 3 Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Maureen Feeney 4,361 82.92% Michael J. Cote 869 16.52% all others 29 0.55%
District 4 Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Charles Yancey 2,559 89.01% J. R. Rucker 308 10.71% all others 8 0.28%
District 5 Councillor Robert Consalvo ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Robert Consalvo 4,621 98.49% all others 71 1.51%
District 6 Councillor John M. Tobin Jr. ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% John M. Tobin Jr. 5,904 97.85% all others 130 2.15%
District 7 Councillor Chuck Turner was re-elected.
CandidatesPreliminary ElectionGeneral ElectionVotes%Votes% Chuck Turner 1,476 75.73% 3,258 81.13% Carlos Henriquez 317 16.26% 728 18.13% Althea Garrison 151 7.75% 17 0.42% all others 5 0.26% 13 0.32% write-in votes
District 8 Councillor Michael P. Ross ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Michael P. Ross 2,035 97.14% all others 60 2.86%
District 9 The seat formerly held by Jerry P. McDermott was won by Mark Ciommo. McDermott had announced in May 2007 that he would not seek re-election.
CandidatesPreliminary ElectionGeneral ElectionVotes%Votes% Mark Ciommo 1,407 31.11% 2,838 59.80% Gregory J. Glennon 1,250 27.64% 1,889 39.80% Timothy N. Schofield 965 21.34% Rosie Hanlon 577 12.76% Alessandro Selvig 293 6.48% James Joseph Jenner 28 0.62% all others 3 0.07% 19 0.40%
See also List of members of the Boston City Council
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External links 2007 Election Results at boston.gov