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Boston City Council elections were held on November 8, 2005. Ten seats (six district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in thegeneral election, as the incumbents in districts 5, 7, and 8 were unopposed. Five seats (the four at-large members, and district 9) had also been contested in thepreliminary election held on September 27, 2005.
CouncillorsMichael F. Flaherty,Felix D. Arroyo, andStephen J. Murphy were re-elected, while the seat formerly held byMaura Hennigan was won bySam Yoon. Hennigan did not seek re-election, as she ran forMayor of Boston; she was defeated by incumbentThomas Menino in thegeneral election. Yoon became the firstAsian American to hold elected office in Boston.[1]
| Candidates | Preliminary election[6] | General election[7] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Michael F. Flaherty (incumbent) | 17,828 | 13.90 | 49,220 | 17.58 |
| Felix D. Arroyo (incumbent) | 15,690 | 12.23 | 43,533 | 15.55 |
| Sam Yoon | 13,165 | 10.27 | 41,891 | 14.96 |
| Stephen J. Murphy (incumbent) | 14,094 | 10.99 | 35,553 | 12.70 |
| John R. Connolly | 14,287 | 11.14 | 31,629 | 11.30 |
| Matt O'Malley | 12,070 | 9.41 | 28,318 | 10.12 |
| Patricia H. White | 12,895 | 10.05 | 26,999 | 9.64 |
| Edward M. Flynn | 11,092 | 8.65 | 21,778 | 7.78 |
| Althea Garrison | 4,824 | 3.76 | ||
| Kevin R. McCrea | 3,661 | 2.85 | ||
| Roy Owens | 3,622 | 2.82 | ||
| Laura Garza | 1,807 | 1.41 | ||
| Gregory Joseph O'Connell | 1,174 | 0.92 | ||
| Martin J. Hogan | 1,031 | 0.80 | ||
| Joseph Ready | 675 | 0.53 | ||
| Joseph Ureneck | 17† | 0.01 | 133† | 0.05 |
| Gibran Rivera | 17† | 0.01 | ||
| all others | 297 | 0.23 | 874 | 0.31 |
† write-in votes
CouncillorPaul Scapicchio was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[8] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Paul Scapicchio (incumbent) | 7,027 | 86.23 |
| Ben Joplin | 1,084 | 13.30 |
| all others | 38 | 0.47 |
Scapicchio resigned his seat effective April 30, 2006, in order to join a private lobbying firm.[9] 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.
| Candidates | Special Prelim. election[10] | Special Gen. election[11] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Salvatore LaMattina | 3,336 | 53.26 | 4,229 | 50.85 |
| Daniel J. Ryan | 2,010 | 32.09 | 4,073 | 48.97 |
| Peter Borre | 681 | 10.87 | ||
| Christine Amisano | 143 | 2.28 | ||
| Anthony L. Dantona Sr. | 64 | 1.02 | ||
| John Toby Knudsen | 13 | 0.21 | ||
| all others | 17 | 0.27 | 15 | 0.18 |
CouncillorJames M. Kelly was re-elected.
| Candidates | General election[12] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| James M. Kelly (incumbent) | 7,047 | 60.93 |
| Susan M. Passoni | 4,475 | 38.69 |
| all others | 44 | 0.38 |
Kelly died in January 2007,[13] 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.
| Candidates | Special Prelim. Election[14] | Special Gen. Election[15] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Bill Linehan | 1,834 | 23.68 | 4,771 | 52.58 |
| Susan M. Passoni | 1,870 | 24.14 | 4,217 | 46.48 |
| Edward M. Flynn | 1,741 | 22.48 | 52† | 0.57 |
| Robert O'Shea | 831 | 10.73 | ||
| Brian R. Mahoney | 549 | 7.09 | ||
| Mary Cooney | 529 | 6.83% | ||
| Bob Ferrara | 384 | 4.96 | ||
| all others | 7 | 0.09 | 33 | 0.36 |
† write-in votes
CouncillorMaureen Feeney was re-elected.
| Candidates | General election[16] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Maureen Feeney (incumbent) | 7,559 | 80.30 |
| Michael J. Cote | 1,816 | 19.29 |
| all others | 39 | 0.41 |
CouncillorCharles Yancey was re-elected.
| Candidates | General election[17] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Charles Yancey (incumbent) | 6,724 | 88.52 |
| J. R. Rucker | 851 | 11.20 |
| Jaha Hughes | 4† | 0.05 |
| all others | 17 | 0.22 |
† write-in votes
CouncillorRobert Consalvo ran unopposed and was re-elected.
| Candidates | General election[18] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Robert Consalvo (incumbent) | 8,844 | 98.86 |
| all others | 102 | 1.14 |
CouncillorJohn M. Tobin Jr. was re-elected.
| Candidates | General election[19] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| John M. Tobin Jr. (incumbent) | 10,194 | 63.80 |
| Gibran Rivera | 5,741 | 35.93 |
| all others | 42 | 0.26 |
CouncillorChuck Turner ran unopposed and was re-elected.
| Candidates | General election[20] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Chuck Turner (incumbent) | 6,628 | 98.81 |
| all others | 80 | 1.19 |
CouncillorMichael P. Ross ran unopposed and was re-elected.
| Candidates | General election[21] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Michael P. Ross (incumbent) | 4,409 | 97.29 |
| all others | 123 | 2.71 |
CouncillorJerry P. McDermott was re-elected.
| Candidates | Preliminary election[22] | General election[23] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Jerry P. McDermott (incumbent) | 2,145 | 66.22 | 4,144 | 68.19 |
| Paul F. Creighton Jr. | 848 | 26.18 | 1,877 | 30.89 |
| Daniel Kontoff | 235 | 7.26 | ||
| all others | 11 | 0.34 | 56 | 0.92 |
