Boston City Council elections were held on November 6, 2001. Nine seats (five representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents for districts 1, 5, 8, and 9 ran unopposed. Two seats (districts 3 and 6) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 25, 2001.
Councillors Francis Roache, Stephen J. Murphy, and Michael F. Flaherty were re-elected. Councillor Peggy Davis-Mullen did not seek re-election, as she ran for Mayor of Boston, losing in the mayoral election to incumbent Thomas Menino. Davis-Mullen's at-large seat was won by Maura Hennigan, who had been the District 6 councillor since 1984, and a member of the council since 1982.
Candidates[1] | General Election[2][3] | Recount[4][5] | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |
Francis Roache | 44,062 | 19.0% | ||
Michael F. Flaherty | 42,869 | 18.5% | ||
Maura Hennigan | 40,423 | 17.4% | ||
Stephen J. Murphy | 39,436 | 17.0% | ||
Felix D. Arroyo† | 28,551 | 12.3% | 28,746 | |
Robert Consalvo | 28,584 | 12.3% | 28,678 | |
Phyllis Yetman Igoe | 8,186 | 3.5% |
† Francis Roache resigned his council seat after being elected Registrar of Deeds for Suffolk County in November 2002; Felix D. Arroyo joined the council in January 2003 to serve the remainder of Roache's term.[6]
Councillor Paul Scapicchio ran unopposed and was re-elected.
Councillor James M. Kelly was re-elected.
Candidates | General Election[2][7] | |
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Votes | % | |
James M. Kelly | 7556 | 65.6% |
Richard Evans | 3967 | 34.4% |
Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.
Candidates | Preliminary Election[8] | General Election[2][9] | ||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Maureen Feeney | 66% | 7435 | 80.5% | |||
Mark Juaire | 14% | 1796 | 19.5% | |||
Nathan Cooper | 4.5% | |||||
John Comerford | 3.8% | |||||
Gerard Brophy | 2.0% | |||||
Joseph Ureneck | 1.6% |
Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.
Candidates | General Election[2][10] | |
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Votes | % | |
Charles Yancey | 6164 | 86.7% |
Vikki Middleton | 943 | 13.3% |
Councillor Daniel F. Conley ran unopposed and was re-elected.
In February 2002, Conley was named interim district attorney for Suffolk County;[11] he resigned his council seat shortly thereafter. The vacancy was filled by a special election, which took place on June 4, 2002, with the preliminary election on May 7, 2002.[12] Robert Consalvo was elected to serve the remainder of Conley's term.[13]
Candidates | Special Prelim. Election[14] | Special Gen. Election[15] | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |
Robert Consalvo | 3718 | 63.9% | 4277 | 65.1% |
Adriana Cillo | 1929 | 33.2% | 2294 | 34.9% |
Anthony J. Solimine | 167 | 2.9% |
Councillor Maura Hennigan ran for (and won) an at-large seat on the council; her district seat was won by John M. Tobin Jr.
Candidates | Preliminary Election[8] | General Election[2][16] | ||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |
John M. Tobin Jr. | 35.6% | 7537 | 54.0% | |
Michael Rush | 44.0% | 6424 | 46.0% | |
Elaine Rigas | 14.6% | |||
Edgar Williams | 1.1% |
Councillor Chuck Turner was re-elected.
Candidates | General Election[2][17] | |
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Votes | % | |
Chuck Turner | 5617 | 83.2% |
Roy Owens | 1136 | 16.8% |
Councillor Michael P. Ross ran unopposed and was re-elected.
Councillor Brian Honan ran unopposed and was re-elected.
Honan died in July 2002,[18] creating a vacancy that was filled by a special election, which took place on December 10, 2002, with the preliminary election on November 12, 2002.[19] Jerry P. McDermott was elected to serve the remainder of Honan's term.[20]
Candidates[21] | Special Prelim. Election[22] | Special Gen. Election[23] | ||||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Jerry P. McDermott | 29% | 2682 | 54.2% | |||
Mark Ciommo | 23% | 2268 | 45.8% | |||
Cathleen Campbell | 20% | |||||
John Bruno | ||||||
Rosie Hanlon | ||||||
Arturo Vasquez | ||||||
Gary Dotterman | ||||||
Mark Trachtenberg | ||||||
Dan McLaughlin |