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Boston City Council electionsgeneral election , as the incumbents in districts 3 and 6 were unopposed. Seven seats (the four at-large members, and districts 1, 8, and 9) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 22, 1987.
At-large [ edit ]
Councillors Dapper O'Neil , Christopher A. Iannella , and Michael J. McCormack were re-elected. Councillor Joseph M. Tierney did not seek re-election, as he ran for Mayor of Boston ; he was defeated by incumbent Raymond Flynn in the general election . Rosaria Salerno won the final at-large seat.
Candidates [1] Preliminary Election [2] [3] General Election [4]
Votes
%
Votes
%
Dapper O'Neil
29,052
47,817
Christopher A. Iannella
23,906
45,472
Rosaria Salerno
19,346
39,089
Michael J. McCormack
16,793
36,326
Joseph W. Casper
15,694
32,548
Frederick C. Langone
19,521
30,447
Michael W. Kane
13,678
27,573
Stephen J. Murphy
13,309
22,744
Kevin A. McCluskey
11,431
Althea Garrison
6669
Edward T. Kelley
5123
David J. McKay
4198
District 1 [ edit ]
Councillor Robert Travaglini was re-elected.
Candidates [1] Preliminary Election [5] [6] General Election [4]
Votes
%
Votes
%
Robert Travaglini
5680
7977
Maria DiLibero
3115
4976
Anthony Picarello
1629
District 2 [ edit ]
Councillor James M. Kelly was re-elected.
District 3 [ edit ]
Councillor James E. Byrne ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 4 [ edit ]
Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.
District 5 [ edit ]
Councillor Thomas Menino was re-elected.
District 6 [ edit ]
Councillor Maura Hennigan ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 7 [ edit ]
Councillor Bruce Bolling was re-elected.
District 8 [ edit ]
Councillor David Scondras was re-elected.
Candidates [1] Preliminary Election [5] General Election [4]
Votes
%
Votes
%
David Scondras
2158
3386
Glenn Fiscus
537
1942
Jack E. Molesworth
393
District 9 [ edit ]
Councillor Brian J. McLaughlin was re-elected, with his narrow victory confirmed by a recount .
Candidates [1] Preliminary Election [5] General Election [4] Recount [7]
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
Brian J. McLaughlin
2090
4627
4722
Richard M. Izzo
2097
4506
4575
Paul F. Creighton
1265
Brian J. Rielly
255
Aramis Camps
102
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "ELECTION '87 SALERNO, INCUMBENTS WIN AT-LARGE COUNCIL SLOTS" The Boston Globe . Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
^ "THE BOSTON VOTE" The Boston Globe . Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.[permanent dead link
^ a b c d e f g h "THE BOSTON VOTE" The Boston Globe . Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.[permanent dead link
^ a b c "ELECTION '87 MCLAUGHLIN LOSES IN ALLSTON-BRIGHTON CITY COUNCIL RACE" The Boston Globe . Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
^ "Charlestown Records a 36% Voter Turnout In Tuesday's Primary Election" (PDF) . Charlestown Patriot and Somerville Chronicle . Vol. 30, no. 4. September 24, 1987. p. 5 . Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via docdroid.net.
^ "RECOUNT CONFIRMS MCLAUGHLIN VICTORY" The Boston Globe . Retrieved February 27, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
Further reading [ edit ]
"BOSTON'S ELECTIONS" The Boston Globe . Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
"Charlestown Patriot and Somerville Chronicle" (PDF) . Vol. 30, no. 9. October 28, 1987. Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via docdroid.net.
"Charlestown Patriot and Somerville Chronicle" (PDF) . Vol. 30, no. 4. September 24, 1987. Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via docdroid.net.
"Charlestown Patriot and Somerville Chronicle" (PDF) . Vol. 30, no. 3. September 17, 1987. Retrieved February 23, 2018 – via docdroid.net.
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