Boston City Council elections were held on November 3, 2015. Eight seats (four district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents in districts 1, 2, 6, 8, and 9 were unopposed. Two seats (districts 4 and 7) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 8, 2015.
At-large Councillors Ayanna Pressley, Michelle Wu, and Michael F. Flaherty were re-elected, while Councillor Stephen J. Murphy lost his seat to Annissa Essaibi George.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Ayanna Pressley 31,783 24.21% Michelle Wu 28,908 22.02% Michael F. Flaherty 26,473 20.16% Annissa Essaibi George 23,447 17.86% Stephen J. Murphy 19,546 14.89% Jovan J. Lacet 95 0.07% Charles Yancey 39 0.03% Jean-Claude Sanon 25 0.02% Andrea Campbell 13 0.01% all others 959 0.73% write-in votes
District 1 Councillor Salvatore LaMattina ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Salvatore LaMattina 3,142 95.41% all others 151 4.59%
District 2 Councillor Bill Linehan ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Bill Linehan 3,594 89.25% Suzanne Lee 26 0.65% all others 407 10.11% write-in votes
District 3 Councillor Frank Baker was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Frank Baker 4,745 84.88% Donnie Palmer 811 14.51% all others 34 0.61%
District 4 Councillor Charles Yancey was defeated by Andrea Campbell.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Andrea Campbell 1,982 57.92% 4,311 61.32% Charles Yancey 1,159 33.87% 2,701 38.42% Terrance J. Williams 217 6.34% Jovan J. Lacet 60 1.75% all others 4 0.12% 18 0.26%
District 5 Councillor Timothy McCarthy was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Timothy McCarthy 4,836 63.99% Jean-Claude Sanon 2,690 35.59% all others 32 0.42%
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 Councillor Tito Jackson was re-elected.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%Votes% Tito Jackson 1,409 66.40% 2,983 66.64% Charles L. Clemons Jr. 381 17.95% 1,444 32.26% Haywood Fennell Sr. 104 4.90% Althea Garrison 98 4.62% 16 0.36% Roy Owens 74 3.49% Kevin A. Dwire 34 1.60% all others 22 1.04% 33 0.74% write-in votes
District 8 Councillor Josh Zakim ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Josh Zakim 2,055 97.90% all others 44 2.10%
District 9 Councillor Mark Ciommo ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Mark Ciommo 2,237 96.24% all others 85 3.66%
See also List of members of the Boston City Council
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Further reading
External links 2015 Election Results at boston.gov Boston City Council Swearing In 2016 at cityofboston.gov (January 4, 2016)