Boston City Council elections were held on November 8, 2005. Ten seats (six district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general 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 the preliminary election held on September 27, 2005.
At-large Councillors Michael F. Flaherty, Felix D. Arroyo, and Stephen J. Murphy were re-elected, while the seat formerly held by Maura Hennigan was won by Sam Yoon. Hennigan did not seek re-election, as she ran for Mayor of Boston; she was defeated by incumbent Thomas Menino in the general election. Yoon became the first Asian American to hold elected office in Boston.
At-large candidates Elected Felix D. Arroyo: incumbent Michael F. Flaherty: incumbent Stephen J. Murphy: incumbent Sam Yoon: community organizer
Lost in general election John R. Connolly: lawyer; son of Michael J. Connolly (former secretary of the commonwealth) and Lynda M. Connolly (First Judge of the Dedham District Court) Ed Flynn: U.S. Navy veteran, probation officer, substitute teacher; son of Raymond Flynn (former mayor of Boston) Patricia H. White: daughter of Kevin White (former mayor of Boston and secretary of the commonwealth), unsuccessful at-large council in 2003
Lost in primary election Althea Garrison: former state senator, perennial candidate Laura Garza: activist and perennial candidate Martin J. Hogan Kevin R. McCrea: Wabash Construction company owner, developer, landlord, government reform activistMultiple sources: Gregory Joseph O'Connell Roy Owens: perennial candidate Joseph Ready
Write-in contenders Gibran Rivera Joseph Ureneck
At-large results CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%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
District 1 General election Councillor Paul Scapicchio was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Paul Scapicchio (incumbent) 7,027 86.23 Ben Joplin 1,084 13.30 all others 38 0.47
Special election Scapicchio resigned his seat effective April 30, 2006, in order to join a private lobbying firm. 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.
CandidatesSpecial Prelim. electionSpecial Gen. electionVotes%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
District 2 General election Councillor James M. Kelly was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% James M. Kelly (incumbent) 7,047 60.93 Susan M. Passoni 4,475 38.69 all others 44 0.38
Special election Kelly died in January 2007, 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.
CandidatesSpecial Prelim. ElectionSpecial Gen. ElectionVotes%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
District 3 Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Maureen Feeney (incumbent) 7,559 80.30 Michael J. Cote 1,816 19.29 all others 39 0.41
District 4 Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% 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
District 5 Councillor Robert Consalvo ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Robert Consalvo (incumbent) 8,844 98.86 all others 102 1.14
District 6 Councillor John M. Tobin Jr. was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% John M. Tobin Jr. (incumbent) 10,194 63.80 Gibran Rivera 5,741 35.93 all others 42 0.26
District 7 Councillor Chuck Turner ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Chuck Turner (incumbent) 6,628 98.81 all others 80 1.19
District 8 Councillor Michael P. Ross ran unopposed and was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral electionVotes% Michael P. Ross (incumbent) 4,409 97.29 all others 123 2.71
District 9 Councillor Jerry P. McDermott was re-elected.
CandidatesPreliminary electionGeneral electionVotes%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
See also List of members of the Boston City Council 2005 Boston mayoral election
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External links 2005 Election Results at boston.gov