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.
At-large 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.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionRecountVotes%Votes% Francis Roache 44,062 Michael F. Flaherty 42,869 Maura Hennigan 40,423 Stephen J. Murphy 39,436 Felix D. Arroyo 28,551 28,746 Robert Consalvo 28,584 28,678 Phyllis Yetman Igoe 8,186 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.
District 1 Councillor Paul Scapicchio ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 2 Councillor James M. Kelly was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% James M. Kelly 7,556 Richard Evans 3,967
District 3 Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.
CandidatesPreliminary ElectionGeneral ElectionVotes%Votes% Maureen Feeney 66% 7,435 Mark Juaire 14% 1,796 Nathan Cooper 4.5% John Comerford 3.8% Gerard Brophy 2.0% Joseph Ureneck 1.6%
District 4 Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Charles Yancey 6,164 Vikki Middleton 943
District 5 General election Councillor Daniel F. Conley ran unopposed and was re-elected.
Special election In February 2002, Conley was named interim district attorney for Suffolk County; 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. Robert Consalvo was elected to serve the remainder of Conley's term.
CandidatesSpecial Prelim. ElectionSpecial Gen. ElectionVotes%Votes% Robert Consalvo 3,718 4,277 Adriana Cillo 1,929 2,294 Anthony J. Solimine 167
District 6 Councillor Maura Hennigan ran for (and won) an at-large seat on the council; her district seat was won by John M. Tobin Jr.
CandidatesPreliminary ElectionGeneral ElectionVotes%Votes% John M. Tobin Jr. 35.6% 7,537 Michael Rush 44.0% 6,424 Elaine Rigas 14.6% Edgar Williams 1.1%
District 7 Councillor Chuck Turner was re-elected.
CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Chuck Turner 5,617 Roy Owens 1,136
District 8 Councillor Michael P. Ross ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 9 General election Councillor Brian Honan ran unopposed and was re-elected.
Special election Honan died in July 2002, 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. Jerry P. McDermott was elected to serve the remainder of Honan's term.
CandidatesSpecial Prelim. ElectionSpecial Gen. ElectionVotes%Votes% Jerry P. McDermott 1,668 29% 2,682 Mark Ciommo 1,310 23% 2,268 Cathleen Campbell 1,152 20% John Bruno 322 4% Rosie Hanlon 530 9% Arturo Vasquez 322 6% Gary Dotterman 187 3% Mark Trachtenberg 54 1% Dan McLaughlin 290 5%
See also List of members of the Boston City Council 2001 Boston mayoral election
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