Boston City Council
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no ...
elections were held on November 2, 1993. All thirteen seats (nine district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the
general election
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, while ten seats (six districts and the four at-large members) had also been contested in the
preliminary election held on September 21, 1993.
The large number of preliminary candidates followed a reduction in the number of signatures required for a candidate to appear on the ballot, from 1500 to 500.
[
Since the composition of the council changed in 1984, to four at-large seats and nine district representatives, no candidate who had run for re-election had lost.][ However, two incumbents— Anthony Crayton and ]David Scondras
David Scondras (January 5, 1946 – October 21, 2020) was a member of the Boston City Council, having held the District 8 seat from 1984 through 1993. He was the city's first openly gay city council member.
Early life
Scondras was born in 1946 i ...
—were defeated by challengers in this election.
At-large
Councillors John A. Nucci and Dapper O'Neil
Albert Leo "Dapper" O'Neil (April 12, 1920 – December 19, 2007) was an American politician who served as a socially conservative member of the Boston City Council for twenty-eight years. Prior to joining the council, he served on the Boston Lic ...
were re-elected. Councillors Bruce Bolling
Bruce Carlton Bolling (April 29, 1945September 11, 2012) was a politician and businessman in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Boston City Council and served as the council's first black president in the mid-1980s. He unsuccessfully ...
and Rosaria Salerno
Rosaria Salerno is the former City Clerk of Boston and a former member of the Boston City Council.
Salerno was first elected to the City Council in November 1987, and served as an at-large member from 1988 to 1993. She was a candidate for Mayor ...
did not seek re-election, as they were running for Mayor of Boston
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; their seats were won by Richard P. Iannella and Peggy Davis-Mullen
Peggy Davis-Mullen (born 1960) is a former member of the Boston City Council in Boston, Massachusetts, having served from 1994 to 2001.
She ran for Mayor of Boston in the 2001 mayoral election against incumbent Thomas Menino
Thomas Michael ...
. Iannella was the son of former Council president Christopher A. Iannella,[ while unsuccessful candidate Michael Travaglini was the brother of outgoing District 1 Councillor ]Robert Travaglini
Robert Edward Travaglini (born July 20, 1952 in Massachusetts) is an American politician and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2007, Travaglini served as President of the Massachusetts Senate. He represented the first Middlesex and Suffolk senate distric ...
.[
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District 1
Councillor Robert Travaglini
Robert Edward Travaglini (born July 20, 1952 in Massachusetts) is an American politician and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2007, Travaglini served as President of the Massachusetts Senate. He represented the first Middlesex and Suffolk senate distric ...
, who had been elected to the Massachusetts Senate
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in November 1992, did not seek re-election to the City Council;
District 2
Councillor James M. Kelly was re-elected.
District 3
Councillor James E. Byrne did not seek re-election; his seat was won by Maureen Feeney
Maureen Feeney is an American politician who served on the Boston City Council and was the City Clerk of Boston, Massachusetts.
City Council
From 1994 to 2011 she represented Dorchester on the Boston City Council. She served as City Council pr ...
, his neighborhood liaison.[
]
District 4
Councillor Charles Yancey
Charles Calvin Yancey (born December 28, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States) was re-elected.
District 5
The seat of Councillor Thomas Menino
Thomas Michael Menino (December 27, 1942 – October 30, 2014) was an American politician who served as the 53rd mayor of Boston, from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three ...
, who had been acting mayor since July 1993 and won the mayoral election, was won by Daniel F. Conley
Daniel F. Conley is an American attorney and politician who served as the district attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts from 2002 to 2018. Appointed to the office in February 2002, Conley was later elected on November 5, 2002, and again ...
.
District 6
Councillor Maura Hennigan
Maura A. Hennigan (born 1952) is an American politician who currently serves as the Clerk Magistrate of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Superior Court Criminal/Business Division. She is a former member of the Boston City Council and was a mayoral ...
was re-elected.
District 7
Councillor Anthony Crayton was defeated by Gareth R. Saunders.
per preliminary election recount
Saunders was later declared the winner, due to discovery of a tally sheet error;
District 8
Councillor David Scondras
David Scondras (January 5, 1946 – October 21, 2020) was a member of the Boston City Council, having held the District 8 seat from 1984 through 1993. He was the city's first openly gay city council member.
Early life
Scondras was born in 1946 i ...
was defeated by Thomas M. Keane Jr.
District 9
Councillor Brian J. McLaughlin
Brian J. McLaughlin (born ca.1957) is a former member of the Boston City Council, having held the District 9 seat from 1984 through 1995.
Career
McLaughlin graduated from Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, and before running for office ...
was re-elected.
See also
* List of members of Boston City Council
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* List (surname)
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* Boston mayoral election, 1993
The Boston mayoral election of 1993 occurred on Tuesday, November 2, 1993, between Acting Mayor Thomas Menino and State Representative James T. Brett. Menino was elected to his first term.
This election came just two years after the prior mayor ...
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The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no ...