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 6, 2007. Eight seats (four district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the

general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

, as the incumbents in districts 1, 2, 5, 6, and 8 were unopposed. Two seats (districts 7 and 9) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 25, 2007.

At-large

Councillors

Michael F. Flaherty Michael F. Flaherty (born May 4, 1969) is an at-large member of the Boston City Council. Flaherty is a member of the United States Democratic Party. He was elected Boston City Council Vice President in 2001 and Boston City Council President from ...

, Stephen J. Murphy, and

Sam Yoon Sam Sang Yoon (born Yoon Sang-hyun on January 10, 1970) is a former at-large member of the Boston City Council. He later served as the executive director for the Council of Korean Americans in Washington, DC. He was the first Asian American to ho ...

were re-elected, while incumbent

Felix D. Arroyo Felix D. Arroyo (born Apr 16, 1948) is the Register of Probate for Suffolk County, Massachusetts effective 2018, and a former at-large member of the Boston City Council. Early years Arroyo was raised in a public housing project in Puerto Rico by ...

was beaten for the final seat by

John R. Connolly John Ronan Connolly (born July 6, 1973) is an American politician, former lawyer, and educator from Massachusetts. He served from 2008 to 2014 as an at-large member of the Boston City Council, and was the runner-up in the 2013 Boston mayoral elec ...

District 1

Councillor

Salvatore LaMattina __NOTOC__ Salvatore "Sal" J. LaMattina (born September 8, 1959, in East Boston) is an American politician who is a former member of the Boston City Council. He represented District 1, which includes the North End, East Boston, and Charlestown, se ...

ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 2

Councillor

Bill Linehan William P. Linehan is a former member and President of the Boston City Council in Boston, Massachusetts. He represented District 2, which includes Downtown Boston, the South End, South Boston and Chinatown.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 ...

was re-elected.

District 4

Councillor

Charles Yancey Charles Calvin Yancey (born December 28, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States)

was re-elected.

District 5

Councillor

Robert Consalvo Robert Consalvo (born July 16, 1969) is a Massachusetts State Representative, the former chief of staff for Boston Public Schools, and a former member of the Boston City Council. For 12 years he represented District 5, which includes the Hyde P ...

ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 6

Councillor John M. Tobin Jr. ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 7

Councillor

Chuck Turner Charles Turner (June 10, 1940 – December 25, 2019) was an American politician and activist, who served on the Boston City Council representing District 7. Turner was a member of the Green-Rainbow Party Massachusetts affiliate to the national G ...

was re-elected. write-in votes

District 8

Councillor

Michael P. Ross Michael P. Ross is an American lawyer and former politician from Boston, Massachusetts, who represented District 8 (which includes Beacon Hill, Back Bay, and the Fenway) on the Boston City Council from 2000 through 2013. He was an unsuccessful ...

ran unopposed and was re-elected.

District 9

The seat formerly held by Jerry P. McDermott was won by

Mark Ciommo Mark Ciommo (born November 19, 1956) is a Boston teacher and politician, who formerly served as a member of the Boston City Council representing District 9 (Allston–Brighton). Early years Ciommo was raised in Allston-Brighton by Louise Rufo, ...

. McDermott had announced in May 2007 that he would not seek re-election.

References

External links

2007 Election Results
at boston.gov {{2007 United States elections City Council election Boston City Council elections Boston City Council election

At-large

District 1

District 2

District 4

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

See also

References

Further reading

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