2013 Boston mayoral election

The Boston mayoral election of 2013 occurred on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, between state representative Marty Walsh and city councilor John R. Connolly. Walsh was elected to his first term, and was inaugurated on Monday, January 6, 2014.[1]

2013 Boston mayoral election
November 5, 2013
 
Candidate Marty Walsh John R. Connolly
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 72,514 67,606
Percentage 51.55% 48.06%
Results by ward
Walsh:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Connolly:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Mayor before election

Thomas Menino

 Elected Mayor

Marty Walsh

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38% of registered voters turned out to vote in the election.[2]

A non-partisan preliminary election was held on Tuesday, September 24, 2013.[3][4][5]

Incumbent mayor Thomas Menino had declined to run for re-election to a sixth term.

Background

Incumbent mayor Thomas Menino had held office ever since ascending to the mayoralty following the resignation of Raymond Flynn in 1993. In 2013, Menino opted against seeking what would have been his sixth elected term as mayor. He announced his decision not to seek reelection on March 27, 2013.[6]

Without an incumbent seeking reelection, this made the 2013 election the first open election since 1984, thirty years earlier.[6]

Candidates

Candidates who advanced to general election
Candidate Experience Announced Ref
The following candidates advanced to the general election held on November 5 [3]

John Connolly		 Boston city councilor at-large since 2008 February 26, 2013
 [7]

Marty Walsh		 Massachusetts state representative from 13th Suffolk district since 1997
 May 4, 2013
 [8]

Candidates eliminated in the primary
Candidate Experience Announced Ref
The following candidates were eliminated in the primary election and did not advance to the general election [9]

Felix G. Arroyo		 Boston city councilor at-large since 2010 June 15, 2013 [10]

John Barros		 Former Boston School Committee member (2010–2013) April 25, 2013
 [11][12][13]
Charles Clemons Former Boston Police officer and co-owner of TOUCH 106.1FM August 21, 2011 [9][14]

Daniel F. Conley		 Suffolk County district attorney since 2002 April 3, 2013
 [15]

Robert Consalvo		 Boston city councilor from district 5 since 2002 April 4, 2013
 [16]
Charlotte Golar Richie Former Massachusetts state representative from 5th Suffolk district (1995-1999) May 1, 2013
 [17]

Michael P. Ross		 Boston city councilor from district 8 since 2000
Former President of the Boston City Council (2009–2010)		 April 11, 2013
 [18]
Bill Walczak Community organizer, co-founder of Codman Square Health Center, and director of community engagement for Shawmut Construction April 6, 2013
 [9][19]
David James Wyatt Candidate for Boston City Council in 2007 [9]

Charles Yancey		 Boston city councilor from district 4 since 1984 July 1, 2013 [20]

Withdrew
  • Frank John Addivinola, Jr., candidate for state senate in 2010 and U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 (running for councilor-at-large)[21]
  • Lee Buckley[21]
  • Robert Cappucci, former Boston School Committee member and retired Boston Police officer (failed to get enough signatures)[9]
  • Miniard Culpepper, reverend[21]
  • Will Dorcena, community activist (failed to get enough signatures)[22]
  • Althea Garrison, former state representatives (running for councilor-at-large)[21]
  • John Laing, businessman (failed to get enough signatures)[23]
  • Divo Rodrigues Monteiro (running for city council in District 4)[21]
  • David Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports (failed to get enough signatures)[23]
  • Gareth R. Saunders, former city councilor (running for councilor-at-large)[21]
  • Hassan A. Williams, candidate for state senate in 2010[21]
  • Christopher G. Womack[21]

Declined

Polling

General election
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Marty
Walsh		 John
Connolly		 Undecided
Suffolk University/Boston Herald October 29–31, 2013 555 ± 4.2% 46% 43% 11%
UMass Poll, UMass Amherst October 22–26, 2013 405 ± 5.9% 47% 40% 13%
University of New Hampshire October 17–22, 2013 465 ± 4.5% 38% 47% 15%
Mass Inc October 19–20, 2013 503 ± 4.4% 39% 41% 20%
Sage Systems October 16–17, 2013 375 ± 3.9% 36% 40% 24%
UMass Lowell October 2–7, 2013 375 ± 6% 37% 45% 18%
S.U./Herald October 2–6, 2013 600 ± 4% 34% 41% 23%
Anderson Robbins ^ September 28–30, 2013 800 ± ? 32% 44% 24%
S.U./Herald September 12–17, 2013 600 ± 4% 29% 44% 28%
  • ^ Internal poll for John Connolly campaign

Primary election
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Felix
Arroyo		 John
Barros		 Charles
Clemons		 Daniel
Conley		 John
Connolly		 Robert
Consalvo		 Charlotte Golar
Richie		 Michael
Ross		 Bill
Walczak		 Marty
Walsh		 David
Wyatt		 Charles
Yancey		 Other/
Undecided
Suffolk University/Boston Herald September 12–17, 2013 600 ± 4% 6% 3% 1% 12% 16% 8% 10% 5% 6% 12% 0% 1% 21%
Mass Inc September 14–16, 2013 487 ± 4.4% 8% 3% <1% 8% 15% 5% 10% 6% 4% 12% <1% 1% 27%
UNH September 5–12, 2013 411 ± 4.8% 6% 6% 2% 10% 15% 6% 10% 5% 4% 10% 0% 3% 25%
Suffolk University/Boston Herald July 10–15, 2013 600 ± 4% 4% 1% 1% 9% 12% 8% 5% 5% 2% 11% 1% 3% 40%

Results
John Connolly delivers his concession speech after the November election

Notes: all candidates are nonpartisan, 0.40% are write-in votes.

Candidates Preliminary election[39] General election[3]
Votes % Votes %
Marty Walsh 20,838 18% 72,514 51.55%
John R. Connolly 19,420 17% 67,606 48.06%
Charlotte Golar Richie 15,536 14%
Daniel Conley 12,764 11%
Felix Arroyo 9,888 9%
John Barros 9,138 8%
Robert Consalvo 8,592 8%
Michael Ross 8,155 7%
Bill Walczak 3,822 3%
Charles Yancey 2,388 2%
Charles Clemons 1,799 2%
David Wyatt 334 0%

See also

References
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