2023 Boston City Council election
November 7, 2023 (2023-11-07)
13 seats on the Boston City Council
 
Party Non partisan
Last election 13
Incumbent City Council President

Ed Flynn
Nonpartisan


The 2023 Boston City Council election was held on November 7, 2023, with primaries occurring on September 12, 2023.

All thirteen councillors from the nine districts and four councillors at-large were up for election. Elections in Boston are officially nonpartisan.

Election schedule

Key dates relating to the election are as follows:

2023 Boston election schedule
September 2 Last day for registration for primary election
September 5 Last day to request mail ballot for primary election
September 12 Preliminary election
October 28 Last day for registration for general election
October 31 Last day to request mail ballot for general election
November 7 General election
Source[1][2]

Summary

The council members at the time of both the preliminary election and general election are listed below. The table further indicates if each incumbent ran for re-election, and if so, whether they were re-elected or not.

District Before election Status After election Ref.
At-large Michael F. Flaherty Retiring
TBD
Ruthzee Louijeune Running
TBD
Julia Mejia Running
TBD
Erin Murphy Running
TBD
1 Gabriela Coletta Running
TBD
2 Ed Flynn † Running
TBD
3 Frank Baker Retiring
TBD
4 Brian Worrell Running
TBD
5 Ricardo Arroyo Running
Lost
6 Kendra Lara Running
Lost
7 Tania Fernandes Anderson Running
TBD
8 Sharon Durkan Running
TBD
9 Liz Breadon Running
TBD

† Council President

At-Large

2023 Boston City Council at-large election
Candidate General election[3]
Votes %
Ruthzee Louijeune (incumbent) 44,479 20.31
Erin Murphy (incumbent) 43,383 19.81
Julia Mejia (incumbent) 39,656 18.10
Henry Santana 34,014 15.53
Bridget Nee-Walsh 26,674 12.18
Shawn Nelson 10,448 4.77
Clifton Braithwaite 10,236 4.67
Catherine Vitale 8,503 3.88
Write-ins 1,657 3.88
Total 219,050 100

District 1

Councillor Gabriela Coletta is running unopposed as an incumbent .[4]

2023 Boston City Council District 1 election
Candidates General Election[3]
Votes %
Gabriela Coletta (incumbent) 5,725 95.62
Write-ins 262 4.38
Total 5,987 100

District 2

2023 Boston City Council District 2 election
Candidates General Election[3]
Votes %
Ed Flynn (incumbent) 7,552 97.81
Write-ins 169 2.19
Total 7,721 100

District 3

2023 Boston City Council District 3 election
Candidate Primary election[5] General election[3]
Votes % Votes %
John Fitzgerald 2,777 43.07 5,133 58.24
Joel Richards 1,237 19.19 3,650 41.41
Ann Walsh 1,151 17.85  
Matthew Patton 550 8.53  
Jennifer Johnson 271 4.20  
Barry Lawton 237 3.68  
Rosalind Wornum 213 3.30  
Write-ins 11 0.17 31 0.35
Total 6,447 100 8,814 100

District 4

2023 Boston City Council District 4 election
Candidates General Election[3]
Votes %
Brian Worrell (incumbent) 4,656 97.51
Write-ins 119 2.49
Total 4,775 100

District 5

2023 Boston City Council District 5 election
Candidate Primary election[5] General election[3]
Votes % Votes %
Enrique Pepen 3,047 40.42 5,781 52.75
Jose Ruiz 2,302 30.53 5,134 46.84
Ricardo Arroyo (incumbent) 1,397 18.53  
Jean-Claude Sanon 766 10.16  
Write-ins 27 0.36 45 0.41
Total 7,539 100 10,960 100

District 6

2023 Boston City Council District 6 election
Candidate Primary election[5] General election[3]
Votes % Votes %
Benjamin Weber 4,951 42.25 9,451 60.70
William King 4,384 37.42 6,089 38.74
Kendra Lara (incumbent) 2,351 20.06  
Write-ins 31 0.26 88 0.56
Total 9,849 100 15,718 100

District 7

2023 Boston City Council District 7 election
Candidate Primary election[5] General election[3]
Votes % Votes %
Tania Fernandes Anderson (incumbent) 1,448 57.46 3,719 70.36
Althea Garrison 521 20.67 1,500 28.45
Roy Owens Sr 238 9.44  
Jerome King 200 7.94  
Padma Scott 71 2.82  
Write-ins 42 1.67 63 1.19
Total 2,520 100 5,273 100

District 8

2023 Boston City Council District 8 election
Candidates General Election[3]
Votes %
Sharon Durkan (incumbent) 3,818 70.70
Montez Haywood 1,546 28.63
Write-ins 36 0.67
Total 5,400 100

District 9

2023 Boston City Council District 9 election
Candidates General Election[3]
Votes %
Liz Breadon (incumbent) 4,399 65.95
Jacob Deblecourt 2,222 33.31
Write-ins 49 0.73
Total 6,670 100

References

  1. ↑ "2023 Election Calendar". Boston.gov. December 22, 2016. Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Vote by Mail in Boston". Boston.gov. June 29, 2022. Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Unofficial Election Results". Boston.gov. Archived from the original on December 29, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Five of Six Mayoral Candidates Take Nomination Papers on Day 1: Early Poll Shows Half of Voters Undecided, Wu With Highest Favorability". Beacon Hill Times. April 22, 2021. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Unofficial Election Results". Boston.gov. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
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