Boston City Council elections were held on November 6, 2007. Eight seats (four district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, 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.
Councillors Michael F. Flaherty, Stephen J. Murphy, and Sam Yoon were re-elected, while incumbent Felix D. Arroyo was beaten for the final seat by John R. Connolly.[1]
| Candidates | General Election[2] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ||
| Michael F. Flaherty | 25,863 | 20.57% | |
| Stephen J. Murphy | 23,659 | 18.82% | |
| Sam Yoon | 23,230 | 18.48% | |
| John R. Connolly | 21,997 | 17.50% | |
| Felix D. Arroyo | 18,579 | 14.78% | |
| Martin J. Hogan | 4008 | 3.19% | |
| Matthew Geary | 3030 | 2.41% | |
| William P. Estrada | 2439 | 1.94% | |
| David James Wyatt | 2383 | 1.90% | |
| all others | 542 | 0.43% | |
Councillor Salvatore LaMattina ran unopposed and was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[3] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ||
| Salvatore LaMattina | 2848 | 95.80% | |
| all others | 125 | 4.20% | |
Councillor Bill Linehan ran unopposed and was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[4] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ||
| Bill Linehan | 3916 | 95.68% | |
| all others | 177 | 4.32% | |
Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[5] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ||
| Maureen Feeney | 4361 | 82.92% | |
| Michael J. Cote | 869 | 16.52% | |
| all others | 29 | 0.55% | |
Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[6] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ||
| Charles Yancey | 2559 | 89.01% | |
| J. R. Rucker | 308 | 10.71% | |
| all others | 8 | 0.28% | |
Councillor Robert Consalvo ran unopposed and was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[7] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ||
| Robert Consalvo | 4621 | 98.49% | |
| all others | 71 | 1.51% | |
Councillor John M. Tobin Jr. ran unopposed and was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[8] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ||
| John M. Tobin Jr. | 5904 | 97.85% | |
| all others | 130 | 2.15% | |
Councillor Chuck Turner was re-elected.
| Candidates | Preliminary Election[9] | General Election[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Chuck Turner | 1476 | 75.73% | 3258 | 81.13% | |
| Carlos Henriquez | 317 | 16.26% | 728 | 18.13% | |
| Althea Garrison | 151 | 7.75% | 17 | 0.42% | |
| all others | 5 | 0.26% | 13 | 0.32% | |
Councillor Michael P. Ross ran unopposed and was re-elected.
| Candidates | General Election[11] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ||
| Michael P. Ross | 2035 | 97.14% | |
| all others | 60 | 2.86% | |
The seat formerly held by Jerry P. McDermott was won by Mark Ciommo. McDermott had announced in May 2007 that he would not seek re-election.[12]
| Candidates | Preliminary Election[13] | General Election[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Mark Ciommo | 1407 | 31.11% | 2838 | 59.80% | |
| Gregory J. Glennon | 1250 | 27.64% | 1889 | 39.80% | |
| Timothy N. Schofield | 965 | 21.34% | |||
| Rosie Hanlon | 577 | 12.76% | |||
| Alessandro Selvig | 293 | 6.48% | |||
| James Joseph Jenner | 28 | 0.62% | |||
| all others | 3 | 0.07% | 19 | 0.40% | |