Boston Election Review: Incumbents advance in pair of primaries

September 9, 2015

By Ballotpedia's Municipal government team

Massachusetts' largest city held a pair of primary elections last night for its city council. More than two candidates filed to run in Districts 4 and 7, while an insufficient number of candidates filed in the other 11 districts to necessitate a primary election.

The incumbents progressed to the November 3 general election in both races. District 4's Charles C. Yancey came in second to challenger Andrea Joy Campbell, with Campbell collecting 58 percent of the vote to Yancey's 34 percent. The District 7 primary saw incumbent Tito Jackson collect two-thirds of the total votes, with Charles L. Clemons Jr. also advancing to the general election with 18 percent of the vote.

Primary results

Boston City Council District 4 Primary Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Andrea Joy Campbell	57.9%	1,982
Charles C. Yancey Incumbent	33.9%	1,159
Terrance J. Williams	6.3%	217
Jovan J. Lacet	1.8%	60
Write-in	0.1%	4
Total Votes		3,422
Source: City of Boston, "Official primary election results," accessed September 24, 2015

Boston City Council District 7 Primary Election, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tito Jackson Incumbent	66.4%	1,409
Charles L. Clemons Jr.	18%	381
Haywood Fennell Sr.	4.9%	104
Althea Garrison	4.6%	98
Roy Owens	3.5%	74
Kevin A. Dwire	1.6%	34
Write-in	1%	22
Total Votes		2,066
Source: City of Boston, "Official primary election results," accessed September 24, 2015

See also

• Boston, Massachusetts municipal elections, 2015
• United States municipal elections, 2015

External links

Suggest a link

• City of Boston, "Unofficial primary election results," accessed September 8, 2015