Boston Mayoral Municipal Election 2017 Results Live Voting Candidates
Special Election, US September 26, 2017,
Boston Mayoral Municipal Election 2017 Results Live Voting Candidates
Boston Mayoral Municipal Election 2017 Primary Date: 26th September 2017
- The Boston mayoral election of 2017 will occur on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, to elect the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. Incumbent Democrat mayor Marty Walsh has been challenged by city councilman Tito Jackson, Robert Cappucci and by Joseph Wiley.
- The deadline for potential mayoral candidates to submit their signatures on official petitions was Tuesday, May 24, 2017 at 5 p.m., so no other candidates will be running. A preliminary election will be held on Tuesday, September 26, 2017.
Boston Mayoral Municipal 2017 Results Live
Mayor of Boston, Nonpartisan Primary Election, 2017
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
Martin Walsh Incumbent | 62.59% | 34760 |
Tito Jackson | 29.00% | 16105 |
Robert Cappucci | 6.71% | 3724 |
Joseph Wiley | 0.95% | 525 |
Write-in votes | 0.77% | 426 |
Total Votes (99% of precincts reporting) | 55540 |
- Turnout, – 11 % 43,000 people casted their votes by 6:30 p.m.,
- The other contenders in the preliminary contest were Robert Cappucci, a former Boston police officer and former elected School Committee member, and Joseph Wiley, a customer service representative for MassHealth.
- Mayor Martin J. Walsh will face City Councilor Tito Jackson
- There are also races for City Council seats in districts 1, 2, 7, and 9. Thirteen candidates are running to succeed Jackson in District 7.
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
Democratic | |||
Republican | |||
Total Votes |
District 2 (Downtown, South Boston, South End):
Peter Lin-Marcus
Kora Vakil
Corey Dinopoulos
Michael Kelley*
Edward Flynn*
Joseph Kebartas
Erica Tritt
District 7 (Roxbury and parts of JP):
Roy Owens
Deeqo Jibril
Brian Keith
Joao Gomes Depina
Domonique Williams
Hassan Williams
Rufus Faulk
Steven Wise
Jose Lopez
Kim Janey*
Charles Clemons Muhammad
Carlos Tony Henriquez
District 9 (Allston, Brighton) has contested race for the first time in about a decade:
Brandon David Bowser*
Alexander Bernhard Golonka
Mark Ciommo (incumbent)*
Boston Mayoral Municipal election Candidates 2017
- Candidates
- Mayor Martin Walsh
- Robert Cappucci
- City councilman Tito Jackson
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Joseph Wiley
Boston Mayoral Municipal election 2017 Voting Live
Voting for primary will take place on 26th September 2017 morning 7 am to 7 pm.
- Mayor Martin Walsh is running for re-election for a second term. Robert Cappucci, City Councilman Tito Jackson, and Joseph Wiley filed to run against him.
- Boston is also holding an election for 13 city council seats.
- A primary election will occur on September 26, 2017, for the mayor's race and four city council races because more than two candidates filed to run for those positions. The two candidates in each race that receive the most votes will advance to the general election on November 7, 2017.
- The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 23, 2017. Mayoral candidates needed to collect 3,000 signatures from registered voters in the city. The deadline for the Board of Elections Commissioners to certify the signatures was June 27, 2017
Boston Mayoral Municipal Primary election Results
Boston Mayoral Municipal Primary Election, 2017
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Republican | |||
Total Votes |
Boston Mayoral Municipal General election Opinion Poll
According to opinion polls declared for this election till now following are the results, Martin Walsh has the height poll percentage.
2017 Boston Mayoral Election
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Poll | Martin Walsh | Robert Cappucci | Tito Jackson | Joseph Wiley | Undecided | Margin of Error | Sample Size |
Emerson College | 52.00% | 7.00% | 21.00% | 5.00% | 15.00% | +/-4.2 | 529 |
(September 14-16, 2017) | |||||||
Suffolk University/Boston Globe | 54.00% | 4.00% | 23.00% | 1.00% | 18.00% | +/-4.4 | 500 |
(June 19-21, 2017) | |||||||
AVERAGES | 53.00% | 5.50% | 22.00% | 3.00% | 16.50% | +/-4.3 | 514.5 |
sources: wikipedia.org, ballotpedia.org mediareports