In a historic election where four women candidates of color and one male candidate of color all vied for Mayor of Boston, voters on Tuesday have narrowed the field of seven candidates down to two.
On Tuesday, Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George finished in the top two spots and will square off in the November General election. Rounding out the election was Acting Mayor Kim Janey finishing third, Andrea Campbell came in fourth with John Barros rounding out the top spots in fifth place.
In Eastie the unofficial results were Wu coming in first with 1,558 votes with Essaibi George coming in second with 1,268 votes. The two top candidates in Eastie were followed by Kim Janey with 640 and Andrea Campbell with 597 votes. John Barros rounded out the top contenders with 77 votes.
As of press time, around 80% of precincts have reported on the Mayoral results, the results of the At-Large field were not yet reported. We will continue to update this story throughout the day as more numbers come in.
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The updated totals for the City of Boston Mayoral and Councilor-at-Large primary election are as follows:
MAYOR OF BOSTON
ANNISSA ESSAIBI GEORGE | 24,186 | 22.48% |
RICHARD A SPAGNUOLO | 282 | 0.26% |
ANDREA JOY CAMPBELL | 21,221 | 19.72% |
KIM M JANEY | 20,946 | 19.47% |
MICHELLE WU | 35,888 | 33.36% |
JON SANTIAGO | 364 | 0.34% |
ROBERT CAPPUCCI | 1,175 | 1.09% |
JOHN F BARROS | 3,436 | 3.19% |
Write-in | 94 | 0.09% |
Total | 107,592 | 100.00% |
CITY COUNCILLOR AT LARGE
CARLA B MONTEIRO | 18,844 | 6.84% |
ALTHEA GARRISON | 16,810 | 6.10% |
BRIDGET M NEE-WALSH | 15,118 | 5.49% |
SAID A ABDIKARIM | 7,725 | 2.80% |
RUTHZEE LOUIJEUNE | 33,425 | 12.13% |
KELLY F BATES | 12,735 | 4.62% |
DAVID HALBERT | 16,921 | 6.14% |
JULIA MEJIA | 38,765 | 14.07% |
ROY A OWENS SR | 5,223 | 1.90% |
NICK VANCE | 3,943 | 1.43% |
MICHAEL F FLAHERTY | 41,299 | 14.99% |
JON M SPILLANE | 11,155 | 4.05% |
JAMES REGINALD COLIMON | 4,671 | 1.70% |
ERIN J MURPHY | 22,835 | 8.29% |
DONNIE DIONICIO PALMER JR | 6,823 | 2.48% |
ALEXANDER J GRAY | 11,263 | 4.09% |
DOMINGOS DAROSA | 7,139 | 2.59% |
Write-in | 845 | 0.31% |
Total | 275,539 | 100.00% |