Politics & Government
What Were Beacon Hill's Mayoral Preliminary Results?
See which of the final two mayoral candidates has work to do courting votes in the neighborhood.
A couple of Boston city councilors took the most votes on Beacon Hill in Tuesday's Boston mayoral preliminary election, one being the neighborhood's own city councilor.
Among the five precincts (Ward 3, Precinct 6 and Ward 5, Precincts 3, 4, 5 and 11) that make up Beacon Hill, City Councilor John Connolly got the most votes with 31.7 percent (686 of 2,166 cast). Next was Beacon Hill's City Councilor Mike Ross, who got 28 percent (607 votes).
Connolly is going to face top citywide vote-getter state Rep. Marty Walsh in the Nov. 5 election. Walsh has some work to do courting Beacon Hill voters before then, as he finished sixth there with 125 votes, 5.8 percent of the total ballots.
Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley was third with 9.3 percent (202 votes), followed by former state Rep. Charlotte Golar Richie with 8.1 percent (175 votes).
Next was Dorchester activist Bill Walczak at 7.1 percent (153) followed by Walsh, then former School Committee member John Barros at 4.4 percent (96) and City Councilors Felix Arroyo at 2.8 percent (60) and Rob Consalvo at 2 percent (42).
City Councilor Charles Yancey, businessman Charles Clemons and Republican David James Wyatt all took fewer than 1 percent of the vote on Beacon Hill.
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