Boston Mayor: Tom Menino Retiring

[seanNJ9]

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[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Holy sh**t.

[Zioneer]

That guy has been mayor for longer than I've been alive.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

That guy has been mayor for longer than I've been alive.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Everyone seemed to just kind of assume he'd hold the office for life.

[RBH]

Kinda random, but some of these trends might some up if the right field emerges. And some of this stuff changed in the last 20yrs

a Ward map for the 1993 primary (Boston Wards are more historical than anything and I don't think the boundaries have changed in decades):



Menino
Ward 1: Menino 40, Rufo 25, Salerno 15, Brett 13
Ward 2: Menino 26, Brett 24, Rufo 24, Salerno 16
Ward 3: Menino 29, Salerno 27, Rufo 25, Brett 10
Ward 18: Menino 53, Brett 14, Rufo 13, Salerno 9, Bolling 7
Ward 20: Menino 35, Brett 23, Rufo 22, Salerno 11

Brett
Ward 6: Brett 40, Menino 25, Rufo 17, Roache 8, Salerno 6
Ward 7: Brett 45, Menino 21, Rufo 18, Roache 6, Salerno 6
Ward 13: Brett 57, Salerno 12, Menino 12, Rufo 10
Ward 15: Brett 39, Menino 16, Salerno 16, Rufo 12, Bolling 11
Ward 16: Brett 58, Menino 15, Rufo 11, Salerno 8
Ward 17: Brett 30, Salerno 18, Menino 16, Rufo 15

Rufo
Ward 21: Rufo 35, Salerno 30, Menino 16, Brett 8
Ward 22: Rufo 57, Salerno 15, Menino 12, Brett 11

Salerno
Ward 4: Salerno 46, Rufo 19, Menino 12, Bolling 9, Brett 7
Ward 5: Salerno 38, Rufo 25, Menino 16, Lydon 9, Brett 7
Ward 9: Salerno 29, Bolling 23, Menino 19, Rufo 14, Brett 10
Ward 10: Salerno 28, Menino 21, Rufo 21, Brett 13, Bolling 9
Ward 11: Salerno 32, Menino 22, Bolling 16, Rufo 13, Brett 14
Ward 19: Salerno 35, Menino 29, Brett 14, Rufo 13

Bolling:
Ward 8: Bolling 24, Menino 22, Salerno 20, Brett 14, Rufo 12
Ward 12: Bolling 46, Menino 19, Salerno 13, Rufo 9, Brett 9
Ward 14: Bolling 42, Menino 21, Salerno 13, Rufo 11, Brett 9

Source: http://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo1993bost#page/30/mode/2up

[Benj]

Kind of depressing how strongly you can distinguish the Irish, Italian, WASP and black neighborhoods from one another by how they voted (though they're a bit different today, and Bolling in particular clearly had a less-than-complete dominance in the black vote). Really only Allston-Brighton appears to have been voting on something other than ethnicity (well, Salerno's not a WASP name, at least).

[RBH]

1983 was a bit more polarized



citywide: Flynn 29, King 29, Finnegan 25, DiCara 10, Kearney 7 - http://www.archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo1983bost#page/28/mode/2up

Flynn wards:
Ward 2: Flynn 43, Finnegan 23, DiCara 23, King 5
Ward 6: Flynn 70, Finnegan 21
Ward 7: Flynn 69, Finnegan 19
Ward 13: Flynn 35, King 29, Finnegan 25, DiCara 5
Ward 18: Flynn 31, Finnegan 29, King 24, DiCara 10
Ward 19: Flynn 31, Finnegan 28, King 24, DiCara 11

King wards:
Ward 4: King 55, Flynn 14, DiCara 14, Finnegan 13
Ward 5: King 33, DiCara 25, Finnegan 22, Flynn 15
Ward 8: King 75, Finnegan 12, Flynn 8
Ward 9: King 86, Finnegan 7
Ward 10: King 49, Finnegan 20, Flynn 20, DiCara 6, Kearney 5
Ward 11: King 59, Finnegan 16, Flynn 16
Ward 12: King 95
Ward 14: King 95
Ward 15: King 37, Finnegan 26, King 25, DiCara 5
Ward 17: King 47, Flynn 20, Finnegan 19, DiCara 10
Ward 21: King 35, Flynn 26, Finnegan 23, DiCara 10

Finnegan wards:
Ward 3: Finnegan 25, DiCara 21, Flynn 21, King 18, Langone 8, Kearney 6
Ward 16: Finnegan 43, Flynn 38, DiCara 9
Ward 20: Finnegan 43, Flynn 34, DiCara 11, Kearney 6
Ward 22: Finnegan 31, Flynn 31, King 18, DiCara 10, Kearney 9

Kearney ward:
Ward 1: Kearney 33, Finnegan 25, Flynn 21, DiCara 10, Langone 5, King 5

and the runoff!



Citywide: Flynn 65, King 35 - http://www.archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo1983bost#page/82/mode/2up

Ward 1: Flynn 90/10
Ward 2: Flynn 89/11 (5709-693)
Ward 3: Flynn 70/30
Ward 4: King 68/32
Ward 5: King 52/48
Ward 6: Flynn 97/3 (7752-221)
Ward 7: Flynn 95/5 (9539-451)
Ward 8: King 82/18 (2244-503)
Ward 9: King 91/9 (4279-403)
Ward 10: King 56/44
Ward 11: King 64/36
Ward 12: King 97/3 (5978-198)
Ward 13: Flynn 67/33
Ward 14: King 98/2 (7918-195)
Ward 15: Flynn 57/43
Ward 16: Flynn 92/8 (10941-902)
Ward 17: King 52/48
Ward 18: Flynn 73/27
Ward 19: Flynn 69/31
Ward 20: Flynn 92/8
Ward 21: Flynn 54/46
Ward 22: Flynn 75/25

[RBH]

and for reference, the blowout November 1993 runoff: