The Boston mayoral election of 1979 occurred on Tuesday, November 6, 1979, between MayorKevin White and state senatorJoseph F. Timilty. This was the second election in a row between White and Timilty. White once again defeated Timilty and was elected to a fourth term.
1979, boston, mayoral, election, boston, mayoral, election, 1979, occurred, tuesday, november, 1979, between, mayor, kevin, white, state, senator, joseph, timilty, this, second, election, between, white, timilty, white, once, again, defeated, timilty, elected,. The Boston mayoral election of 1979 occurred on Tuesday November 6 1979 between Mayor Kevin White and state senator Joseph F Timilty This was the second election in a row between White and Timilty White once again defeated Timilty and was elected to a fourth term 1979 Boston mayoral election 1975 November 6 1979 1983 Candidate Kevin White Joseph F TimiltyParty Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 78 048 64 269Percentage 54 82 45 14 Results by wardWhite 50 60 60 70 70 80 Timilty 50 60 70 80 Mayor before electionKevin White Elected Mayor Kevin WhiteThe nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on September 25 1979 Contents 1 Candidates 1 1 Candidates eliminated in preliminary 2 Results 3 See also 4 ReferencesCandidates editJoseph F Timilty member of the Massachusetts Senate since 1972 Member of the Boston City Council from 1967 to 1971 Kevin White Mayor of Boston since 1968 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1961 to 1967 Candidates eliminated in preliminary edit Luis F Castro member of the Socialist Workers Party David Finnegan member of the Boston School Committee since 1975 Mel King Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1973 Laurence R Sherman member of the U S Labor Party Results editCandidates Preliminary Election 1 General Election 2 Votes Votes Kevin White incumbent 50 272 42 39 78 048 54 82Joseph F Timilty 33 026 27 85 64 269 45 14Mel King 17 490 14 75David Finnegan 17 306 14 59Laurence R Sherman 297 0 25Luis F Castro 199 0 17See also editList of mayors of Boston MassachusettsReferences edit Annual Report of the Election Department Boston Election Dept 1980 p 36 Annual Report of the Election Department Boston Election Dept 1980 p 82 nbsp This article related to Boston is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This Massachusetts elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 Boston mayoral election amp oldid 1209319054, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,