Popular elections for mayor were instituted after the city's voters approved a new city charter in 1985.[3]
In order to be elected mayor in Worcester, a person must place first in the mayor's race and also finish among the top six in the at-large city council election, being also elected a councilor at large. An individual cannot be elected mayor without additionally winning an at-large city council seat.[4][5]
In addition, the candidate elected to the office of councilor at large who receives the second-highest number of votes for the office of mayor will become vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.[5]
The 1987 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 3, 1987.[7] The first ever popular election for mayor in the city's history, it saw the election of Jordan Levy to a second nonconsecutive term as mayor.
CandidatesEdit
John B. Anderson, at-large City Council member since 1976 and former mayor (1986)[8]
Gustaf Coontz
Joseph Diliberto
Jordan Levy, City Council member since 1975 and former mayor (1980–1981)
The 1989 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 7, 1989.[10] It saw the reelection of Jordan Levy to a third overall, and second-consecutive term (his second term as a popularly elected mayor).
The 1991 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 5, 1991.[10] It saw the reelection of Jordan Levy to a fourth overall, and third-consecutive term (his third term as a popularly elected mayor).
CandidatesEdit
William S. Coleman, III
Timothy J. Cooney, Jr., city councilor since 1980 and former mayor of Worcester (1987)[12]
The 1993 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 2, 1993.[10] It saw the election of Raymond Mariano.
Incumbent mayor Jordan Levy did not seek reelection.
CampaignEdit
There were enough candidates in the at-large city council in 1995 that a primary was mandated for it, which was held in mid-September.[13] Due to the laws requiring that a mayor also be elected an at-large city councilor, anyone who wanted to compete in the mayoral race would need to be on the ballot in the at-large City Council primary and advance to the at-large City Council general election if they hoped to be elected mayor.
Ultimately the mayoral candidates on the ballot were John B. Anderson, Austin A. Heath, Konstantina Lukes, and Raymond Mariano. All four had been among those that advanced to the at-large City Council general election from the primary, with Anderson placing first, Mariano placing second, Lukes placing fourth, and Heath placing tenth.[13]
Candidate John B. Anderson, who served many years as a city councilor, had previously served as a City Council-appointed mayor in 1986.[14]
CandidatesEdit
John B. Anderson, at-large city council member since 1976 and former mayor (1986)
The 1995 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 7, 1995.[10] It saw the reelection of Raymond Mariano.
CampaignEdit
There were enough candidates in the at-large city council in 1995 that a primary was mandated for it, which was held in mid-September.[16] Due to the laws requiring that a mayor also be elected an at-large city councilor, anyone who wanted to compete in the mayoral race would need to be on the ballot in the at-large City Council primary and advance to the at-large City Council general election if they hoped to be elected mayor.
Ultimately the mayoral candidates on the ballot were incumbent mayor Raymond Mariano and challengers William Coleman and Robert J. Hennigan. All three had been among those that advanced to the at-large City Council general election from the primary, with Mariano placing first in the at-large city council primary, Hennigan placing fourth, and Coleman placing twelfth.[16]
CandidatesEdit
William "Bill" Coleman III, mayoral candidate in 1991
The 1997 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 4, 1997.[10] It saw the reelection of Raymond Mariano to a third consecutive term.
CandidatesEdit
Bill Coleman, community activist, candidate for mayor in 1991, 1995
The 1999 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 3, 1999.[19] It saw the reelection of Raymond Mariano to a fourth consecutive term.
CandidatesEdit
George A. Fox
Konstantina Lukes, Worcester City Council at-large member since 1990 and mayoral candidate in 1993
Murray also finished first in the at-large city council election.[21] Coleman finished eighth.[21] Since Coleman, the second place finisher, failed to be elected an at-large city council, he was not elected vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
The 2003 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 4, 2003.[10] It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Tim Murray to a second term.
CandidatesEdit
William Coleman, III, community activist candidate for mayor in 1991, 1995, 1997, and 2001
Juan Gomez, Worcester City Council at-large member since 2000[22]
Murray also finished first in the at-large city council election.[23] Coleman finished second, Gomez finished fifth, Coleman finished seventh.[23] Gomez, by rules of the city charter, became the vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
The 2005 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 8, 2005.[10] It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Tim Murray to a third term.
CampaignEdit
Incumbent mayor Tim Murray most significant challenger was City Council member Konstantina Lukes, who had been a frequent critic of Murray.[24]
While running for mayoral reelection, Murray had already begun his campaign for the 2006 Massachusetts lieutenant gubernatorial nomination.[24]
CandidatesEdit
William Coleman,[25] III, community activist candidate for mayor in 1991, 1995, 2001 and 2003
Juan Gomez,[25] Worcester City Council at-large member since 2000,[22] candidate for mayor in 2003
Konstantina Lukes,[25] Worcester City Council at-large member since 1990, mayoral candidate in 1993 and 1999[15][19]
William McCarthy,[25] college professor, former Connecticut state trooper, executive assistant in the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control from 1996 to 1999[26]
Murray also finished first in the at-large city council election.[25] Lukes finished second, Gomez finished eighth, Coleman finished ninth, and McCarthy finished tenth.[25] Lukes, by the rules of the city charter, became the vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
Lukes became the city's first elected female mayor as a result of this election.[27]
CandidatesEdit
William Coleman, III,[28] community activist candidate for mayor in 1991, 1995, 2001, 2003, and 2005
Konstantina Lukes,[28] incumbent mayor, Worcester City Council at-large member since 1990, mayoral candidate in 1993, 1999 and 2005[15][19][25]
Gary Rosen, Worcester City Council at-large member since 2006 and 1996–97, former five-term Worcester School Committee member[29]
Frederick C. Rushton, Worcester City Council member[30] and attorney
Withdrawn candidatesEdit
Dennis L. Irish, Worcester City Council at-large member[24][31]
Mike C. Perotto, Worcester City Council at-large member[24][31]
CampaignEdit
Lukes saw two strong challengers, Rushton and Rosen.[24]
Rather than issues, the election largely focused on the personality and the leadership style of Lukes.[24]
Lukes and Rushton were the best-funded candidates.[32] Lukes managed to raise $31,381 for her campaign.[24] Rushton managed to raise $80,000 for his campaign.[24]
Despite the fact that Lukes identified as a Democrat, the city's Democratic Party leaders sought to unseat her.[24] They hoped to coalesce opposition to Lukes behind a single candidate, and ultimately Rushton became their candidate.[24] Rushton would ultimately receive most of the endorsements from major Democratic politicians in the region.[24] Rushton's brother-in-law, Worcester County's new District Attorney Joseph D. Early, appeared at campaign events for him, marking the first time in decades that a District Attorney had involved himself in a political campaign.[33]
There was an unusually large field of candidates running to be at-large city councilors in 2007.[24] This field large enough that a primary was mandated for the at-large city council election, which was held in mid-September.[24][31] Due to the laws requiring that a mayor also be elected an at-large city councilor, anyone who wanted to compete in the mayoral race (whether they had announced yet or not) would need to be on the ballot in the at-large City Council primary and advance to the at-large City Council general election if they hoped to be elected mayor.[24] While it was not at all required that mayoral candidates declare their candidacies before the at-large City Council primary, four candidates already had declared their candidates.[24][31] After the at-large City Council primary, in which Lukes placed second among all candidates, and Rushton placed third, two of the candidates, dropped-out of the mayoral race.[24][31] These were Dennis L. Irish and Mike C. Perotto, who had respectively placed fifth and eighth out of all candidates in the at-large City Council primary.[31] This bolstered the Democratic Party's hopes of coalescing opposition to Lukes around a single candidate, which had emerged to be Rushton.[24]
Rosen declared his candidacy after the at-large City Council primary,[24] in which he had placed first.[31] Rosen's entrance into the race posed an obstacle to the Democratic Party leadership's hopes of coalescing opposition to Lukes behind a single candidate.[24]
As of early October, Lukes and Rushton were the only two candidates with campaign websites.[32]
The initial result, seeing Lukes lead by only 105 votes, was narrow enough that a hand-recount was conducted after Rushton requested one.[28][35][36] In the end, only 116 votes separated Lukes and Rushton, with Lukes having seen her lead increase by eleven votes in the recount.[37][28][35] As of 2019[update], this was the narrowest margin of victory in a Worcester mayoral election since the city started popularly electing its mayors in 1987.[37]
Lukes finished second in the at-large city council election.[28] Rosen finished first, Rushton finished fourth, and Coleman finished twelfth.[28] Rosen, by the rules of the city charter, became the vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
The 2009 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 3, 2009.[10] It saw the election of Joseph C. O'Brien, who unseated incumbent mayor Konstantina B. Lukes.
As of 2019[update], this is the only time an incumbent mayor has lost reelection in a Worcester mayoral election since they started popularly electing mayors in 1987.[37] As of 2019[update], it is the only instance in which an incumbent Worcester mayor has lost such an election.
O'Brien was the first mayor to be elected without having first served on the Worcester City Council.[38]
CandidatesEdit
Konstantina Lukes,[39] incumbent mayor since 2007, Worcester City Council at-large member since 1990
While there was speculation that Frederick C. Rushton, who had lost the 2007 to Lukes by an immensely narrow margin, might challenge her again in 2009,[44] he ruled it out in February 2009.[45]
Lukes, as she did in the previous election, saw two strong challengers, the two this time being O'Brien and Toomey.[43]
O'Brien's candidacy was supported by lieutenant governor and former Worcester mayor Tim Murray.[43][40] O'Brien was also supported by congressman Jim McGovern, for whom he served as district director (O'Brien took a leave from this role during his mayoral campaign).[38][43] Many other local Democrats threw their support behind O'Brien.[43] O'Brien also received the support of several employee unions.[47]
Toomey was endorsed by the Worcester County Sheriff and one of the city's two state senators.[43]
The election focused more on the leadership and personality of Lukes than it did on particular issues.[43]
O'Brien and Toomey criticized Lukes for being to inactive a mayor, and argued that she was ineffective at advocating for the city at the state and federal level.[43] Lukes refuted accusations that she was too inactive, arguing that the role of mayor was not intended to be a full-time position.[43]
Lukes argued that she had independence from what she claimed was a Murray-McGovern run political machine.[43]
Lukes argued that O'Brien was simply seeking to use the office of mayor as a platform to seek higher office, and argued that she herself was free from such ambitions.[43]
O'Brien pledged to commit attention to inner-city neighborhoods, and called attention to the fact that he resided in the less-affluent Main South area of the city.[43]
O'Brien aimed to run a movement-style campaign, seeking small online donations and utilizing the internet to organize campaign events.[43]
Lukes raised $33,895 for her campaign.[43] Lukes collected mainly small donations, and solicited her donations primarily by mail.[43] Financially, Lukes ran a low-cost campaign, even using her private law-office to house her campaign headquarters.[43]
O'Brien raised $43,300 for his campaign.[43] O'Brien was additionally supported by the grassroots group Neighbor to Neighbor, which funded $6,000 in mailers for his campaign.[43]
Tsitsilianos did not raise any money for his campaign, and received little attention.[43] However, he did participate in the mayoral debates.[43]
In an interview shortly after losing the election, Lukes would blame the "pro-retire, pro-union" vote for her loss. She would also claim to have been hurt by low turnout, which she claimed O'Brien was able to capitalize on with his campaign's organization efforts. She would also characterize the campaign against her as "very negative...right up until the end".[38]
O'Brien also finished first in the at-large city council election.[39] Toomey finished second, Lukes finished fifth, Tsitsilianos finished eleventh.[39] Lukes, by the rules of the city charter, became the vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
O'Brien was the only non-incumbent individual elected to a citywide office in Worcester that year.[48]
Petty also finished first in the at-large city council election.[51] Lukes finished fourth, Carmona finished eleventh, and Coleman finished twelfth.[51] Lukes, by the rules of the city charter, became the vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
The 2013 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 5, 2013. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty to a second term.
CandidatesEdit
Bill Coleman, candidate for mayor in 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2011
William Feegbeh
Konstantina Lukes, former mayor (2007–2010), Worcester City Council at-large member since 1990
Joseph Petty, incumbent mayor, Worcester City Council member since 1998
Petty also finished first in the at-large city council election.[53] Lukes finished fourth, Coleman finished eighth, and Feegbeh finished twelfth.[53] Lukes, by the rules of the city charter, became the vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
The 2015 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 3, 2015.[54] It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty to a third term.
CandidatesEdit
Michael T. Gaffney
William S. Coleman, III, candidate for mayor in 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, and 2013
Joseph Petty, incumbent mayor, Worcester City Council member since 1998
Petty also finished first in the at-large city council election.[54] Gaffney finished second and Coleman finished eleventh.[54] Gaffney, by the rules of the city charter, became the vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
The 2017 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017.[55] It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty to a fourth term.
CandidatesEdit
Konstantina Lukes, former mayor (from 2007 to 2010), Worcester City Council at-large member since 1990
Joseph Petty, incumbent mayor, Worcester City Council member since 1998
Petty also finished first in the at-large city council election.[55] Lukes finished sixth.[55] Lukes, by the rules of the city charter, became the vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
The 2019 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019.[56] It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty. Petty became the first-ever mayor in the history of Worcester to receive a fifth two-year term as mayor.[57]
CandidatesEdit
Bill Coleman, community activist,[58] candidate for mayor in 1991, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, and 2015
Donna M. Colorio, member of the Worcester School Committee and former chair of the Worcester Republican City Committee
Joseph Petty, incumbent mayor, Worcester City Council member since 1998
Petty's prime challenger was Colorio, the former chair of the Worcester Republican City Committee and two-term member of the Worcester School Committee.[59][60] Colorio was supported by the Republican Super PAC Massachusetts Majority Independent Expenditure PAC (MMIE PAC).[59]
Petty also finished first in the at-large city council election.[56] Toomey placed second, Colorio paced sixth, Coleman placed ninth, and Sarkodieh placed tenth.[56] Colorio, by the rules of the city charter, became the vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
The 2021 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021.[61] It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty to a record sixth term.[62][63]
CandidatesEdit
Bill Coleman, community activist and perennial candidate (candidate for mayor in 1991, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2019)[63]
Donna Colorio, vice chair of the Worcester City Council and mayoral candidate in 2019[62][63]
Joseph Petty, incumbent mayor and Worcester City Council member since 1998[62][63]
Petty also finished first in the at-large city council election.[64] Colorio paced sixth, Coleman placed eighth, and Stefan placed tenth.[64] Colorio, by the rules of the city charter, became the vice-chair of the Worcester City Council.
The 2023 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election will be held in November 2023. Incumbent mayor Joseph Petty is running for re-election to a seventh term in office.
CandidatesEdit
DeclaredEdit
Guillermo Creamer Jr., former chair of the Worcester Human Rights Commission[65]
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Elections are held every two years to elect the mayor of Worcester Massachusetts Worcester Massachusetts held its first direct election for mayor in 1987 1 Worcester has a council manager government in which the mayor s role is to chair both the Worcester City Council and the city s school committee 2 Contents 1 Election system 2 1987 mayoral election 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 1989 mayoral election 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 1991 mayoral election 4 1 Candidates 4 2 Results 5 1993 mayoral election 5 1 Campaign 5 2 Candidates 5 3 Results 6 1995 mayoral election 6 1 Campaign 6 2 Candidates 6 3 Results 7 1997 mayoral election 7 1 Candidates 7 2 Results 8 1999 mayoral election 8 1 Candidates 8 2 Results 9 2001 mayoral election 9 1 Candidates 9 2 Results 10 2003 mayoral election 10 1 Candidates 10 2 Results 11 2005 mayoral election 11 1 Campaign 11 2 Candidates 11 3 Results 12 2007 mayoral election 12 1 Candidates 12 1 1 Withdrawn candidates 12 2 Campaign 12 3 Finances 12 4 Results 13 2009 mayoral election 13 1 Candidates 13 2 Campaign 13 3 Results 14 2011 mayoral election 14 1 Candidates 14 2 Results 15 2013 mayoral election 15 1 Candidates 15 2 Results 16 2015 mayoral election 16 1 Candidates 16 2 Results 17 2017 mayoral election 17 1 Candidates 17 2 Results 18 2019 mayoral election 18 1 Candidates 18 2 Campaign 18 3 Results 19 2021 mayoral election 19 1 Candidates 19 2 Results 20 2023 mayoral election 20 1 Candidates 20 1 1 Declared 20 1 2 Potential 21 ReferencesElection system EditPopular elections for mayor were instituted after the city s voters approved a new city charter in 1985 3 In order to be elected mayor in Worcester a person must place first in the mayor s race and also finish among the top six in the at large city council election being also elected a councilor at large An individual cannot be elected mayor without additionally winning an at large city council seat 4 5 In addition the candidate elected to the office of councilor at large who receives the second highest number of votes for the office of mayor will become vice chair of the Worcester City Council 5 1987 mayoral election Edit1987 Worcester mayoral election November 3 1987 1989 Turnout55 65 6 Nominee Jordan Levy John B Anderson Gustaf CoontzParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 23 163 9 243 2 434Percentage 63 65 25 40 6 69 Mayor before electionThomas J Early Elected Mayor Jordan LevyIndependentThe 1987 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 3 1987 7 The first ever popular election for mayor in the city s history it saw the election of Jordan Levy to a second nonconsecutive term as mayor Candidates Edit John B Anderson at large City Council member since 1976 and former mayor 1986 8 Gustaf Coontz Joseph Diliberto Jordan Levy City Council member since 1975 and former mayor 1980 1981 Results Edit 1987 mayoral election results 6 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Jordan Levy 23 163 63 65Nonpartisan John B Anderson 9 243 25 40Nonpartisan Gustaf Coontz 2 434 6 69Nonpartisan Joseph F Diliberto 1 550 4 26Total votes 36 390 100In the at large City Council election Levy placed first Anderson placed fourth Coontz placed tenth and Donovan placed thirteenth 6 1989 mayoral election Edit1989 Worcester mayoral election 1987 November 7 1989 1991 Turnout39 08 9 Nominee Jordan Levy Lynne H SimondsParty Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 19 198 5 358Percentage 70 58 19 70 Mayor before electionJordan LevyIndependent Elected Mayor Jordan LevyIndependentThe 1989 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 7 1989 10 It saw the reelection of Jordan Levy to a third overall and second consecutive term his second term as a popularly elected mayor Candidates Edit Joseph Diliberto mayoral candidate in 1987 Margaret Donovan Jordan Levy incumbent mayor Lynne SimondsResults Edit 1989 mayoral election results 9 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Jordan Levy incumbent 19 198 70 58Nonpartisan Lynne H Simonds 5 358 19 70Nonpartisan Joseph F Diliberto 1 358 4 99Nonpartisan Margaret M Donovan 1 285 4 72Total votes 27 199 100In the at large City Council general election Levy placed first Simonds placed ninth Diliberto placed eleventh and Donovan placed twelfth 9 1991 mayoral election Edit1991 Worcester mayoral election 1989 November 5 1991 1993 Turnout44 42 11 Nominee Jordan Levy Timothy J Cooney Jr Konstantina LukesParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 15 003 8 478 7 403Percentage 45 38 25 64 22 39 Nominee William ColemanParty NonpartisanPopular vote 2 177Percentage 6 59 Mayor before electionJordan LevyIndependent Elected Mayor Jordan LevyIndependentThe 1991 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 5 1991 10 It saw the reelection of Jordan Levy to a fourth overall and third consecutive term his third term as a popularly elected mayor Candidates Edit William S Coleman III Timothy J Cooney Jr city councilor since 1980 and former mayor of Worcester 1987 12 Jordan Levy incumbent mayor Konstantina Lukes at large City Council member since 1990Results Edit 1991 mayoral election results 11 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Jordan Levy incumbent 15 003 45 38Nonpartisan Timothy J Cooney Jr 8 478 25 64Nonpartisan Konstantina B Lukes 7 403 22 39Nonpartisan William S Coleman III 2 177 6 59Total votes 33 061 100In the at large City Council general election Levy placed first Cooney placed third Lukes placed sixth and Coleman placed eighth 11 1993 mayoral election Edit1993 Worcester mayoral election 1991 November 2 1993 1995 Nominee Raymond Mariano John B Anderson Konstantina LukesParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 13 271 11 389 6 105Percentage 41 14 35 31 18 93 Mayor before electionJordan LevyIndependent Elected Mayor Raymond MarianoDemocraticThe 1993 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 2 1993 10 It saw the election of Raymond Mariano Incumbent mayor Jordan Levy did not seek reelection Campaign Edit There were enough candidates in the at large city council in 1995 that a primary was mandated for it which was held in mid September 13 Due to the laws requiring that a mayor also be elected an at large city councilor anyone who wanted to compete in the mayoral race would need to be on the ballot in the at large City Council primary and advance to the at large City Council general election if they hoped to be elected mayor Ultimately the mayoral candidates on the ballot were John B Anderson Austin A Heath Konstantina Lukes and Raymond Mariano All four had been among those that advanced to the at large City Council general election from the primary with Anderson placing first Mariano placing second Lukes placing fourth and Heath placing tenth 13 Candidate John B Anderson who served many years as a city councilor had previously served as a City Council appointed mayor in 1986 14 Candidates Edit John B Anderson at large city council member since 1976 and former mayor 1986 Austin A Heath Konstantina Lukes at large city council member since 1990 Raymond Mariano city council member since 1982Results Edit 1993 mayoral election results 15 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Raymond V Mariano 13 271 41 14Nonpartisan John B Anderson 11 389 35 31Nonpartisan Konstantina B Lukes 6 105 18 93Nonpartisan Austin A Heath 1 437 4 46write in Others 54 0 17Total votes 32 256 100In the at large City Council general election Mariano placed first Anderson placed second Lukes placed third and Heath placed ninth 15 1995 mayoral election Edit1995 Worcester mayoral election 1993 November 7 1995 1997 Nominee Raymond Mariano Robert J Hennigan William ColemanParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 17 571 4 077 1 410Percentage 76 20 17 68 6 11 Mayor before electionRaymond MarianoDemocratic Elected Mayor Raymond MarianoDemocraticThe 1995 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 7 1995 10 It saw the reelection of Raymond Mariano Campaign Edit There were enough candidates in the at large city council in 1995 that a primary was mandated for it which was held in mid September 16 Due to the laws requiring that a mayor also be elected an at large city councilor anyone who wanted to compete in the mayoral race would need to be on the ballot in the at large City Council primary and advance to the at large City Council general election if they hoped to be elected mayor Ultimately the mayoral candidates on the ballot were incumbent mayor Raymond Mariano and challengers William Coleman and Robert J Hennigan All three had been among those that advanced to the at large City Council general election from the primary with Mariano placing first in the at large city council primary Hennigan placing fourth and Coleman placing twelfth 16 Candidates Edit William Bill Coleman III mayoral candidate in 1991 Robert J Hennigan Jr Raymond Mariano incumbent mayor since 1993Results Edit 1995 mayoral election results 17 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Raymond V Mariano incumbent 17 571 76 20Nonpartisan Robert J Hennigan Jr 4 077 17 68Nonpartisan William Coleman III 1 410 6 11write in Others 80 0 35Total votes 23 058 100In the at large City Council election Mariano placed first and Hennigan placed ninth and Coleman placed eleventh 17 1997 mayoral election Edit1997 Worcester mayoral election 1995 November 4 1997 1999 Nominee Raymond Mariano Bill ColemanParty Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 18 670 4 169Percentage 81 75 18 25 Mayor before electionRaymond MarianoDemocratic Elected Mayor Raymond MarianoDemocraticThe 1997 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 4 1997 10 It saw the reelection of Raymond Mariano to a third consecutive term Candidates Edit Bill Coleman community activist candidate for mayor in 1991 1995 Raymond Mariano incumbent mayor since 1993Results Edit 1999 mayoral election results 18 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Raymond V Mariano incumbent 18 670 81 75Nonpartisan Bill Coleman 4 169 18 25Total votes 22 839 100In the at large City Council election Mariano placed first and Coleman placed tenth 18 1999 mayoral election Edit1999 Worcester mayoral election 1997 November 3 1999 2001 Nominee Raymond Mariano Konstantina LukesParty Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 13 939 8 518Percentage 59 08 36 10 Mayor before electionRaymond MarianoDemocratic Elected Mayor Raymond MarianoDemocraticThe 1999 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 3 1999 19 It saw the reelection of Raymond Mariano to a fourth consecutive term Candidates Edit George A Fox Konstantina Lukes Worcester City Council at large member since 1990 and mayoral candidate in 1993 Raymond Mariano incumbent mayor since 1993Results Edit 1999 mayoral election results 19 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Raymond V Mariano incumbent 13 939 59 08Nonpartisan Konstantina B Lukes 8 518 36 10Nonpartisan George A Fox 1 016 4 31Write in Others 121 0 51Total votes 23 594 100In the at large City Council election Mariano placed first Lukes placed third and Fox placed eleventh 19 2001 mayoral election Edit2001 Worcester mayoral election 1999 November 6 2001 2003 Nominee Tim Murray William ColemanParty Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 18 209 4 119Percentage 81 55 18 45 Mayor before electionRaymond MarianoDemocratic Elected Mayor Tim MurrayDemocraticThe 2001 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 6 2001 10 It saw the election of Tim Murray Incumbent mayor Raymond Mariano did not seek reelection 20 Candidates Edit William Coleman III community activist candidate for mayor in 1991 and 1995 Tim Murray member of Worcester City Council since 1998Results Edit 2001 mayoral election results 21 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Timothy P Murray 18 209 81 55Nonpartisan William Coleman III 4 119 18 45Total votes 22 328Murray also finished first in the at large city council election 21 Coleman finished eighth 21 Since Coleman the second place finisher failed to be elected an at large city council he was not elected vice chair of the Worcester City Council 2003 mayoral election Edit2003 Worcester mayoral election 2001 November 4 2003 2005 Nominee Tim Murray Juan Gomez William ColemanParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 10 411 2 043 1 881Percentage 72 62 14 26 13 12 Mayor before electionTim MurrayDemocratic Elected Mayor Tim MurrayDemocraticThe 2003 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 4 2003 10 It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Tim Murray to a second term Candidates Edit William Coleman III community activist candidate for mayor in 1991 1995 1997 and 2001 Juan Gomez Worcester City Council at large member since 2000 22 Tim Murray incumbent mayorResults Edit 2003 mayoral election results 23 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Timothy P Murray incumbent 10 411 72 62Nonpartisan Juan A Gomez 2 043 14 26Nonpartisan William Coleman III 1 881 13 12Total votes 14 335Murray also finished first in the at large city council election 23 Coleman finished second Gomez finished fifth Coleman finished seventh 23 Gomez by rules of the city charter became the vice chair of the Worcester City Council 2005 mayoral election Edit2005 Worcester mayoral election 2003 November 8 2005 2007 Nominee Tim Murray Konstantina Lukes Juan GomezParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 10 085 5 352 1 504Percentage 52 50 27 86 7 83 Nominee William McCarthy William ColemanParty Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 1 285 985Percentage 6 69 5 13 Mayor before electionTim MurrayDemocratic Elected Mayor Tim MurrayDemocraticThe 2005 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 8 2005 10 It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Tim Murray to a third term Campaign Edit Incumbent mayor Tim Murray most significant challenger was City Council member Konstantina Lukes who had been a frequent critic of Murray 24 While running for mayoral reelection Murray had already begun his campaign for the 2006 Massachusetts lieutenant gubernatorial nomination 24 Candidates Edit William Coleman 25 III community activist candidate for mayor in 1991 1995 2001 and 2003 Juan Gomez 25 Worcester City Council at large member since 2000 22 candidate for mayor in 2003 Konstantina Lukes 25 Worcester City Council at large member since 1990 mayoral candidate in 1993 and 1999 15 19 William McCarthy 25 college professor former Connecticut state trooper executive assistant in the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control from 1996 to 1999 26 Tim Murray incumbent mayor 25 Results Edit 2005 mayoral election results 25 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Timothy P Murray incumbent 10 085 52 50Nonpartisan Konstantina B Lukes 5 352 27 86Nonpartisan Juan A Gomez 1 504 7 83Nonpartisan William J McCarthy 1 285 6 69Nonpartisan William Coleman III 985 5 13Total votes 19 211Murray also finished first in the at large city council election 25 Lukes finished second Gomez finished eighth Coleman finished ninth and McCarthy finished tenth 25 Lukes by the rules of the city charter became the vice chair of the Worcester City Council 2007 mayoral election Edit2007 Worcester mayoral election 2005 November 6 2007 2009 Nominee Konstantina Lukes Frederick C Rushton Gary RosenParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 7 507 7 391 4 552Percentage 36 15 35 59 21 92 Nominee William ColemanParty NonpartisanPopular vote 1 318Percentage 6 35 Mayor before electionKonstantina B LukesDemocratic Elected Mayor Konstantina B LukesDemocraticThe 2007 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 6 2007 10 It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Konstantina B Lukes who had been appointed to the position earlier that year after Tim Murray resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Lukes became the city s first elected female mayor as a result of this election 27 Candidates Edit William Coleman III 28 community activist candidate for mayor in 1991 1995 2001 2003 and 2005 Konstantina Lukes 28 incumbent mayor Worcester City Council at large member since 1990 mayoral candidate in 1993 1999 and 2005 15 19 25 Gary Rosen Worcester City Council at large member since 2006 and 1996 97 former five term Worcester School Committee member 29 Frederick C Rushton Worcester City Council member 30 and attorneyWithdrawn candidates Edit Dennis L Irish Worcester City Council at large member 24 31 Mike C Perotto Worcester City Council at large member 24 31 Campaign Edit Lukes saw two strong challengers Rushton and Rosen 24 Rather than issues the election largely focused on the personality and the leadership style of Lukes 24 Lukes and Rushton were the best funded candidates 32 Lukes managed to raise 31 381 for her campaign 24 Rushton managed to raise 80 000 for his campaign 24 Despite the fact that Lukes identified as a Democrat the city s Democratic Party leaders sought to unseat her 24 They hoped to coalesce opposition to Lukes behind a single candidate and ultimately Rushton became their candidate 24 Rushton would ultimately receive most of the endorsements from major Democratic politicians in the region 24 Rushton s brother in law Worcester County s new District Attorney Joseph D Early appeared at campaign events for him marking the first time in decades that a District Attorney had involved himself in a political campaign 33 There was an unusually large field of candidates running to be at large city councilors in 2007 24 This field large enough that a primary was mandated for the at large city council election which was held in mid September 24 31 Due to the laws requiring that a mayor also be elected an at large city councilor anyone who wanted to compete in the mayoral race whether they had announced yet or not would need to be on the ballot in the at large City Council primary and advance to the at large City Council general election if they hoped to be elected mayor 24 While it was not at all required that mayoral candidates declare their candidacies before the at large City Council primary four candidates already had declared their candidates 24 31 After the at large City Council primary in which Lukes placed second among all candidates and Rushton placed third two of the candidates dropped out of the mayoral race 24 31 These were Dennis L Irish and Mike C Perotto who had respectively placed fifth and eighth out of all candidates in the at large City Council primary 31 This bolstered the Democratic Party s hopes of coalescing opposition to Lukes around a single candidate which had emerged to be Rushton 24 Rosen declared his candidacy after the at large City Council primary 24 in which he had placed first 31 Rosen s entrance into the race posed an obstacle to the Democratic Party leadership s hopes of coalescing opposition to Lukes behind a single candidate 24 As of early October Lukes and Rushton were the only two candidates with campaign websites 32 Finances Edit Candidate Receipts 34 Expenditures 34 William Coleman III 854 72 839 52Konstantina Lukes 31 381 00 25 406 41Gary Rosen 14 631 00 15 148 94Frederick C Rushton 78 668 99 83 589 73Total 125 535 71 124 984 60Results Edit The initial result seeing Lukes lead by only 105 votes was narrow enough that a hand recount was conducted after Rushton requested one 28 35 36 In the end only 116 votes separated Lukes and Rushton with Lukes having seen her lead increase by eleven votes in the recount 37 28 35 As of 2019 update this was the narrowest margin of victory in a Worcester mayoral election since the city started popularly electing its mayors in 1987 37 2007 mayoral election results 28 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Konstantina B Lukes incumbent 7 507 36 15 Nonpartisan Frederick C Rushton 7 391 35 59 Nonpartisan Gary Rosen 4 552 21 92 Nonpartisan William Coleman III 1 318 6 35 Total votes 20 768 100Lukes finished second in the at large city council election 28 Rosen finished first Rushton finished fourth and Coleman finished twelfth 28 Rosen by the rules of the city charter became the vice chair of the Worcester City Council 2009 mayoral election Edit2009 Worcester mayoral election 2007 November 3 2009 2011 Nominee Joseph C O Brien Konstantina Lukes Kate ToomeyParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 10 214 5 663 3 722Percentage 50 58 28 04 18 43 Mayor before electionKonstantina B LukesDemocratic Elected Mayor Joseph C O BrienDemocraticThe 2009 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 3 2009 10 It saw the election of Joseph C O Brien who unseated incumbent mayor Konstantina B Lukes As of 2019 update this is the only time an incumbent mayor has lost reelection in a Worcester mayoral election since they started popularly electing mayors in 1987 37 As of 2019 update it is the only instance in which an incumbent Worcester mayor has lost such an election O Brien was the first mayor to be elected without having first served on the Worcester City Council 38 Candidates Edit Konstantina Lukes 39 incumbent mayor since 2007 Worcester City Council at large member since 1990 Joseph C O Brien 39 former School Committee member 2002 2008 38 40 Kate Toomey 39 Worcester City Council at large member since 2006 40 41 42 Emanuel Tsitsilianos 39 43 Campaign Edit While there was speculation that Frederick C Rushton who had lost the 2007 to Lukes by an immensely narrow margin might challenge her again in 2009 44 he ruled it out in February 2009 45 The election race was slow to start 46 Lukes as she did in the previous election saw two strong challengers the two this time being O Brien and Toomey 43 O Brien s candidacy was supported by lieutenant governor and former Worcester mayor Tim Murray 43 40 O Brien was also supported by congressman Jim McGovern for whom he served as district director O Brien took a leave from this role during his mayoral campaign 38 43 Many other local Democrats threw their support behind O Brien 43 O Brien also received the support of several employee unions 47 Toomey was endorsed by the Worcester County Sheriff and one of the city s two state senators 43 The election focused more on the leadership and personality of Lukes than it did on particular issues 43 O Brien and Toomey criticized Lukes for being to inactive a mayor and argued that she was ineffective at advocating for the city at the state and federal level 43 Lukes refuted accusations that she was too inactive arguing that the role of mayor was not intended to be a full time position 43 Lukes argued that she had independence from what she claimed was a Murray McGovern run political machine 43 Lukes argued that O Brien was simply seeking to use the office of mayor as a platform to seek higher office and argued that she herself was free from such ambitions 43 O Brien pledged to commit attention to inner city neighborhoods and called attention to the fact that he resided in the less affluent Main South area of the city 43 O Brien aimed to run a movement style campaign seeking small online donations and utilizing the internet to organize campaign events 43 Lukes raised 33 895 for her campaign 43 Lukes collected mainly small donations and solicited her donations primarily by mail 43 Financially Lukes ran a low cost campaign even using her private law office to house her campaign headquarters 43 O Brien raised 43 300 for his campaign 43 O Brien was additionally supported by the grassroots group Neighbor to Neighbor which funded 6 000 in mailers for his campaign 43 Toomey raised 33 633 for her campaign 43 Tsitsilianos did not raise any money for his campaign and received little attention 43 However he did participate in the mayoral debates 43 In an interview shortly after losing the election Lukes would blame the pro retire pro union vote for her loss She would also claim to have been hurt by low turnout which she claimed O Brien was able to capitalize on with his campaign s organization efforts She would also characterize the campaign against her as very negative right up until the end 38 Results Edit 2009 mayoral election results 39 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Joseph C O Brien 10 214 50 58 Nonpartisan Konstantina B Lukes incumbent 5 663 28 04 Nonpartisan Kate Toomey 3 722 18 43 Nonpartisan E Tsitsilianos 595 2 95 Total votes 20 197O Brien also finished first in the at large city council election 39 Toomey finished second Lukes finished fifth Tsitsilianos finished eleventh 39 Lukes by the rules of the city charter became the vice chair of the Worcester City Council O Brien was the only non incumbent individual elected to a citywide office in Worcester that year 48 2011 mayoral election Edit2011 Worcester mayoral election 2009 November 8 2011 2013 Nominee Joseph Petty Konstantina Lukes Carmen CarmonaParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 9 008 6 708 1 531Percentage 48 35 36 01 8 22 Nominee Bill ColemanParty NonpartisanPopular vote 1 382Percentage 7 42 Mayor before electionJoseph C O BrienDemocratic Elected Mayor Joseph PettyDemocraticThe 2011 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 8 2011 10 It saw the election of Joseph Petty On September 16 2011 incumbent mayor Joseph C O Brien announced that he would no longer be seeking reelection citing family concerns 2 49 Candidates Edit Bill Coleman candidate for mayor in 1991 1995 2001 2003 and 2005 and 2007 Carmen L Carmona case worker at Community Healthlink Inc 50 Konstantina Lukes former mayor 2007 2010 Worcester City Council at large member since 1990 Joseph Petty member of Worcester City Council since 1998Results Edit 2011 mayoral election results 51 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Joseph M Petty 9 008 48 35 Nonpartisan Konstantina B Lukes 6 708 36 01 Nonpartisan Carmen L Carmona 1 531 8 22 Nonpartisan Bill Coleman 1 382 7 42 Total votes 18 629Petty also finished first in the at large city council election 51 Lukes finished fourth Carmona finished eleventh and Coleman finished twelfth 51 Lukes by the rules of the city charter became the vice chair of the Worcester City Council 2013 mayoral election Edit2013 Worcester mayoral election 2011 November 5 2013 52 2015 Nominee Joseph Petty Konstantina Lukes Bill ColemanParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 8 900 4 156 1 325Percentage 58 28 27 21 8 68 Mayor before electionJoseph PettyDemocratic Elected Mayor Joseph PettyDemocraticThe 2013 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 5 2013 It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty to a second term Candidates Edit Bill Coleman candidate for mayor in 1991 1995 1997 2001 2003 2005 2007 and 2011 William Feegbeh Konstantina Lukes former mayor 2007 2010 Worcester City Council at large member since 1990 Joseph Petty incumbent mayor Worcester City Council member since 1998Results Edit 2013 mayoral election results 53 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Joseph M Petty incumbent 8 900 58 28Nonpartisan Konstantina B Lukes 4 156 27 21Nonpartisan Bill Coleman 1 325 8 68Nonpartisan William Feegbeh 302 1 98Total votes 14 683Petty also finished first in the at large city council election 53 Lukes finished fourth Coleman finished eighth and Feegbeh finished twelfth 53 Lukes by the rules of the city charter became the vice chair of the Worcester City Council 2015 mayoral election Edit2015 Worcester mayoral election 2013 November 3 2015 2017 Turnout20 51 Nominee Joseph Petty Michael T Gaffney William ColemanParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 9 978 7 859 1 335Percentage 52 04 40 99 6 96 Mayor before electionJoseph PettyDemocratic Elected Mayor Joseph PettyDemocraticThe 2015 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 3 2015 54 It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty to a third term Candidates Edit Michael T Gaffney William S Coleman III candidate for mayor in 1991 1995 1997 2001 2003 2005 2007 2011 and 2013 Joseph Petty incumbent mayor Worcester City Council member since 1998Results Edit 2015 mayoral election results 54 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Joseph M Petty incumbent 9 978 52 04Nonpartisan Michael T Gaffney 7 859 40 99Nonpartisan William S Coleman III 1 335 6 96Turnout 19 172 20 51Petty also finished first in the at large city council election 54 Gaffney finished second and Coleman finished eleventh 54 Gaffney by the rules of the city charter became the vice chair of the Worcester City Council 2017 mayoral election Edit2017 Worcester mayoral election 2015 November 7 2017 2019 Turnout14 74 Nominee Joseph Petty Konstantina LukesParty Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 10 194 6 708Percentage 60 55 36 01 Mayor before electionJoseph PettyDemocratic Elected Mayor Joseph PettyDemocraticThe 2017 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 7 2017 55 It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty to a fourth term Candidates Edit Konstantina Lukes former mayor from 2007 to 2010 Worcester City Council at large member since 1990 Joseph Petty incumbent mayor Worcester City Council member since 1998Results Edit 2017 mayoral election results 55 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Joseph M Petty incumbent 11 119 70 56Nonpartisan Konstantina B Lukes 4 640 29 44Turnout 15 759 14 74Petty also finished first in the at large city council election 55 Lukes finished sixth 55 Lukes by the rules of the city charter became the vice chair of the Worcester City Council 2019 mayoral election Edit2019 Worcester mayoral election 2017 November 5 2019 2021 Turnout16 56 Nominee Joseph Petty Donna M Colorio Bill ColemanParty Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 10 194 3 840 1 439Percentage 60 55 22 81 8 55 Nominee Owurakwaku Poku SarkodiehParty NonpartisanPopular vote 1 363Percentage 8 10 Mayor before electionJoseph PettyDemocratic Elected Mayor Joseph PettyDemocraticThe 2019 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 5 2019 56 It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty Petty became the first ever mayor in the history of Worcester to receive a fifth two year term as mayor 57 Candidates Edit Bill Coleman community activist 58 candidate for mayor in 1991 1995 2001 2003 2005 2007 2011 2013 and 2015 Donna M Colorio member of the Worcester School Committee and former chair of the Worcester Republican City Committee Joseph Petty incumbent mayor Worcester City Council member since 1998 Owurakwaku Poku SarkodiehCampaign Edit The election was a four person race 59 Petty s prime challenger was Colorio the former chair of the Worcester Republican City Committee and two term member of the Worcester School Committee 59 60 Colorio was supported by the Republican Super PAC Massachusetts Majority Independent Expenditure PAC MMIE PAC 59 Results Edit 2019 mayoral election results 56 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Joseph M Petty incumbent 10 194 60 55Nonpartisan Donna M Colorio 3 840 22 81Nonpartisan Bill Coleman 1 439 8 55Nonpartisan Owurakwaku Poku Sarkodieh 1 363 8 10Turnout 16 836 16 56Petty also finished first in the at large city council election 56 Toomey placed second Colorio paced sixth Coleman placed ninth and Sarkodieh placed tenth 56 Colorio by the rules of the city charter became the vice chair of the Worcester City Council 2021 mayoral election Edit2021 Worcester mayoral election 2019 November 2 2021 2023 Turnout15 94 Nominee Joseph Petty Donna M ColorioParty Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 10 087 4 150Percentage 60 48 24 88 Nominee Bill Coleman Peter A StefanParty Nonpartisan NonpartisanPopular vote 1 509 931Percentage 9 05 5 58 Mayor before electionJoseph PettyDemocratic Elected Mayor Joseph PettyDemocraticThe 2021 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 2 2021 61 It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty to a record sixth term 62 63 Candidates Edit Bill Coleman community activist and perennial candidate candidate for mayor in 1991 1995 2001 2003 2005 2007 2011 2013 2015 and 2019 63 Donna Colorio vice chair of the Worcester City Council and mayoral candidate in 2019 62 63 Joseph Petty incumbent mayor and Worcester City Council member since 1998 62 63 Peter Stefan funeral director 62 63 Results Edit 2021 mayoral election results 64 Party Candidate Votes Nonpartisan Joseph M Petty incumbent 10 087 60 48Nonpartisan Donna M Colorio 4 150 24 88Nonpartisan Bill Coleman 1 509 9 05Nonpartisan Peter A Stefan 931 5 58Turnout 16 677 15 94Petty also finished first in the at large city council election 64 Colorio paced sixth Coleman placed eighth and Stefan placed tenth 64 Colorio by the rules of the city charter became the vice chair of the Worcester City Council 2023 mayoral election Edit2023 Worcester mayoral election 2021 November 7 2023 2025 Party Nonpartisan NonpartisanIncumbent MayorJoseph PettyDemocraticThe 2023 Worcester Massachusetts mayoral election will be held in November 2023 Incumbent mayor Joseph Petty is running for re election to a seventh term in office Candidates Edit Declared Edit Guillermo Creamer Jr former chair of the Worcester Human Rights Commission 65 Joseph Petty incumbent mayor 66 Max 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