After winning a record fifth term in office this week, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino says he is ready to take some risks. He spoke to WBUR for the first time since winning re-election.
Boston will keep a familiar face in power for another four years. Mayor Thomas Menino beat Michael Flaherty at the polls Tuesday and made history by entering his unprecedented fifth term in office. The victory was not a surprise to many, including to political analyst Larry DiCara.
The following election results are unofficial.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino made history last night. The 66-year-old won an unprecedented fifth term in office. This was his hardest re-election and some were surprised how close challenger City Councilor Michael Flaherty got to unseating him.
Mayor Thomas Menino held off a challenge from City Council President Michael Flaherty. Menino already has been in office for 16 1/2 years — longer than any mayor in the city’s history.
Voters in 52 cities and towns across Massachusetts will go to the polls Tuesday for various municipal elections.
BOSTON — In our final conversations with the candidates, we speak with the incumbent Mayor Thomas Menino who’s seeking a fifth term in office.
BOSTON — The most competitive mayoral election that Boston has seen in two decades is decided Tuesday, Nov. 3. In the remaining days, incumbent Thomas Menino and his challenger, City Councilor Michael Flaherty, are reaching out to any voters in the city who are undecided. In the first of two final interviews with the candidates, Flaherty sat down with us this week in WBUR’s Studio 2.
BOSTON — Boston Mayor Tom Menino and City Councilor Michael Flaherty faced off in their final debate Tuesday night before voters cast ballots in next week’s mayoral election. The crowd and the questions seemed to favor Flaherty, but Menino remained unphased.
BOSTON — Development has emerged as a major issue in Boston’s mayoral race. And nowhere in the city is the promise of urban renewal — and the disappointment — more evident than the Seaport. Building projects are moving at a glacial pace and city planners say the area won’t be completed for another 30 years.
BOSTON — Public education has emerged as a high-profile issue in this year’s Boston mayoral contest, though much of the focus has been on the debate over charter schools. Meanwhile, the pilot school program in the city has stalled, leaving many wondering: What happened to this once nationally recognized Boston innovation?
BOSTON — Monday night’s Boston mayoral debate between incumbent Thomas Menino and City Councilor Michael Flaherty failed to significantly change the political landscape with just two weeks remaining before the Nov. 3 vote, said former mayoral candidate and one-time city councilor Larry DiCara.
BOSTON — From bad lighting to confusing jargon, WBUR Senior Media Analyst John Carroll said Monday night’s mayoral debate revealed little about the candidates and left voters with more questions than answers.
BOSTON — With two weeks to go to the election, City Councilor Michael Flaherty had one last chance to change the dynamics of the mayoral election before a large audience Monday night. Flaherty is trailing Menino by twenty points in the latest poll. The debate brought out difference between the candidates, but no clear winner.
BOSTON — In their final debate, incumbent Mayor Thomas Menino and City Councilor Michael Flaherty touched on issues ranging from the deleted e-mail controversy to schools, housing and the economy.
