Candidates

• James Brett
  James Brett
  James T. Brett is a former American politician who is the current president and CEO of The New England Council. He is also the Chairman of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities....
  
  , Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 1981, Assistant Secretary of Energy from 1980 to 1981.
• Thomas Menino
  Thomas Menino
  Thomas Michael "Tom" Menino is the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States and the city's first Italian-American mayor...
  
  , Acting Mayor
  Mayor
  In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
  
   of Boston
  Boston
  Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
  
   since July 12, 1993, Boston City Councilor from 1984 to 1993, and Council President in 1993.

Candidates eliminated in primary

• Bruce Bolling
  Bruce Bolling
  Bruce C. Bolling is a politician and businessman in Boston, Massachusetts. He served as the first black president of the Boston City Council in the mid-1980s.-Biography:...
  
  , Boston City Councilor since 1982, Council President from 1986 to 1987.
• Christopher Lydon
  Christopher Lydon
  Christopher Lydon is an American media personality and author. He is best known for being the original host of The Connection, produced by WBUR and syndicated to other NPR stations.-Background:...
  
  , WGBH-TV
  WGBH-TV
  WGBH-TV, channel 2, is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. WGBH-TV is a member station of the Public Broadcasting Service , and produces more than two-thirds of PBS's national prime time television programming...
  
   host.
• Diane Moriarty, Attorney.
• Francis Roache
  Francis Roache
  Francis M. "Mickey" Roache is an American law enforcement officer and politician who is the Suffolk County Register of Deeds. He previously served as Boston Police Commissioner from 1985 to 1993 and was a member of the Boston City Council from 1996 to 2002....
  
  , Boston Police Commissioner.
• Robert Rufo
  Robert Rufo
  Robert Rufo is an American jurist and politician who current serves as a Associate Justice of the Suffolk County Superior Court. He previously served as General Counsel to the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department from 1977 to 1986 and Sheriff of Suffolk County from 1986 to 1996.Rufo also serves as...
  
  , Sheriff of Suffolk County
  Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department (Massachusetts)
  The Suffolk County Sheriff's Department is a law enforcement agency for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The agency's primary responsibility is oversight of the Nashua Street Jail and the South Bay House of Correction in Boston, Massachusetts....
  
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• Rosaria Salerno
  Rosaria Salerno
  Rosaria Salerno is the current City Clerk of Boston and a former member of the Boston City Council.Salerno was an At-Large member of the City Council from 1988 to 1993. She was a candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1993, finishing in fourth place with 17.54% of the vote.On January 26, 1995, Salerno...
  
  , Boston City Councilor since 1988.

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