Fourteen Candidates Advance in City Council Primary

| September 2, 2015 | City Council, Election 2015, Featured | 1 Comment

On Tuesday, September 1 Medford voters participated in the first City Council primary since September 11, 2001.

Fourteen of the sixteen candidates advanced to the election, which is taking place on Tuesday, November 3.

Here are some interesting facts from Tuesday’s primary:

– 13.2% of Medford’s 34,677 registered voters participated in the primary, which is slightly higher than average

– The precinct with the highest turnout was Ward 3, Precinct 2 (Temple Shalom on Winthrop Street) with 20.6%

– Only one vote separates Neal McSweeney, fourteenth, and Mario Martin, fifteenth. Martin is considering whether he will ask for a recount

– Current School Committee member John Falco received the most votes, 2,042

– Current City Councilor Breanna Lungo-Koehn received the most votes of the Council incumbents, 2,031

– Voters must choose seven candidates from the fourteen running for City Council on November 3

– The Council has two open seats. City Councilor Robert Penta is running for Mayor and Councilor Paul Camuso is not seeking another term

– The other candidates who advanced to the November 3 election (in no particular order) are: Leonore Eforo, Mark Crowley, Christopher D’Aveta, William O’Keefe, Michael Ruggiero, Michael Marks, Frederick Dello Russo, Neil Osborne, George Scarpelli, Adam Knight, and Richard Caraviello

One Comment
  1. joe viglione

    Hi Inside Medford. The Primary is a “snapshot” in that it showed the strength (or lack thereof) of the candidates who had yet to run. It’s kind of difficult to get a handle on the primary vs. the general election other than that we knew John Falco, Breanna Lungo-Koehn, Michael Marks, George Scarpelli and Fred Dello Russo Jr. to be strong, and figured that Mark Crowley, Neil Osborne and Bill O’Keefe would get numbers as all three of them were pretty potent in 2013, almost enough to get in. The real surprise is Chris D’Aveta’s very big numbers, good going Chris! I plan on voting for Falco in November, but gave that vote to one of the new candidates to help an “underdog” as it was clear from the beginning that John Falco would have robust numbers.