An individual cannot be elected mayor without additionally winning an at-large city council seat.
Early Jordan Levy Independent The 1987 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 3, 1987.
[11] Jordan Levy Independent Raymond Mariano Democratic The 1993 Worcester, Massachusetts mayoral election was held on November 2, 1993.
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.
Ultimately the mayoral candidates on the ballot were John B. Anderson, Austin A. Heath, Konstantina Lukes, and Raymond Mariano.
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.
[24] While running for mayoral reelection, Murray had already begun his campaign for the 2006 Massachusetts lieutenant gubernatorial nomination.
[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.
[24] Rather than issues, the election largely focused on the personality and the leadership style of Lukes.
[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.
[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] 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.
[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.
[32] The initial result, seeing Lukes lead by only 105 votes, was narrow enough that a hand-recount was conducted after Rushton requested one.
[10] It saw the election of Joseph C. O'Brien, who unseated incumbent mayor Konstantina B. Lukes.
[37] 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,[43] 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.
[42] O'Brien's candidacy was supported by lieutenant governor and former Worcester mayor Tim Murray.
[46] Toomey was endorsed by the Worcester County Sheriff and one of the city's two state senators.
[42] 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.
[42] Lukes refuted accusations that she was too inactive, arguing that the role of mayor was not intended to be a full-time position.
[42] Lukes argued that she had independence from what she claimed was a Murray-McGovern run political machine.
[42] In an interview shortly after losing the election, Lukes would blame the "pro-retire, pro-union" vote for her loss.
O'Brien was the only non-incumbent individual elected to a citywide office in Worcester that year.
On September 16, 2011, incumbent mayor Joseph C. O'Brien announced that he would no longer be seeking reelection, citing family concerns.
[59] It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Joseph Petty to a record sixth term.
Incumbent mayor Joseph Petty won re-election to a seventh term in office.
As the mayoral runner-up, King automatically became vice chair of the city council, taking over from Colorio, who won the position in the 2021 election.