boston mayoral race

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

I read an article about Flaherty in the Boston Globe; what kind of shot does he have?

I consider it to be unthinkable that Menino will lose, but Flaherty has a decent enough shot to wind up in second place and make the runoff.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

the race for second should be interesting between flaherty and yoon.

this is obviously a yoon's warm-up run for 2013.

I feel like it's hard to take Yoon too seriously, but I am willing to be surprised come Election Day.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

the race for second should be interesting between flaherty and yoon.

this is obviously a yoon's warm-up run for 2013.

I feel like it's hard to take Yoon too seriously, but I am willing to be surprised come Election Day.

why dont you take yoon seriously?

Maybe it's just the fact that he's running for mayor of Boston and he's Asian.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

For anyone who cares, Menino and Flaherty are the ones who advance to the general.

Menino narrowly won a majority of the vote in the final tally:

Menino 41026 50.52%
Flaherty 19459 23.96%
Yoon 17179 21.16%
McCrea 3340 4.11%

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Yeah, I looked them up and they're all Dems.

Of course.  It's Boston.

[Small Business Owner of Any Repute]

Yeah, I looked them up and they're all Dems.

Of course.  It's Boston.

Does anybody run on the Republican line?  Republicans in New York get a candidate...and sometimes he wins!

No, it's a non-partisan race.

The last Republican to win a race of any kind in Boston was Althea Garrison in 1992, which is just flat out my favorite MA political story of all time.

Her opponent failed to return her signatures properly and was kicked from the ballot.  The district was too apathetic to figure out the write-in campaign.  And so, in arguably one of the most minority heavy districts in Boston, a Republican won an upset, narrow victory over no one.

But the best part, well... here's your el-oh-el moment:

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