Boston to Hold Election Recounts in Mayoral, District 7 Races

Boston to hold election recounts in mayoral, District 7 races

Recounts will be held in Boston this weekend for both the mayoral and District 7 councilor races in last week’s preliminary election. The recounts were requested by mayoral candidate Domingos DaRosa and council candidate Mavrick Afonso, who each came in third in their respective races.

Recounts for Boston's mayoral, District 7 races scheduled

The District 7 race was separated by the thinnest of margins, while the mayoral race was more of a blowout.

Boston sets Saturday recount in mayoral, District 7 City Council race - The Boston Globe

The recounts come at the request of two candidates who finished third in their respective campaigns and collected signatures to force another tally.

Boston to hold recounts for mayoral, District 7 City Council races

The Boston Election Department will hold two recounts for the mayoral and District 7 City Council races on Saturday, based on petitions from two candidates who were eliminated in last week’s preliminary election.

Ahmed and Culpepper come out on top in District 7 preliminary. Afonso seeks recount – The Bay State Banner

Following the preliminary election, in a close competition that left the top five District 7 city council contenders with only 100 votes separating them, voters were left with the top two candidates, separated by 50 votes, who will face-off in the Nov. 4 general election.

Two will advance from District 7 scrum, but first a recount

Yawu Miller, Reporter CorrespondentThere was a moment of jubilation in the Ashur Restaurant on Roxbury Street when Said “Coach” Ahmed learned he had narrowly won the 11-way preliminary vote for the District 7 City Council seat. Then came the realization of what lies ahead. “What we have done in the last nine months was nothing,” Ahmed said in an interview at Ashur. “The work has just begun. We have to focus on the issues that really matter to ou…