The late Paul Sullivan used to say that from July 4th until Labor Day, a candidate for Lowell City Council could campaign more effectively at Hampton Beach than in the streets of the city since so many people headed to the ocean for the summer. I suspect that there is some validity to the theory that local politics throttles down during the summer, but I also believe there are plenty of folks for whom politics is a 24/7 endeavor. For them, I’ve republished the results of the 2009 city council election below and remind everyone that all city council results from 1965 to the present are available on the “Elections” link in the very upper right hand side of this site:

NOTE: Incumbents shown in italics

City Council (elect 9)

1. Rita Mercier – 6882
2. Bud Caulfield – 6334
3. Franky Descoteaux – 6186
4. Kevin Broderick – 5722
5. Jim Milinazzo – 5711
6. Bill Martin – 5642
7. Joe Mendonca – 5420
8. Patrick Murphy – 4860
9. Rodney Elliott – 4805
10. Armand Mercier – 4588
11. Alan Kazanjian – 3554
12. Paul Belley – 3209
13. Ben Opara – 3144
14. Ryan Berard – 2995
15. Fred Doyle – 2596
16. James Wojas – 2435
17. Jose Gabriel – 2326
18. Ray Weicker – 2320
19. David Koch – 2256
20. Syed Hussein – 1712
21. Curtis Freeman – 1166