1999 City Council Primary Election Results

August 9, 2011 by DickH Posted in City Council 1 Comment

My records indicate that the last time the city of Lowell held a primary election for city council was in 1999. Here are the results with incumbents in italics and the order of finish in the general election in brackets:

1. Rita Mercier – 4820 – [1]
2. Eileen Donoghue – 4227 – [2]
3. Armand Mercier – 4123 – [5]
4. Bill Martin – 3935 – [8]
5. Richard Howe – 3781 – [7]
6. Bud Caulfield – 3681 – [4]
7. Dan Tenczar – 3550 – [3]
8. Grady Mulligan – 3194 – [10]
9. Rodney Elliott – 2805 – [9]
10. Rithy Uong – 2777 – [6]
11. Joe Downes – 2672 – [11]
12. Larry Martin – 2548 – [12]
13. Bob Hoey – 2136 – [13]
14. Carol McCarthy – 1383 – [14]
15. Wayne Hayes – 1241 – [15]
16. Jessica Geoffroy – 986 – [16]
17. Paul Bergeron – 984 – [17]
18. Vincent McLaughlin – 634 – [18]
19. Tom Fagan – 498

One Response to 1999 City Council Primary Election Results

  1. Jack Mitchell says:

    – This preliminary had 19 candidates, as would the current pending preliminary.
    – All but one candidate that placed in the top 9 was elected to the Council in November.
    – The 11 thru 18 finish held into November, with all the movement in the top 10.

    In current elections, the top place finish can anticipate receiving support from 50-60% of the total voters going to the polls. In the preliminary above, the top place finish received 4820 votes. Later that year, that translated into a top place finish with 9053 votes.

    This year, we will find out if there is a benefit to getting out early, going door to door, or if hunkering down until Sept was the way to go.