Preliminary Election Week: 1993

September 15, 2023 by DickH Posted in City Council Leave a Comment

Here are the results of the 1993 Lowell City Council preliminary election:

1. Laurie Machado 7310
2. Stephen Gendron 6245
3. Richard Howe 6169
4. Tarsy Poulios 5873
5. Michael Geary 5224
6. Matthew Donahue 4928
7. Brian McMahon 4822
8. Grady Mulligan 4339
9. Edward Bud Caulfield 3916
10. Larry Martin 3710
11. Bernard Lemoine 3482
12. Gerald Durkin 3453
13. Kathleen Kelley 3060
14. Eleanor Stout 2763
15. Curtis LeMay 2670
16. Leo Nolan 2441
17. Robert Zig Burns 2305
18. David Laferriere 2126
19. John Zagarella 2079
20. Mary Burns 1883
21. Richard O’Malley 1610
22. Patrick O’Connor 1533
23. Frederick Doyle 1374
24. James Karabatsos 1159
25. Robert Gordon 969
26. Ernest Boudreau 750
27. Dean Contover 685
28. Bobby Bishop 617
29. Thomas Guttadauro 522
30. Robert Somers 235

Incumbents running for relection were Howe, Poulios, Caulfield, Durkin, Lemoine, Kelley, LeMay, and O’Malley. Robert Kennedy, who was elected to the council in 1991, had resigned to become administrator of the LRTA. Tenth place finisher Raymond Rourke replaced him, but resigned a few months later. Elevent place finisher Charles Caragianes then joined the council but he did not run for reelection in 1993.

In the general election, only incumbents Caulfield, Howe, and Poulios were reelected. Incumbents Durkin, Lemoine, Kelley, LeMay and O’Malley all lost (with O’Malley failing to make the top 18 in the preliminary). The reelected incumbents were joined by newcomers Laurie Machado, Steve Gendron, Matt Donahue, Michael Geary, Grady Mulligan, and Larry Martin.