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Historical Election Results
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Matthew H. Kerner
(D)
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Victories
Won
0
out of
9
generals.
Won
0
out of
6
primaries.
Won
0
out of
15
total contests.
Opponents
Maurice F. A'Hearn
1949 General
Evelyn Allen
1968 General
Conrad Anderka
1964 General
John H. Archambeau
1963 General
Donald C. Austin
1944 General
William B. Bailey
1963 General
Paul B. Bain
1955 General
Louis A. Bannister
1968 General
Patsy Baroni
1955 General
John Bellamacina
1933 General
Anthony Bellanco
1960 General
Edward T. Brady
1965 General
Jerome W. Brady
1944 General
John J. Brennan
1933 General
Charles R. Brunelle
1949 General
John H. Burns
1944 General
Joseph R. Butler
1964 General
Theodore Campo
1951 General
Anthony Cantalupa
1964 General
Anthony J. Capobianco
1965 General
Angie Captiva
1960 General
John A. Cardoso
1955 General
John B. Carr
1955 General
John L. Carroll
1949 General
Louis F. Carucci
1968 General
Walter H. Casey
1949 General
John W. Casey
1963 General
Eugene M. Cataldo
1965 General
John J. Certusi
1944 General
Arthur S. Chavoor
1949 General
Charles J. Chisholm
1968 General
William F. Chisholm
1964 General
Josephine Clifford
1944 General
George Colandrea
1960 General
Emma Colandreo
1964 General
George Colandreo
1968 General
John H. Concannon
1937 General
Daniel Courtney
1935 General
Ann Crowley
1968 General
Lawrence J. Crowley
1968 General
Livio Dellemonico
1944 General
Florence DeStefanis
1960 General
John W. DiCecca
1960 General
Francis J. DiCiaccio
1965 General
Amleto M. DiGiusto
1933 General
Paul A. DiPietro
1968 General
Walter J. Dolan
1935 General
Joseph Donati
1964 General
William J. Donovan
1949 General
John F. Dunne
1960 General
Edward A. Edward A. Ciampa
1964 General
James H. Edwards
1951 General
Philip V. Farrell
1949 General
Gordon Faulkner
1965 General
George J. Feeney
1968 General
Peter Ferola
1955 General
Agnes L. Finn
1944 General
Edward J. Fitzpatrick
1937 General
Edward John Fitzpatrick
1933 General
Herbert F. Foster
1949 General
Francis Leo Francis Leo Francis Leo McCarthy
1960 General
Ralph L. Garrett
1949 General
Anna George
1964 General
Louis D. George
1964 General
Thomas J. Gilligan
1949 General
John T. Goddard
1935 General
Richard H. Goode
1949 General
Anthony C. Govoni
1949 General
John M. Grattan
1937 General
Attilio Greco
1949 General
Francis J. Harrington
1963 General
Alfred Harvey
1944 General
J. Donald Healey
1949 General
John J. John J. Gallagher
1964 General
William Kelleher
1944 General
Patrick J. Kelly
1935 General
Renee Khachadourian
1968 General
Harold G. Knapp
1935 General
Leslie E . Knox
1951 General
John LaFauci
1964 General
Michael Lafferty
1968 General
Thomas P. Lane
1955 General
Patrick D. Langone
1952 General
Edwin O. Learned
1944 General
Daniel LeBlanc
1968 General
Frances LeBlanc
1964 General
Denis J. LeBlanc
1968 General
Louis A. Louis A. Ryan
1935 General
Elvin E. MacKenzie
1968 General
Virginia A. Mackenzie
1968 General
Mary T. Maguire
1960 General
Timothy J. Maguire
1964 General
James P. Maloney
1968 General
Mary Mary Rizzo
1968 General
Arthur J. Mason
1968 General
Evelyn B. Mason
1968 General
James McCarthy
1968 General
Philip O. McCarthy
1937 General
Charles F. McCarthy
1968 General
Thomas F. Stony McGlynn
1949 General
Robert F. McLaughlin
1949 General
Michael J. McMullen
1960 General
William McNeil
1968 General
Hazel McNeil
1968 General
Anthony R. Medeiros, Jr.
1964 General
Robert H. Michael
1952 General
John J. Molloy
1949 General
Charles J. Mooney
1949 General
William J. Moran
1955 General
George J. Moran, Jr
1965 General
Walter J. Moran
1944 General
Gilbert S. Moreira
1964 General
John A. Morrissey
1937 General
Joseph Mulligan, Jr
1963 General
Frank J. Mulligan
1968 General
Daniel Mulqueeney
1949 General
John A. Murphy
1944 General
James J. Murphy, Jr.
1937 General
Thomas J. Naughton, Jr
1963 General
Rodney P. Nickerson
1935 General
Joseph J. Nissenbaum
1949 General
David B. Nissenbaum
1935 General
Thomas M. Nolan
1949 General
John T. O'Brien
1933 General
E. Agnes Blood O'Brien
1949 General
Dominick O'Donnell
1955 General
Theodore R. O'Keefe
1955 General
William P. O'Meara
1968 General
William Paul O'Meara
1933 General
John Oliver
1935 General
Joseph N. Palermo
1964 General
Harold A. Palmer
1965 General
Helen F. Peterson
1960 General
Armand Piscopo
1949 General
Timothy F. Ring
1964 General
H. John Roche
1955 General
Anthony Roselli
1944 General
Anthony C. Rosselli
1968 General
Eleanor Rosselli
1968 General
Charles A. Rosselli
1968 General
Michele Rubino
1968 General
Peter Rubino
1968 General
Catherine Rubino
1968 General
Thomas Russo
1964 General
Frederick J. Ryan
1944 General
Louis A. Ryan, Jr
1968 General
John J. Sabella
1952 General
Joseph G. Salerno
1949 General
John Sarno
1963 General
Fred C. Scanga
1949 General
John P. Silk
1937 General
Michael J. Simonelli
1951 General
Joseph B. Spillane
1949 General
Francis J. Stanford
1944 General
Francis Stanford
1944 General
Joseph Stokes
1933 General
George C. A. Stone
1933 General
Cosmo Charles Tacito
1937 General
Charles E. Thornton
1949 General
Mary Tomeo
1965 General
William P. Trayers
1952 General
Henry L. Twohig
1935 General
Edna Uglietto
1965 General
Hugo A. Ugolini
1963 General
Frank Volturno , Jr
1965 General
Richard H. Walker
1933 General
Albert A. Walsh
1949 General
Elmer F. Walsh
1935 General
Harold W. Wells
1955 General
Walter E. Whittaker
1933 General
Mary E. Wholey
1968 General
Charles Wholey
1968 General
Mary E. Wholley
1944 General
Willard Wilson
1949 General
Russell A. Wood
1949 General
Matthew H. Kerner
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1968
Apr 30
Democratic Primary
Ward Committee
Group 1
Ward
1
Louis A. Ryan, Jr
ran (4%) against 34 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Louis A. Ryan, Jr
226
3.7%
Anthony C. Rosselli
212
3.5%
Elvin E. MacKenzie
199
3.3%
Virginia A. Mackenzie
197
3.2%
James McCarthy
196
3.2%
Mary E. Wholey
194
3.2%
Charles J. Chisholm
192
3.2%
Ann Crowley
191
3.1%
...and 27 more candidates »
Blank Votes
13,551
Total Votes Cast
6,104
Total Ballots Cast
19,655
See Details for this Contest »
1965
Oct 5
Preliminary Election
Assessor
City
of
Somerville
Gordon Faulkner
won (21%) against 10 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Gordon Faulkner
9,126
20.6%
George J. Moran, Jr
6,293
14.2%
Harold A. Palmer
5,724
12.9%
Edward T. Brady
5,010
11.3%
Mary Tomeo
4,037
9.1%
Anthony J. Capobianco
4,010
9.1%
Eugene M. Cataldo
3,003
6.8%
Francis J. DiCiaccio
2,742
6.2%
...and 3 more candidates »
Blank Votes
12,428
Total Votes Cast
44,299
Total Ballots Cast
56,727
See Details for this Contest »
1964
Apr 28
Democratic Primary
Ward Committee
Ward
1
Louis A. Ryan, Jr
ran (5%) against 34 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Louis A. Ryan, Jr
238
5.3%
Mary E. Wholey
221
4.9%
Elvin E. MacKenzie
195
4.3%
Edward A. Ciampa
189
4.2%
Virginia A. Mackenzie
165
3.7%
Anthony C. Rosselli
153
3.4%
Anthony Cantalupa
142
3.2%
Lawrence J. Crowley
137
3.1%
...and 27 more candidates »
Blank Votes
9,402
Total Votes Cast
4,493
Total Ballots Cast
13,895
See Details for this Contest »
1963
Oct 8
Preliminary Election
Assessor
City
of
Somerville
William B. Bailey
won (20%) against 11 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
William B. Bailey
7,396
19.7%
Edward A. Ciampa
7,124
19.0%
Edward T. Brady
5,237
13.9%
Francis J. DiCiaccio
4,294
11.4%
Matthew H. Kerner
2,648
7.0%
John W. Casey
2,586
6.9%
Joseph Mulligan, Jr
2,152
5.7%
Francis J. Harrington
1,879
5.0%
...and 4 more candidates »
Blank Votes
7,463
Total Votes Cast
37,591
Total Ballots Cast
45,054
See Details for this Contest »
1960
Apr 26
Democratic Primary
Ward Committee
Group 1
Ward
1
Louis A. Ryan, Jr
ran (6%) against 32 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Louis A. Ryan, Jr
196
5.6%
Mary E. Wholey
164
4.7%
Elvin E. MacKenzie
163
4.7%
Anthony C. Rosselli
151
4.3%
Francis Leo McCarthy
146
4.2%
Edward A. Ciampa
133
3.8%
Mary T. Maguire
127
3.6%
John F. Dunne
125
3.6%
...and 25 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast
3,504
See Details for this Contest »
1955
Oct 11
General Election
Assessor
City
of
Somerville
Harold W. Wells
won (19%) against 12 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Harold W. Wells
8,374
19.3%
William J. Moran
7,797
18.0%
John B. Carr
7,619
17.6%
H. John Roche
3,861
8.9%
Matthew H. Kerner
2,514
5.8%
Theodore R. O'Keefe
2,340
5.4%
John A. Cardoso
2,241
5.2%
Patsy Baroni
1,889
4.4%
...and 5 more candidates »
Blank Votes
8,254
Total Votes Cast
43,404
Total Ballots Cast
51,658
See Details for this Contest »
1952
Apr 29
Democratic Primary
Ward Committee
Group 1
Ward
1
Patrick D. Langone
ran (6%) against 8 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Patrick D. Langone
131
5.8%
Mary E. Wholey
125
5.5%
Louis A. Ryan
124
5.5%
Anthony C. Rosselli
118
5.2%
Edward J. Fitzpatrick
108
4.8%
William P. Trayers
102
4.5%
John J. Sabella
99
4.4%
Matthew H. Kerner
94
4.2%
...and 1 more candidates »
Blank Votes
1,881
Total Votes Cast
982
Total Ballots Cast
2,863
See Details for this Contest »
1951
Oct 9
Preliminary Election
Assessor
City
of
Somerville
William J. Moran
won (23%) against 7 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
William J. Moran
8,734
23.0%
John B. Carr
7,272
19.1%
Leslie E . Knox
6,835
18.0%
Michael J. Simonelli
6,096
16.0%
Matthew H. Kerner
3,033
8.0%
James H. Edwards
2,720
7.2%
Patsy Baroni
1,694
4.5%
Theodore Campo
1,667
4.4%
Write-In
4
0.0%
Blank Votes
8,601
Total Votes Cast
38,055
Total Ballots Cast
46,656
See Details for this Contest »
1949
Oct 11
Preliminary Election
Assessor
City
of
Somerville
Gordon Faulkner
won (11%) against 33 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Gordon Faulkner
5,380
10.7%
Charles R. Brunelle
5,266
10.4%
John B. Carr
3,965
7.9%
Maurice F. Ahearn
3,205
6.3%
Joseph J. Nissenbaum
2,424
4.8%
Herbert F. Foster
2,063
4.1%
Ralph L. Garrett
2,060
4.1%
John L. Carroll
2,035
4.0%
...and 26 more candidates »
Total Votes Cast
50,544
See Details for this Contest »
1948
Apr 27
Democratic Primary
Ward Committee
Ward
1
Mary E. Wholey
ran (14%) against 9 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Mary E. Wholey
111
14.3%
John J. Certusi
83
10.7%
William Kelleher
77
9.9%
Anthony C. Rosselli
75
9.7%
John A. Murphy
74
9.5%
Jerome W. Brady
73
9.4%
John J. Sabella
72
9.3%
Matthew H. Kerner
71
9.2%
...and 2 more candidates »
Blank Votes
894
Total Votes Cast
776
Total Ballots Cast
1,670
See Details for this Contest »
1944
Jul 10
Preliminary Election
Councilor
Ward
1
Walter J. Moran
won (37%) against 3 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Walter J. Moran
745
37.3%
Frederick J. Ryan
701
35.1%
Francis J. Stanford
324
16.2%
Matthew H. Kerner
227
11.4%
Blank Votes
114
Total Votes Cast
1,997
Total Ballots Cast
2,111
See Details for this Contest »
1944
Apr 25
Democratic Primary
Ward Committee
Ward
1
Francis Stanford
ran (11%) against 14 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Francis Stanford
71
10.8%
William Kelleher
70
10.6%
Alfred Harvey
68
10.3%
Mary E. Wholley
52
7.9%
Jerome W. Brady
51
7.7%
Livio Dellemonico
51
7.7%
Edwin O. Learned
51
7.7%
John A. Murphy
51
7.7%
...and 7 more candidates »
Blank Votes
2,031
Total Votes Cast
659
Total Ballots Cast
2,690
See Details for this Contest »
1937
Oct 13
Preliminary Election
Councilor
Ward
1
Walter J. Moran
won (35%) against 9 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Walter J. Moran
1,258
34.9%
John M. Grattan
620
17.2%
John P. Silk
428
11.9%
Edward J. Fitzpatrick
372
10.3%
James J. Murphy, Jr.
282
7.8%
Matthew H. Kerner
178
4.9%
Cosmo Charles Tacito
149
4.1%
John A. Morrissey
148
4.1%
...and 2 more candidates »
Blank Votes
254
Total Votes Cast
3,617
Total Ballots Cast
3,871
See Details for this Contest »
1935
Oct 15
Preliminary Election
Councilor
Ward
1
Elmer F. Walsh
won (24%) against 13 opponents.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
Elmer F. Walsh
808
24.0%
Walter J. Moran
608
18.1%
David B. Nissenbaum
548
16.3%
Henry L. Twohig
260
7.7%
Harold G. Knapp
232
6.9%
John T. Goddard
211
6.3%
Matthew H. Kerner
163
4.8%
Daniel Courtney
129
3.8%
...and 6 more candidates »
Blank Votes
260
Total Votes Cast
3,366
Total Ballots Cast
3,626
See Details for this Contest »
1933
Oct 17
Preliminary Election
Councilor
Ward
1
John J. Brennan
and 14 others ran for 2 seats.
Candidates »
Candidate
Votes
%
John J. Brennan
1,066
16.3%
Elmer F. Walsh
1,034
15.8%
Walter E. Whittaker
852
13.1%
Henry L. Twohig
644
9.9%
David B. Nissenbaum
548
8.4%
Richard H. Walker
463
7.1%
George A. C. Stone
366
5.6%
Amleto M. DiGiusto
278
4.3%
...and 7 more candidates »
Blank Votes
1,056
Total Votes Cast
6,527
Total Ballots Cast
7,583
See Details for this Contest »
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