There could have solely been one possibility within the Boston mayoral race this yr, however we requested Herald readers to select from many: Who was your favourite Hub mayor?
Successful a powerful 50.4% of our respondents’ votes, Thomas Menino earned the title of Herald readers’ favourite mayor.
Menino held town’s highest workplace for greater than 20 years, serving as mayor from 1993 to 2014.
One other two twentieth century mayors rounded out the rostrum, with former Mayor Kevin White touchdown second place with 14.3% of the vote and former Mayor Raymond Flynn securing third with 12.4%.
White served as mayor from 1968 to 1984, succeeded by Flynn, who held the workplace from 1984 to 1993.
Former mayors Marty Walsh and James Curley adopted in our ballot outcomes, whereas present Mayor Michelle Wu, John Hynes and James Collins receiving a handful of votes every.
Our readers’ favourite mayor, Menino was the longest-serving chief of Boston, directing town via main occasions such because the Boston Marathon bombing. He died in 2014 after a battle with most cancers and is remembered as a “bold, big-hearted” mayor who sought to make town inclusive and affluent.
He has since been immortalized with the official renaming of the Thomas Michael Menino Conference and Exhibition Heart this summer time.
