Campbell, George score upset vicories

Challengers Andrea joy Campbell and Anissa Essaibi George secured spots on the city council, sweeping out that body’s two longest serving members: Charles Yancey and Stephen Murphy.

When they take their seats in January, the 13-member council will have four women, three of them in at-large seats.

Cambell beat Yancey 61 percent to 38 percent, maintaining the strong lead she developed in the preliminary election. Because there was no preliminary for the at-large council race, George’s 4th place finish with 23,439 votes came as a surprise to many, as did Murphy’s finish out of the running with 19,538 votes.

As was the case in the last two elections, City Councilor Ayanna Pressley was the top vote getter in the at-large race with 31,768 votes. Michelle Wu finished second with 28,891 votes and Michael Flaherty in 3rd with 26,463 votes.

In District 7, Tito Jackson beat challenger Charles Clemmons with 65 percent of the vote, garnering 2,983 votes to Clemmons’ 1,444.