Petty Grabs Mayoral Race
Long-time Worcester City Councilor Joseph Petty, who campaigned heavily on themes of job creation and economic development, will be the next mayor of the city after claiming 48 percent of the vote in Tuesday's election, according to preliminary results.
Petty edged out fellow Councilor-at-large Konstantina Lukes. Lukes received 35 percent of the vote while challengers Carmen Carmona received 8 percent and Bill Coleman got 7 percent.
During the campaign, Petty spoke about the need to build consensus on the City Council and focus on seeing through development projects that are already underway. He also spoke about the need to increase collaborations with higher-education institutions in the city, particularly with Becker College's gaming programs at the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute.
In the City Council races, incumbents fared well with Petty, Lukes, Kate Toomey, Joseph O'Brien, Rick Rushton and Michael Germain all getting reelected.
The district races provided some upsets, with real estate agent Tony Economou beating Virginia Ryan in District 1 and Sarai Rivera, a community activist, edging out incumbent Barbara Haller in District 4.
Incumbent William Eddy held on to his seat in District 5, while George Russell beat Arthur Ellis in the District 3 race. Phil Palmieri ran unopposed in District 2.
A total of 19,158 votes were cast in Tuesday's polling, a 2-percent drop in turnout from the 2009 elections, but more than double the number of votes cast in the preliminary election in September.
To read about some of the business issues in the race, click here.
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