Judith Flanagan Kennedy

Judith Flanagan Kennedy was the 56th mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. She had previously served as a member of the Lynn School Committee from 1991 to 1997 and had been a councilor-at-large from 1997 to 2009. She launched a write-in campaign for mayor after the death of candidate Patrick J. McManus. She defeated incumbent Edward J. Clancy Jr. on November 3, 2009; 8,043 votes to 8,016. She was Lynn's first female mayor. In 2013 she was elected to a second four-year term. She was defeated in the 2017 election by Democratic state senator Thomas M. McGee.

Election history

2009 Lynn mayoral election

Primary election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Judith Flanagan Kennedy (write-in)	3,235	46.37
	Nonpartisan	Edward J. Clancy Jr.	3,024	43.34
	Nonpartisan	David M. Rohnstock	664	9.52
	Write-in	Write-in	54	0.77
Turnout

Source: City of Lynn September 2009 primary voting results

General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nonpartisan	Judith Flanagan Kennedy	8,043	49.94
	Nonpartisan	Edward J. Clancy Jr.	8,016	49.78
	Write-in	Write-in	45	0.28
Turnout			16,104	33.1

Source: City of Lynn November 2009 voting results

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