re: #314 sattv4u2

Fun fact:

Menino has something else on his side. No incumbent mayor in Boston has lost since 1949, when James Michael Curley was defeated after he spent part of his term in federal prison for mail fraud. Since Menino took office, he has easily dispatched challenges by three city councilors: Peggy Davis-Mullen, whom he defeated by more than 50 percentage points; Maura Hennigan by 35 percentage points; and Flaherty by 15 percentage points.

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