Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  White, Kevin H.
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameKevin H. White
Address
Boston, Massachusetts , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born September 25, 1929
DiedJanuary 27, 2012 (82 years)
ContributorSome say...
Last ModifedMr. Matt
Jun 01, 2020 07:30am
Tags
InfoKevin Hagan White is an American politician best known as the longest-serving Mayor of Boston, a position he held from 1968 to 1984.

White successfully ran for Mayor in 1967 on a populist platform that included support for rent control. One of his slogans was "When landlords raise rents, Kevin White raises hell." Rent control became the law in Boston in 1970.[1] White beat Louise Day Hicks who had taken a strong anti-desegregation position as a member of the Boston School Committee. Hicks' slogan was the coded "You know where I stand." White won by approximately 12,000 votes after he was endorsed by the Boston Globe, the paper's first political endorsement in decades. Mayor White defeated Hicks by a larger margin in his bid for a second term.


JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
Importance? 8.00000 Average

FAMILY
Daughter Patricia White 0000-
Father Joseph C. White 1898-1967

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/06/1979 Boston Mayor Won 54.82% (+9.68%)
  09/25/1979 Boston Mayor - Primary Won 42.39% (+14.54%)
  11/04/1975 Boston Mayor Won 52.40% (+4.81%)
  09/23/1975 Boston Mayor - Primary Won 54.45% (+11.33%)
  07/13/1972 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.00% (-59.07%)
  11/02/1971 Boston Mayor Won 61.67% (+23.33%)
  09/14/1971 Boston Mayor - Primary Won 32.84% (+3.23%)
  11/03/1970 MA Governor Lost 42.79% (-13.88%)
  09/15/1970 MA Governor - D Primary Won 34.33% (+1.92%)
  11/07/1967 Boston Mayor Won 53.25% (+6.51%)
  09/26/1967 Boston Mayor - Primary Won 19.83% (+0.00%)
  11/08/1966 MA Secretary of State Won 70.04% (+41.00%)
  11/03/1964 MA Secretary of State Won 71.20% (+43.05%)
  11/06/1962 MA Secretary of State Won 63.13% (+27.10%)
  11/08/1960 MA Secretary of State Won 52.02% (+4.82%)
  09/13/1960 MA Secretary of State - D Primary Won 39.44% (+2.91%)
ENDORSEMENTS