Tito Jackson is elected to the Boston City Council.
March 15, 2011
Jackson (D), with 2,289 votes, defeats Cornell Mills (D), with 556, in a special election for the District 7 seat, which was formerly held by Chuck Turner, who was expelled from the council after being convicted of extortion and lying to federal officials. Mills is the son of former State Senator Diane Wilkerson, who was forced to resign from office and subsequently pled guilty to charges of extortion. Jackson lives at 37 Schuyler Street.