Even if he had gotten all 560 write-in votes, he’d still be 72,000 votes out of first. 'Big Papi' third in Boston mayor race

Big Papi for mayor?

Red Sox slugger David Ortiz came in third place in the Boston mayoral election this week.


While Mayor-elect Martin Walsh edged out John Connolly to win the race on Tuesday, there were 560 write-in votes.

Official election results do not list the breakdown of those write-ins, but the Boston Election Department confirmed to public broadcaster WGBH that Ortiz was the highest vote-getter of the bunch.

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With only 560 write-ins, however, even if Ortiz had gotten all of them, he’d still be nearly 72,000 votes out of first place.

The Red Sox won the World Series in Boston for the first time since 1918 last week. Ortiz was MVP.