Boston City Council results: Santana, FitzGerald and Weber poised to join incumbents

Driving the news: At-large councilors Erin Murphy, Ruthzee Louijeune and Julia Mejia maintained comfortable leads in the race to retain their citywide seats with 100% of precincts reporting.

• Former aide to Mayor Michele Wu Henry Santana finished with a significant lead over Bridget Nee-Walsh and Shawn Nelson to fill the fourth at-large slot.
• Louijeune finished with the most votes, with 20.2% to Murphy's 19.9%, per the initial results.

Of note: At least 15% of registered Boston voters turned out yesterday, per the city elections department.

Catch up fast: The council will look different next year with longtime councilors Michael Flaherty and Frank Baker not returning.

• Councilors Ricardo Arroyo and Kendra Lara are also out after losing their preliminary elections.

In Dorchester, John FitzGerald finished ahead of Joel Richards in the District 3 race with 59%, compared to Richards' 41%.

In District 5, Enrique Pepén, another former Wu aide, led Jose Ruiz with over 52% to represent Hyde Park, Roslindale and part of Mattapan.

In Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury's District 6, labor attorney Benjamin Weber declared victory last night after gaining a double-digit lead over William King, an IT director.