Rosaria Salerno

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Rosaria Salerno is the former City Clerk of Boston and a former member of the Boston City Council.

Salerno was first elected to the City Council in November 1987, and served as an at-large member from 1988 to 1993. She was a candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1993, finishing in fourth place with 17.54% of the vote.{{cite web|title=Election Results|url=http://www.cityofboston.gov/elections/search/default.asp|work=Cityofboston.gov|publisher=The City of Boston|accessdate=June 5, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907221710/http://www.cityofboston.gov/elections/search/default.asp|archivedate=September 7, 2011}}

On January 26, 1995, Salerno was named City Clerk by the City Council, succeeding the retiring Patrick F. McDonough.{{cite news|last=Estes|first=Andrea|title=Council appoints Salerno city clerk|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/19651082.html?dids=19651082:19651082&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720150800/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/19651082.html?dids=19651082:19651082&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 20, 2012|accessdate=9 June 2011|newspaper=Boston Herald|date=January 26, 1995}} She retired in 2011.

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{{succession box | before = Patrick F. McDonough | title = Boston City Clerk | years= 1995–2011 | after = Maureen Feeney | }}

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