Politics & Government
US Sen Primary Winners Markey, Gomez Carry Concord
As was the case across the commonwealth, Congressman Ed Markey and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez were their parties' top vote-getters in Concord during the special US Senate primary election held April 30.
Concord voters, to fill US Senate seat John Kerry vacated earlier this year when he was appointed Secretary of State.
According to preliminary results provided Tuesday night by the Town Clerk's Office, more than 3,200 of the town's 12,582 registered voters cast ballots in the April 30 primary, for a 25.72 percent turnout that's slightly higher than last month's town election.
Here's a by-the-numbers look at how Concord voted:
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Democratic Primary
Precinct 1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Total Stephen F. Lynch 65 91 74 72 20 322 Edward J. Markey 466 476 443 505 304 2,194 Write-Ins 0 0 1 0 0 1Republican Primary
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Precinct 1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Total Gabriel E. Gomez 88 61 80 86 58 373 Michael J. Sullivan 38 46 53 48 23 208 Daniel B. Winslow 23 27 40 24 20 134
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