Politics & Government

Election Results: Moran Leading In Plymouth-Barnstable Race

Sen. Susan Moran (D-Falmouth), leads by 12,352 votes over Republican challenger James McMahon with over 95 percent of the vote in.

In addition to casting votes for President, representative, senator and on two ballot questions in Massachusetts,​ Falmouth, Sandwich, Plymouth, Bourne, Pembroke and Kingston voters made decisions on who will represent them on Beacon Hill.​
In addition to casting votes for President, representative, senator and on two ballot questions in Massachusetts,​ Falmouth, Sandwich, Plymouth, Bourne, Pembroke and Kingston voters made decisions on who will represent them on Beacon Hill.​ (Patch Graphic)

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FALMOUTH, MA — Sen. Susan Moran (D-Falmouth), leads by 12,352 votes over challenger James McMahon with Plymouth and Kingston withstanding.

The race saw a rematch between Moran and Republican McMahon when the candidates faced off in a special election in May to replace Sen. Vinny deMacedo, R-Plymouth, who resigned to take a job at Bridgewater State University.

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Moran, a former Falmouth Select Board member, won the special election earlier this year by about 2,500 votes. The election gave the candidate their first taste of the kinds of outcomes that could happen amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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McMahon, an attorney from Buzzards Bay, appeared to have a lead in Plymouth on election night. But after mail-in votes were counted, Moran defeated McMahon in the district's biggest town.

Plymouth & Barnstable District State Senate Unofficial Results

95.65 percent of the vote in

Susan Moran, D (inc.) - 54,580

James McMahon, R - 42,228

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