Politics & Government
US Sen Primary Winners Markey, Gomez Carry Lexington
As was the case across the commonwealth, Congressman Ed Markey and former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez were their parties' top vote-getters in Lexington during the special US Senate primary election held April 30.
Lexington voters, like their colleagues across Massachusetts, tabbed US Rep. Ed Markey and political newcomer Gabriel Gomez as the chosen ones to face off in the general election to fill US Senate seat John Kerry vacated earlier this year when he was appointed Secretary of State.
Here's a by-the-numbers look at how Lexington voted:
Total Turnout
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According to preliminary results provided Tuesday night by the Town Clerk's Office, nearly 6,000 of the town's 21,691 registered voters cast ballots in the April 30 primary, nearly tripling the turnout for last month's town election.
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 Total Total Registered Voters 2,117 2,515 2,129 2,492 2,646 2,511 2,453 2,390 2,438 21,691 Total Votes 512 793 580 745 663 741 713 648 598 5,993 Total Votes/Registered Voters 24 % 32% 27% 30% 25% 30% 29% 27% 25% 29 percentDemocratic Party
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More than 5,100 of the town's registered Democrats voted on Tuesday, the overwhelming majority of them supporting Congressman Ed Markey, Lexington's representative in the US House.
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 Total Stephen F. Lynch 66 79 38 65 76 66 76 48 76 589 Edward J. Markey 380 642 459 574 499 527 526 498 415 4,520 All Others 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 7Republican Party
Of the town's 2,170 registered Republicans, 877 cast ballots in the April 30 primary, more than half of them for Gomez, the former Navy SEAL from Cohasset.
P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 Total Gabriel E. Gomez 31 43 46 62 50 83 62 55 47 479 Michael J. Sullivan 23 13 20 26 30 29 33 32 47 253 Daniel B. Winslow 12 16 16 15 7 33 17 13 13 142Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.