Crighton Wins, But You Probably Already Knew That

Brendan Crighton won the Democratic primary for the Third Essex Senatorial seat Tuesday and if you're a Lynnfield resident who didn't vote, you're not alone.

Crighton was the only candidate on the Democratic ballot, won easily, and now enters the March 6 special election to replace Thomas McGee where he'll be the only candidate on that ballot as well. In Lynnfield, just 205 voters turned out in a town with 9,053 registered voters. In the Democratic primary, Crighton got 90 out of 96 votes cast with six write-in votes for Lynnfield attorney Michael Walsh. There were no names on the Republican ballot but Walsh received 96 write-in votes. A man for all parties, Walsh also received one write-in vote on the Libertarian Party ballot.

The Third Essex District includes Lynnfield, Marblehead, Lynn, Saugus, Swampscott, and Nahant.