Waltham Picks Clinton, Says Yes to Legal Pot, No to Charter School Expansion

WALTHAM, MA – The 2016 election is in the books, and America woke up Wednesday with a new president-elect – Donald Trump.

Former Secretary of State and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton overwhelmingly took Massachusetts, and Waltham mirrored that result by an unofficial count of 17,103 to 7,494. Voters in Waltham also voted in favor of marijuana legalization and against lifting the charter school cap, two of the Bay State's most contentious ballot questions.

Many in Waltham expressed weariness over the vitriol of the campaign and hoped the country would start to right itself.

"[The election] made me think fondly of presidents we've had in the past that I couldn't stand at the time," John Baer, 63, told Patch. "I feel like I shouldn't have to be in a moment like this."

Clinton swept Waltham's 18 precincts Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the City of Waltham:

Each of Waltham's precincts voted "no" on lifting the cap on charter schools, echoing the school committee, which sent a letter to the State House in May opposing the ballot question:

Meanwhile recreational marijuana legalization was much closer, with five precincts voting against the measure. Waltham ultimately voted in favor of Question 4 by a count of 14,156 to 11,735:

Waltham's voters also voted against the expansion of slot machines, and voted overwhelmingly in favor of the ballot question banning the cruel confinement of farm animals.

In the 9th Middlesex District, Rep. Tom Stanley won his bid for re-election over Stacey Gallagher Tully, 10,255 to 5,887.

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