Politics & Government
Westborough Backs Markey, Gomez
The primaries drew 16 percent of Westborough's registered voters.
Westborough voters on Tuesday backed Democrat Edward Markey and Republican Gabriel Gomez for U.S. Senate.
The special state primary drew 16 percent, or 1,819, of Westborough's 11,140 registered voters, according to unofficial results from Town Clerk Nancy Yendriga.
Westborough Democrats supported Markey over U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch, 789 to 326.
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In the Republican primary here, Gomez received 345 votes, former U.S. Attorney Mike Sullivan received 262 votes and state Rep. Daniel Winslow (R-Norfolk) received 90 votes.
Markey and Gomez now will face each other in the June 25 special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by John Kerry’s appointment to Secretary of State.
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Markey is a Congressman from Malden. Gomez is a former naval special warfare lieutenant commander from Cohasset.
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