Woburn Voters Back Markey With Record Turnout Numbers

WOBURN, MA — Woburn voters put their support behind incumbent Sen. Ed Markey in the Democratic primary Tuesday. Record numbers of voters turned out for the state primary.

Over 10,000 Woburn voters cast ballots, with a hotly-watched senate primary and all voters eligible to vote by mail due to the coronavirus. In 2018, fewer than 7,000 voted, and previous state primaries had even fewer votes.

Across the four party primaries, 10,326 ballots were cast.

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Markey took 54.2 percent of the 8,331 Democratic primary votes, to Rep. Joe Kennedy III's 45.1 percent.

On the Republican side, Woburn voters supported businessman Kevin O'Connor in the U.S. Senate primary. He took 56.5 percent of the 1,958 votes, against entrepreneur Shiva Ayyadurai.

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In both elections, Woburn voters backed the winning candidate statewide. The city had no other contested elections.

Christopher Huffaker can be reached at 412-265-8353 or chris.huffaker@patch.com.