Politics & Government
Canton Voters Back Gomez Over Markey in Special Senate Election
Congressman Ed Markey, a Democrat, won the election statewide, but Canton voters preferred Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez.
In Tuesday's Special Senate Election, Democrat Congressman Ed Markey won statewide with 55-percent of the vote, with Republican businessman Gomez bringing in 45-percent, according to Boston.com.
But here in Canton, voters continued a trend started in the 2010 Special Senate Election where Republican Scott Brown upset heavily favored Democrat Martha Coakley, and supported the Republican candidate.
Gomez received 2,500 votes in Canton (53-percent) to Markey's 2,223 (47-percent), according to town-by-town results on Boston.com.
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Third party candidate Richard A. Heos (Twelve Visions Party) received 10 votes.
This is the third straight Senate election where Canton voters have backed the Republican candidate (2010 Special Election, 2012 Presidential Election, 2013 Special Election).
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Tuesday's Special Senate Election in Massachusetts was held to fill the remainder of former Massachusetts Senator John Kerry's term.
Kerry is now the U.S. Secretary of State. Mo Cowan is serving as interim Senator until the winner of the Special Senate Election is sworn in.
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