Politics & Government
Lynch, Gomez Get Canton's Vote For US Senate Primary Races
Canton saw a turnout of 24-percent for the special election.
Canton took part in the U.S. Senate Special State Primary Election Tuesday.
According to unofficial results Republican nominee Gabriel Gomez beat fellow candidates Michael Sullivan and Dan Winslow.
Gomez received 389 votes while Sullivan received 267 and Winslow got 86 votes.
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On the Democratic ticket, Canton voters selected nominee Stephen Lynch who had 1,605 votes to Ed Markey's 992.
Canton Town Clerk Tracy Kenney said the town had a turnout of 3,355 or 24-percent of registered voters.
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Kenney said that turnout was a little more than she anticipated and that polls were steadily busy throughout the day.
"It was a little better than I expected to be honest with you," Kenney said. “I thought it would be a little lower than this so it wasn’t a bad turnout at all.”
Here is a breakdown of results by precinct:
Precinct 1 Precinct 2 Precinct 3 Precinct 4 Precinct 5 Precinct 6 Democrat Stephen Lynch 281 297 202 279 245 301 Ed Markey 116 241 119 184 161 171 Republican Gabriel Gomez 53 66 62 82 60 66 Michael Sullivan 34 46 32 62 68 25 Dan Winslow 10 18 16 21 10 11
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