Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Among the winners and losers in yesterday's election were local residents and their stories.
Among the voting yesterday were stories of first time voters, the hope of children and people trying to make a difference. "We can vote for the people so we can have a better life," said nine year-old Matheus Pontes who was excited to see his mother Maria vote. Matheus was not the only person who felt voting could make a difference. Mike Fantasia cast his first vote every yesterday, although he had been able to vote previously. "This is my first time voting," said Fantasia who explained he voted for Barack Obama because of "fear of what could happen." Not everything was about voting at the polls. Some of it was about supporting voting, which can be very hard work. Let Patch save you time. Get great local stories like this delivered right …
We here at Patch hit every polling place throughout the day yesterday and created a timeline of Marlborough's voting as a result.
6:00 a.m.: Four early risers were lined up trying to vote at the Whitcomb Middle School. 6:45 a.m.: People were lined up outside the door of the Masonic Hall waiting to vote before work. With biting chills in the lower 30's outside the weather was not on everyone's side, said Judy Jewett. "There were a lot of people in line," she said. "It's not the kind of day you want to stand outside." 8:00 a.m.: A report from reader Carrie-Ann Rawson via Twitter is that turnout was brisk at the Boys and Girls Club as she went to vote. 8:36 a.m.: Polling has been strong through the morning. Reports from the Masonic Hall and Senior Center were a steady stream of voters beginning at 7 a.m. and continuing past 9:30 a.m. 8:46 a.m.: The clear voting fuel of …
The city went against the state and voted for Scott Brown. See all the results locally here.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …
The Fourth Middlesex District includes parts of Westborough, Northborough and Marlborough.
Voters returned Danielle Gregoire to the Legislature on Tuesday, when she defeated incumbent Fourth Middlesex District State Rep. Steven Levy. Tuesday’s election was the second straight race between Gregoire, a Democrat, and Levy, a Republican, both of Marlborough. Levy won their 2010 contest by about 100 votes. Levy said tonight that preliminary results had this year's gap at 233 votes. The district includes Precincts 1 and 3 in Westborough; Precincts 1 and 3 in Northborough; and these areas of Marlborough: Ward 2, Precinct 1; Wards 3, 4, 5 and 6; and Ward 7, Precinct 2. "It feels great. We worked really hard," Gregoire said tonight. "I don't think we did anything differently, but we did things more. We started knocking on doors in …
With more than half of all precincts reporting, Niki Tsongas has earned more than twice the votes of her challenger, Jon Golnik, to gain another two years in Washington.
Niki Tsongas represented the Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District for five years, and now she’ll get a chance to represent the Third. After Massachusetts lost a Congressional seat following the 2010 U.S. Census, Tsongas defeated challenger Jon Golnik (R-Carlisle) in the first election for the new Massachusetts Third District. Retaining much of the old district, Tsongas finds herself losing constituents in certain towns like Tewksbury and Wayland, but gaining a large swath of new towns in the Fitchburg area in an area that stretches from Marlborough to the Lawrence area. Likewise, the Golnik campaign also hoped that the change in the district’s borders could help change the dynamic from 2010, where Golnik lost to Tsongas by 12 points…
A majority of voters in Massachusetts on Tuesday cast their ballot for Barack Obama, giving him the state's 11 Electoral votes.
Barack Obama won Massachusetts' 11 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and since the 1990s has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race 3 out of 5 times. Shortly after 8 p.m., the AP called Massachusetts for Obama, along with with six other east coast states and the District of Columbia. Romney and Obama did not campaign aggressively in Massachusetts. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections. The economy was a key issue for many voters in the state, as was the Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as Obamacare. Romney cast his ballot this morning in his hometown of Belmont, …
What's it like inside one of America's most exclusive parties? Patch is there to find out.
Mitt Romney's back in Massachusetts and throwing a party tonight. Ever wonder what a presidential election night party is like? What do you wear? What's the food like? How excited do people get? Newton Patch Editor Melanie Graham is at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center for Romney's shin-dig and will tweet out all these details and more as the night goes on.
What's it like when the potential next leader of the free world votes in your town? Patch sent three editors to find out.
How do you start the most important day in your life? If you're Mitt Romney, you come back to your home town to vote. Belmont will witness one of the rarest sites in America: A presidential candidate voting on election day. Join Patch as we live tweet from inside and outside the Beech Street Center in Belmont. Editors will capture the scene with tweets, photos, video and more. From broadcast news trucks to local media to protesters to residents just looking to get to Dunks, the scene should provide a colorful start to election day. ___ Late Update, 10:27 a.m.: Check out Belmont Editor Franklin Tucker's photo gallery from inside the voting station. 9:23 a.m.: "Line to vote has disappeared at Romney's polling place in Belmont," tweeted @…
Updates on the 2012 elections here in Marlborough will be posted throughout the day. Connect with us on Twitter too at #PatchElections and tell us what you see by tweeting @MarlBPatch and commenting on facebook.com/MarlboroughPatch.
2012 Marlborough ELECTION RESULTS Obama-Biden Elizabeth Warren Niki Tsongas Share your photos and videos from Election Day by clicking the Upload Photos and Video button! Also, tell us what've seen at the polls in the comments below: How long did you wait to vote today? Which candidate has the most visible presence among signholders? Join the conversation in the comments. Scott Brown (R), Elizabeth Warren (D): U.S. Senate Scott Brown has represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate since a January 2010 special election held to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the late Ted Kennedy. Brown defeated state Attorney General Martha Coakley with 1,168,107 votes, or 51.9 percent, to her 1,058,682 votes, or 47.1 percent. Niki Tsongas (D), …
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