Thursday, November 8, 2012
Local Democrats and Republicans talk how to move forward now that the election is over.
No matter which side or candidate you were supporting, the 2012 election was likely one of the most politically and socially divisive elections in recent years. And victory was decidedly with one party in Massachusetts -- the Democrats -- on Tuesday with some hotly contested races that initially appeared could swing either way. The congressional race between incumbent John Tierney and Republican challenger Richard Tisei was widely considered one of the nastiest in the nation, highlighted by scathing attacks in political ads from both sides and even in person between the rival candidates. The U.S. Senate race between incumbent Scott Brown and Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren was similarly neck-and-neck at times and just as divisive…
Elementary students accompanied their parents to the polls on Tuesday to cast their own votes, and vote they -- 1,003 ballots were cast.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
[The following was submitted by Sudi Smoller of the Peabody Education Foundation.] The votes of 1,003 Peabody elementary students on Tuesday mirrored actual results except that, unlike their parents, the kids elected Richard Tisei over John Tierney. The race for U.S. Representative was a close one with students and their parents, but with a different result. Students elected Tisei with 418 votes over the actual winner, incumbent Tierney, who received 388 of the students’ votes. The students voted almost 2 to 1 in favor of the Obama/Biden ticket. Obama received 617 votes to Romney’s 318. Like their parents, students bucked the statewide trend and chose Scott Brown (604 votes) over Elizabeth Warren (305 votes). The Kids Voting Peabody …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The battle for the 6th District seat is over.
Congressman John Tierney has defeated Republican challenger Richard Tisei in an extremely tight race for Massachusetts 6th District congressional seat. This has been an unusually high-profile congressional race in Massachusetts, which is considered a stronghold for House Democrats. Tierney suffered from the impact of a family scandal involving his wife, her brother and her brother’s illegal offshore gambling business. Tisei, on the other hand, climbed to popularity with his aggressive campaign, his theme of bipartisanship and his years of serving in the state legislature. He out-raised Tierney in campaign donations every quarter. Tisei made Tierney’s family legal scandal a focus of the campaign, calling Tierney’s credibility into question…
Check out the voting breakdown, precinct-by-precinct.
The results in Peabody Tuesday mirrored statewide or district voting outcomes with one exception -- most Tanner City voters said they wanted Scott Brown for another term in the U.S. Senate. President Barack Obama, U.S. Congressman John Tierney and state Rep. Ted Speliotis all comfortably won their races in Peabody, along with newly minted state Sen. Joan Lovely. Peabody voters overwhelmingly supported the Right to Repair Act and said "no" to assisted suicide, but "yes" to medical marijuana. Only 3,000-4,000 votes separated the choices on the latter two questions. Overall voter turnout was 75 percent, just as City Clerk Tim Spanos had predicted, and 4 percent lower than in 2008 when Obama was elected. "It was a very busy day all around," …
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 …
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, …
Democrat Joan Lovely defeats Republican Richard Jolitz to represent Peabody, Salem, Beverly, Danvers and Topsfield in the state Senate.
Democrat Joan Lovely, after 15 years on the Salem City Council, won herself a seat on Beacon Hill Tuesday night. In a landslide victory, Lovely defeated Beverly Republican Richard Jolitz for the 2nd Essex District seat in the Massachusetts Senate, according to results from the Associated Press. With 59 percent of the votes reporting at 10 p.m., projected winner Lovely defeated Jolitz 72 percent to 28 percent. The hardest phase of the campaign for Lovely was undoubtedly the party primary in September where she faced off against two experienced North Shore politicians – former state Rep. John Slattery and Governor’s Councilor Mary-Ellen Manning – and a newcomer to the scene, Ed Carroll. Months of knocking on doors across the district paid …
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.
Here's a look at how Peabody breaks down politically and how the city has voted.
City Clerk Tim Spanos, beleaguered by absentee voters Monday morning, said he expects Tuesday's turnout at the polls to hit around 75 percent -- that's about 26,900 voters in Peabody. Four years ago when President Barack Obama was first elected, 79 percent of registered voters in Peabody visited the polls -- there was a grand total of 26,441 ballots. And back in 2008, the Obama-Biden ticket took 56 percent of the vote, compared to 41 percent for Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin. The makeup of the Tanner City's electorate this year is, once again, largely independent or unenrolled voters. There is a total of 35,855 registered voters -- 20,605 are unenrolled, 11,840 are Democrats and 3,266 are Republicans. It remains to be seen how …
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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 @…
Bonnie-Jean
11:28 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
Yes, they're names are Romney, Ryan, and Brown. But we won't be seeing then for a while or ever!! more ›