Markey Wins Lexington, State and a US Senate Seat

Lexington, like Massachusetts as a whole, voted to elect Democrat Ed Markey as the commonwealth's next US Senator in the June 25 special election.

The Malden congressman, who has represented Lexington in the US House for years, collected more than 6,800 of the 9,200 ballots cast here in town. Markey's total was nearly triple that of his Republican opponent, Gabriel Gomez, who received 2,305 votes.

Take a look at the chart below, compiled using preliminary results from the Lexington Town Clerk's Office, to see what kind of support the candidates received across Lexington's nine precincts.

The special election was to determine who would claim the US Senate seat John Kerry left upon his appointment as Secretary of State. Mo Cowan, the former chief of staff for Gov. Deval Patrick, was named interim senator in January.

Leading up to the election, scuttlebutt across the state was that a low turnout was expected as the special was competing with sports, summer and Whitey Bulger for attention.

With 9,222 fo the town's 21,519 registered voters casting ballots--either in person, or by absentee--Lexington had a respectable 43 turnout. And
turnout was fairly consistent across all nine precincts, which you can see in the chart below.