Politics & Government

Back Bay Senate Primary Unofficial Results

Gomez, Markey get the most votes in Beacon Hill precincts.

The voting in Back Bay precincts for the 2013 U.S. Senate special primary elections Tuesday reflected the preferences of the state overall, with Democratic winner Edward Markey and Republican winner Gabriel Gomez taking the most votes.

There was relatively low turnout overall in the Back Bay precincts (Boston's Ward 5, Precincts 6, 7, 8 and 9). There were just over of 900 votes in the Democratic primary while nearly 300 votes were cast in the Republican primary.

Gomez and Markey will square off in the general election to fill the seat vacated by John Kerry June 25.

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The below results are unofficial. In the charts, "W" indicates the ward and "P" indicates the precinct.

DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

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Candidate W5 P6 W5 P7 W5 P8 W5 P9 Total % Edward Markey 171 219 195 203 788 85.3 Stephen Lynch 30 37 32 35 134 14.5 Write-Ins 1 1 0 0 2 0.2

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY

Candidate W5 P6 W5 P7 W5 P8 W5 P9 Total % Gabriel Gomez 59 37 43 40 179 62.6 Michael Sullivan 17 15 8 17 57 19.9 Dan Winslow 11 22 10 7 50 17.5 Write-Ins 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

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