Markey Takes Belmont Big, Gomez Win GOP Race

It wasn't close in Belmont as the town's US Representative Ed Markey won the hearts of three of every four Democratic voter in town to defeat challenger and fellow US Rep. Stephen Lynch in the Special State Primary for the vacant US Senate race Tuesday, April 30, according to the Town Clerks' Office.

It was a surprisingly active election with nearly 27 percent of registered party and unenrolled voters taking out ballots.

Markey tallied 2,996 votes to Lynch's 911. Belmont's support was more than the 56 percent in the state that Markey captured to become the Democratic candidate for the race to replace John Kerry in the senate.

Over on the Republican side, the fresh new political face of private equity manager and former Navy SEAL and pilot Gabriel Gomez took 50 percent of the votes in the primary election. Gomez recieved 436 votes to Michael Sullivan's 310 and Dan Winslow's 113. 

Gomez also took about 50 percent of the state vote to become the Republican challenger in the general election in June.