JP Majority Voted for Markey

Congressman Ed Markey won the Democratic side of Tuesday’s Special U.S. Senate election, enjoying a large majority of votes from Jamaica Plain.

Markey received 3,233 votes in Ward 19, which covers Jamaica Plain, while Congressman Stephen Lynch got 813, according to unofficial results released Wednesday.

In the low-turnout special primary election, Markey defeated Lynch with 57 percent of the vote (309,854 votes) to Lynch’s 43 percent (229,973) votes.

In the three-way Republican race, only the eventual winner, Gabriel Gomez, broke 100 votes in Jamaica Plain.

In Ward 19, 108 votes were cast for Gomez, 72 for Mike Sullivan and 35 for Dan Winslow.

Gomez won decidedly in the state receiving 51 percent of the vote (96,276 votes). Sullivan and Winslow received shares of 36 percent and 13 percent, respetively.

Markey and Gomez are vying for the seat vacated by John Kerry, who was tapped by President Barack Obama to become Secretary of State in January.