Politics & Government

Medford Election Results 2012

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(Note: These results are not for the entire state, only Medford)

Medford chose a second term for Barack Obama over electing Mitt Romney by more than a 2 to 1 ratio.

Of the 37,554 ballots cast in Medford, 18,613 went for Obama while 8,294 picked Romney, according to unofficial results announced Tuesday night. The results do not include absentee ballots.

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A total of 73.47 percent of Medford registered voters visited the polls Tuesday. A high turnout, but lower than City Clerk Ed Finn was expecting.

"I was a little surprised," Finn said Tuesday. "We came out of the gate pretty strong. I thought it would be an 80 percent day, for sure."

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See the results for other races below.

Medford 2012 Election results

     Race      

Democratic Candidates

Results

Republican Candidates

Results

3rd Party Candidate

Results

U.S. President

Obama-Biden

18613

Romney-Ryan

8294

Stein-Honkala(G)/Johnson-Gray(L)

223 (Stein), 271 (Johnson)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Senate

Elizabeth Warren

16808

Scott Brown

10580

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Congress District 5

Ed Markey

21249

Tom Tierney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA House DISTRICT 23rd Middlesex

Garballey

4140

Monju

1260

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MA House DISTRICT 34th Middlesex

Sciortino

6574

Rajczewski

1416

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Middlesex Sheriff

Koutoujian

17125

 

 

Petrone

5972

 

Answer

Results

Answer

Results

 

 

Question 1: 'Right to Repair'

Yes

19181

No

3152

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 2: Prescription of Life-Ending Medication

Yes

12588

No

13445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 3: Medical Marijuana

Yes

16678

No

9070

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question 4: Community Preservation Act in Medford

Yes

17073

No

5350

 

 

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