Weymouth Election Guide

As we look ahead to November’s elections, Weymouth Patch is devoted to bring you the information you need about every race in town.

Here's our start on the candidates and issues we'll be covering as November draws near.

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Massachusetts has a front row seat in this year's Presidential election.

President Barack Obama is no stranger to Massachusetts, as the Island of Martha's Vineyard has been the President's summer hideaway for the past few years. With a fight ahead of him this November, Obama decided not to return for a family vacation on the Vineyard this summer. You can read more about President Obama in the Patch Profile found here.

Presidential hopeful and former Massachusetts governor, Republican Mitt Romney is a Belmont resident. The Town of Belmont was happy when Romney won the Republican primary, but will he be able to carry the mostly Democratic state once again and this time as President? You can read more about Mitt Romney in the Patch Profile here.

Gary Johnson is the Libertarian candidate for president. You can read more about Gary Johnson in the Patch profile here.

U.S. Senator Scott Brown met earlier this year with the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce to meet with small business owners. Challenger and Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate Elizabeth Warren also visited Cape Cod as well. The race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren has already gotten rough. Is it politics as usual? What will this mean for Massachusetts?

For Congress, Democratic Congressman Stephen Lynch of South Boston will run against business man Joseph Selvaggi of Beacon Hill.  Weymouth is now part of the new Eight District. 

Voters will be asked to weigh in on three ballot questions: A Law for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana, An Act Relative to Death with Dignity and An Act to Protect Motor Vehicle Owners and Small Businesses in Repairing Motor Vehicles.