Amherst Candidate Drops Out Of Senate Race

One Amherst candidate has taken his name off of the November ballot after receiving many write-in votes in September, according to The Nashua Telegraph.

Fredrick Dyke of Amherst turned down the Democratic nomination for the state Senate seat, which would have had him against Senator Peter Bragdon of Milford.

Dyke said that he did not meet residency requirements and preferred to stay retired.

He garnered 91 write-in votes from Amherst residents during the primary election, while Bragdon beat out his Republican opponent Daniel Dwyer with 942 votes. 

Bragdon took Milford, Wilton and Amherst with 2,965 votes to defeat Dwyer, who only received 1,853 votes in the primary. Dwyer was able to get more votes in his hometown of Merrimack, but not enough to take the race.

Read more on The Nashua Telegraph.