Politics & Government
Amherst Candidate Drops Out Of Senate Race
Democrat Frederick Dyke declined his write-in nomination for the position.
An Amherst man has taken his name off of the November ballot for state Senator after receiving several 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 Sen. Peter Bragdon, R-Milford.
Dyke said that he did not meet residency requirements and preferred to stay retired.
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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.
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