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Lt. Governor Unofficial results of the Democratic primary election held Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. PR: precincts reporting; TP: total precincts. Last updated: 10:45 AM City or town | PR | TP | Goldberg | Murray | Silbert | Abington | 4 | 4 | 756 | 805 | 488 | Acton | 6 | 6 | 876 | 1,495 | 804 | Acushnet | 3 | 3 | 611 | 618 | 376 | Adams | 5 | 5 | 336 | 541 | 163 | Agawam | 8 | 8 | 826 | 1,481 | 659 | Alford | 1 | 1 | 29 | 40 | 28 | Amesbury | 6 | 6 | 599 | 547 | 538 | Amherst | 10 | 10 | 1,156 | 887 | 765 | Andover | 9 | 9 | 1,521 | 1,415 | 1,119 | Aquinnah | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | 32 | Arlington | 21 | 21 | 3,079 | 3,460 | 3,069 | Ashburnham | 1 | 1 | 163 | 387 | 121 | Ashby | 1 | 1 | 84 | 179 | 73 | Ashfield | 1 | 1 | 91 | 116 | 120 | Ashland | 4 | 4 | 676 | 893 | 471 | Athol | 3 | 3 | 203 | 478 | 169 | Attleboro | 12 | 12 | 1,206 | 1,129 | 624 | Auburn | 5 | 5 | 263 | 2,385 | 145 | Avon | 1 | 1 | 296 | 272 | 157 | Ayer | 2 | 2 | 181 | 314 | 223 | Barnstable | 13 | 13 | 1,578 | 1,526 | 2,764 | Barre | 2 | 2 | 151 | 655 | 97 | Becket | 1 | 1 | 47 | 73 | 32 | Bedford | 4 | 4 | 640 | 731 | 554 | Belchertown | 4 | 4 | 347 | 453 | 271 | Bellingham | 5 | 5 | 576 | 738 | 353 | Belmont | 8 | 8 | 1,524 | 1,840 | 1,541 | Berkley | 1 | 1 | 191 | 198 | 122 | Berlin | 1 | 1 | 77 | 244 | 82 | Bernardston | 1 | 1 | 92 | 98 | 52 | Beverly | 12 | 12 | 1,901 | 1,805 | 1,534 | Billerica | 11 | 11 | 1,711 | 1,655 | 1,057 | Blackstone | 3 | 3 | 286 | 507 | 150 | Blandford | 1 | 1 | 23 | 36 | 15 | Bolton | 1 | 1 | 129 | 283 | 170 | Boston | 254 | 254 | 29,810 | 27,521 | 15,588 | Bourne | 6 | 6 | 650 | 782 | 949 | Boxborough | 1 | 1 | 198 | 338 | 187 | Boxford | 3 | 3 | 263 | 262 | 266 | Boylston | 1 | 1 | 69 | 522 | 72 | Braintree | 12 | 12 | 2,182 | 2,683 | 1,317 | Brewster | 3 | 3 | 281 | 312 | 1,004 | Bridgewater | 7 | 7 | 823 | 894 | 581 | Brimfield | 1 | 1 | 73 | 210 | 55 | Brockton | 28 | 28 | 3,590 | 3,362 | 1,771 | Brookfield | 1 | 1 | 70 | 316 | 47 | Brookline | 16 | 16 | 4,970 | 1,987 | 2,854 | Buckland | 1 | 1 | 109 | 90 | 107 | Burlington | 6 | 6 | 1,165 | 1,208 | 827 | Cambridge | 33 | 33 | 4,746 | 5,124 | 5,201 | Canton | 6 | 6 | 1,413 | 1,331 | 707 | Carlisle | 1 | 1 | 244 | 292 | 262 | Carver | 3 | 3 | 398 | 491 | 304 | Charlemont | 1 | 1 | 61 | 70 | 66 | Charlton | 3 | 3 | 208 | 1,243 | 153 | Chatham | 2 | 2 | 186 | 205 | 676 | Chelmsford | 9 | 9 | 1,671 | 1,652 | 1,231 | Chelsea | 16 | 16 | 1,078 | 767 | 422 | Cheshire | 1 | 1 | 110 | 208 | 62 | Chester | 1 | 1 | 18 | 56 | 25 | Chesterfield | 1 | 1 | 46 | 49 | 17 | Chicopee | 26 | 26 | 1,524 | 2,992 | 1,056 | Chilmark | 1 | 1 | 80 | 32 | 80 | Clarksburg | 1 | 1 | 38 | 61 | 20 | Clinton | 4 | 4 | 272 | 1,341 | 185 | Cohasset | 2 | 2 | 366 | 360 | 279 | Colrain | 1 | 1 | 74 | 84 | 55 | Concord | 5 | 5 | 956 | 1,211 | 1,215 | Conway | 1 | 1 | 116 | 106 | 96 | Cummington | 1 | 1 | 43 | 42 | 27 | Dalton | 2 | 2 | 192 | 388 | 118 | Danvers | 8 | 8 | 1,317 | 1,272 | 768 | Dartmouth | 10 | 10 | 1,552 | 1,769 | 999 | Dedham | 7 | 7 | 1,635 | 1,948 | 868 | Deerfield | 1 | 1 | 223 | 283 | 184 | Dennis | 5 | 5 | 654 | 756 | 1,292 | Dighton | 1 | 1 | 198 | 261 | 172 | Douglas | 2 | 2 | 85 | 417 | 86 | Dover | 1 | 1 | 271 | 269 | 204 | Dracut | 10 | 10 | 1,399 | 1,365 | 952 | Dudley | 4 | 4 | 181 | 968 | 137 | Dunstable | 1 | 1 | 90 | 112 | 115 | Duxbury | 6 | 6 | 613 | 707 | 531 | East Bridgewater | 4 | 4 | 539 | 496 | 353 | East Brookfield | 1 | 1 | 40 | 186 | 25 | East Longmeadow | 4 | 4 | 323 | 850 | 264 | Eastham | 1 | 1 | 279 | 264 | 600 | Easthampton | 5 | 5 | 444 | 827 | 310 | Easton | 6 | 6 | 1,014 | 996 | 581 | Edgartown | 1 | 1 | 124 | 93 | 204 | Egremont | 1 | 1 | 79 | 71 | 58 | Erving | 1 | 1 | 38 | 62 | 32 | Essex | 1 | 1 | 180 | 179 | 117 | Everett | 18 | 18 | 2,253 | 2,077 | 869 | Fairhaven | 6 | 6 | 738 | 995 | 586 | Fall River | 30 | 30 | 3,460 | 4,844 | 1,806 | Falmouth | 9 | 9 | 1,598 | 1,704 | 2,450 | Fitchburg | 12 | 12 | 1,071 | 2,704 | 647 | Florida | 1 | 1 | 18 | 32 | 15 | Foxborough | 5 | 5 | 877 | 820 | 448 | Framingham | 18 | 18 | 3,257 | 3,411 | 1,556 | Franklin | 8 | 8 | 865 | 1,323 | 619 | Freetown | 3 | 3 | 401 | 388 | 267 | Gardner | 11 | 11 | 498 | 1,356 | 328 | Georgetown | 2 | 2 | 299 | 254 | 195 | Gill | 1 | 1 | 84 | 76 | 59 | Gloucester | 10 | 10 | 1,474 | 1,212 | 1,146 | Goshen | 1 | 1 | 34 | 33 | 26 | Gosnold | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | Grafton | 4 | 4 | 238 | 1,377 | 197 | Granby | 1 | 1 | 279 | 386 | 212 | Granville | 1 | 1 | 25 | 39 | 21 | Great Barrington | 4 | 4 | 391 | 353 | 248 | Greenfield | 9 | 9 | 822 | 1,011 | 546 | Groton | 3 | 3 | 248 | 390 | 585 | Groveland | 1 | 1 | 335 | 289 | 201 | Hadley | 1 | 1 | 202 | 239 | 132 | Halifax | 2 | 2 | 395 | 286 | 191 | Hamilton | 3 | 3 | 349 | 294 | 290 | Hampden | 1 | 1 | 112 | 252 | 89 | Hancock | 1 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 5 | Hanover | 4 | 4 | 696 | 822 | 483 | Hanson | 3 | 3 | 394 | 397 | 276 | Hardwick | 1 | 1 | 56 | 227 | 37 | Harvard | 1 | 1 | 162 | 419 | 336 | Harwich | 4 | 4 | 332 | 364 | 1,335 | Hatfield | 1 | 1 | 161 | 207 | 103 | Haverhill | 21 | 21 | 2,394 | 1,987 | 1,403 | Hawley | 1 | 1 | 17 | 19 | 12 | Heath | 1 | 1 | 40 | 52 | 43 | Hingham | 6 | 6 | 1,034 | 1,265 | 926 | Hinsdale | 1 | 1 | 57 | 107 | 31 | Holbrook | 4 | 4 | 666 | 594 | 348 | Holden | 5 | 5 | 259 | 2,463 | 161 | Holland | 1 | 1 | 30 | 99 | 25 | Holliston | 4 | 4 | 558 | 867 | 528 | Holyoke | 14 | 14 | 942 | 2,278 | 536 | Hopedale | 1 | 1 | 335 | 658 | 214 | Hopkinton | 4 | 4 | 421 | 728 | 329 | Hubbardston | 1 | 1 | 80 | 352 | 72 | Hudson | 7 | 7 | 496 | 1,239 | 357 | Hull | 3 | 3 | 682 | 635 | 365 | Huntington | 1 | 1 | 64 | 67 | 49 | Ipswich | 4 | 4 | 538 | 605 | 575 | Kingston | 4 | 4 | 495 | 540 | 349 | Lakeville | 3 | 3 | 496 | 347 | 200 | Lancaster | 2 | 2 | 136 | 488 | 142 | Lanesborough | 1 | 1 | 73 | 175 | 67 | Lawrence | 24 | 24 | 2,061 | 1,726 | 1,084 | Lee | 6 | 6 | 308 | 412 | 167 | Leicester | 4 | 4 | 134 | 1,417 | 78 | Lenox | 1 | 1 | 347 | 399 | 196 | Leominster | 15 | 15 | 1,030 | 2,727 | 617 | Leverett | 1 | 1 | 146 | 99 | 92 | Lexington | 9 | 9 | 2,028 | 2,157 | 2,085 | Leyden | 1 | 1 | 45 | 37 | 28 | Lincoln | 3 | 3 | 451 | 334 | 408 | Littleton | 3 | 3 | 306 | 524 | 324 | Longmeadow | 5 | 5 | 792 | 991 | 320 | Lowell | 33 | 33 | 3,602 | 3,097 | 1,962 | Ludlow | 6 | 6 | 522 | 1,153 | 455 | Lunenburg | 4 | 4 | 227 | 736 | 171 | Lynn | 28 | 28 | 3,308 | 3,805 | 1,542 | Lynnfield | 4 | 4 | 576 | 640 | 378 | Malden | 16 | 16 | 2,693 | 2,360 | 1,185 | Manchester | 1 | 1 | 288 | 252 | 277 | Mansfield | 6 | 6 | 966 | 828 | 533 | Marblehead | 7 | 7 | 1,404 | 1,065 | 876 | Marion | 1 | 1 | 236 | 228 | 257 | Marlborough | 14 | 14 | 999 | 2,263 | 717 | Marshfield | 7 | 7 | 1,044 | 1,305 | 1,003 | Mashpee | 5 | 5 | 556 | 494 | 1,032 | Mattapoisett | 2 | 2 | 296 | 383 | 270 | Maynard | 4 | 4 | 594 | 763 | 326 | Medfield | 4 | 4 | 517 | 702 | 425 | Medford | 16 | 16 | 3,442 | 3,861 | 2,090 | Medway | 4 | 4 | 436 | 654 | 296 | Melrose | 14 | 14 | 1,547 | 1,958 | 1,098 | Mendon | 1 | 1 | 245 | 493 | 142 | Merrimac | 1 | 1 | 290 | 230 | 165 | Methuen | 12 | 12 | 2,272 | 2,119 | 1,368 | Middleborough | 6 | 6 | 858 | 697 | 538 | Middlefield | 1 | 1 | 17 | 31 | 17 | Middleton | 2 | 2 | 355 | 359 | 195 | Milford | 7 | 7 | 1,449 | 2,564 | 947 | Millbury | 4 | 4 | 147 | 1,429 | 89 | Millis | 3 | 3 | 413 | 451 | 262 | Millville | 1 | 1 | 95 | 160 | 48 | Milton | 11 | 11 | 2,529 | 2,954 | 1,586 | Monroe | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 3 | Monson | 3 | 3 | 131 | 466 | 110 | Montague | 6 | 6 | 398 | 412 | 289 | Monterey | 1 | 1 | 59 | 59 | 34 | Montgomery | 1 | 1 | 15 | 34 | 20 | Mount Washington | 1 | 1 | 13 | 16 | 4 | Nahant | 1 | 1 | 280 | 383 | 153 | Nantucket | 1 | 1 | 365 | 197 | 372 | Natick | 10 | 10 | 2,051 | 1,932 | 1,234 | Needham | 10 | 10 | 2,255 | 2,073 | 1,382 | New Ashford | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 6 | New Bedford | 42 | 42 | 4,798 | 4,472 | 2,509 | New Braintree | 1 | 1 | 16 | 117 | 13 | New Marlborough | 1 | 1 | 43 | 55 | 35 | New Salem | 1 | 1 | 59 | 63 | 32 | Newbury | 2 | 2 | 407 | 379 | 234 | Newburyport | 7 | 7 | 1,006 | 953 | 739 | Newton | 31 | 31 | 6,620 | 5,160 | 4,484 | Norfolk | 4 | 4 | 387 | 476 | 267 | North Adams | 5 | 5 | 349 | 686 | 197 | North Andover | 8 | 8 | 1,049 | 1,003 | 779 | North Attleborough | 9 | 9 | 665 | 687 | 390 | North Brookfield | 1 | 1 | 61 | 394 | 42 | North Reading | 4 | 4 | 648 | 706 | 397 | Northampton | 14 | 14 | 1,504 | 1,998 | 884 | Northborough | 4 | 4 | 351 | 1,346 | 247 | Northbridge | 4 | 4 | 239 | 841 | 128 | Northfield | 1 | 1 | 152 | 146 | 131 | Norton | 5 | 5 | 614 | 591 | 358 | Norwell | 3 | 3 | 435 | 546 | 443 | Norwood | 9 | 9 | 1,905 | 2,060 | 981 | Oak Bluffs | 1 | 1 | 208 | 113 | 214 | Oakham | 1 | 1 | 50 | 193 | 16 | Orange | 2 | 2 | 188 | 272 | 132 | Orleans | 2 | 2 | 274 | 214 | 653 | Otis | 1 | 1 | 45 | 75 | 35 | Oxford | 4 | 4 | 202 | 1,157 | 137 | Palmer | 4 | 4 | 214 | 572 | 211 | Paxton | 1 | 1 | 59 | 743 | 44 | Peabody | 19 | 19 | 3,700 | 3,710 | 1,859 | Pelham | 1 | 1 | 134 | 84 | 60 | Pembroke | 5 | 5 | 671 | 791 | 502 | Pepperell | 3 | 3 | 298 | 403 | 353 | Peru | 1 | 1 | 23 | 26 | 13 | Petersham | 1 | 1 | 44 | 97 | 32 | Phillipston | 1 | 1 | 51 | 103 | 28 | Pittsfield | 14 | 14 | 1,432 | 2,842 | 1,075 | Plainfield | 1 | 1 | 33 | 41 | 24 | Plainville | 2 | 2 | 261 | 274 | 174 | Plymouth | 14 | 14 | 3,413 | 3,543 | 3,144 | Plympton | 1 | 1 | 138 | 113 | 90 | Princeton | 1 | 1 | 82 | 376 | 51 | Provincetown | 1 | 1 | 497 | 169 | 344 | Quincy | 30 | 30 | 5,229 | 5,435 | 2,377 | Randolph | 8 | 8 | 2,596 | 1,428 | 935 | Raynham | 3 | 3 | 504 | 511 | 334 | Reading | 8 | 8 | 1,118 | 1,320 | 1,039 | Rehoboth | 3 | 3 | 223 | 185 | 141 | Revere | 21 | 21 | 2,545 | 1,826 | 1,078 | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 97 | 126 | 55 | Rochester | 1 | 1 | 182 | 196 | 163 | Rockland | 6 | 6 | 838 | 813 | 522 | Rockport | 3 | 3 | 509 | 367 | 421 | Rowe | 1 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 15 | Rowley | 1 | 1 | 249 | 210 | 172 | Royalston | 2 | 2 | 40 | 79 | 30 | Russell | 1 | 1 | 29 | 44 | 18 | Rutland | 2 | 2 | 83 | 888 | 49 | Salem | 14 | 14 | 2,154 | 2,198 | 1,281 | Salisbury | 2 | 2 | 336 | 274 | 208 | Sandisfield | 1 | 1 | 33 | 40 | 8 | Sandwich | 7 | 7 | 620 | 796 | 1,194 | Saugus | 10 | 10 | 1,836 | 1,517 | 878 | Savoy | 1 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 11 | Scituate | 6 | 6 | 876 | 1,093 | 780 | Seekonk | 4 | 4 | 523 | 548 | 306 | Sharon | 5 | 5 | 1,695 | 712 | 760 | Sheffield | 1 | 1 | 105 | 106 | 79 | Shelburne | 1 | 1 | 127 | 111 | 103 | Sherborn | 1 | 1 | 246 | 234 | 237 | Shirley | 1 | 1 | 228 | 407 | 149 | Shrewsbury | 9 | 9 | 564 | 3,782 | 401 | Shutesbury | 1 | 1 | 128 | 100 | 108 | Somerset | 5 | 5 | 878 | 1,306 | 555 | Somerville | 21 | 21 | 3,782 | 3,520 | 3,091 | South Hadley | 5 | 5 | 556 | 888 | 403 | Southampton | 1 | 1 | 162 | 228 | 104 | Southborough | 3 | 3 | 340 | 688 | 292 | Southbridge | 5 | 5 | 565 | 1,861 | 312 | Southwick | 3 | 3 | 210 | 290 | 142 | Spencer | 4 | 4 | 171 | 1,069 | 99 | Springfield | 64 | 64 | 3,567 | 6,748 | 2,067 | Sterling | 2 | 2 | 91 | 635 | 83 | Stockbridge | 1 | 1 | 148 | 112 | 94 | Stoneham | 7 | 7 | 1,200 | 1,403 | 725 | Stoughton | 8 | 8 | 1,982 | 1,269 | 770 | Stow | 1 | 1 | 260 | 570 | 212 | Sturbridge | 2 | 2 | 167 | 724 | 116 | Sudbury | 5 | 5 | 854 | 1,008 | 650 | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | 148 | 135 | 82 | Sutton | 3 | 3 | 151 | 955 | 91 | Swampscott | 6 | 6 | 1,231 | 805 | 590 | Swansea | 5 | 5 | 735 | 831 | 459 | Taunton | 16 | 16 | 1,996 | 2,349 | 1,525 | Templeton | 2 | 2 | 183 | 454 | 115 | Tewksbury | 8 | 8 | 1,558 | 1,421 | 958 | Tisbury | 1 | 1 | 192 | 80 | 184 | Tolland | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | Topsfield | 1 | 1 | 257 | 307 | 257 | Townsend | 3 | 3 | 198 | 340 | 175 | Truro | 1 | 1 | 208 | 81 | 250 | Tyngsborough | 4 | 4 | 506 | 407 | 320 | Tyringham | 1 | 1 | 15 | 29 | 11 | Upton | 1 | 1 | 149 | 405 | 122 | Uxbridge | 4 | 4 | 295 | 920 | 176 | Wakefield | 7 | 7 | 1,542 | 1,613 | 911 | Wales | 1 | 1 | 37 | 106 | 26 | Walpole | 8 | 8 | 1,313 | 1,524 | 727 | Waltham | 18 | 18 | 2,461 | 2,375 | 1,427 | Ware | 3 | 3 | 211 | 458 | 142 | Wareham | 6 | 6 | 828 | 707 | 846 | Warren | 1 | 1 | 96 | 228 | 69 | Warwick | 1 | 1 | 34 | 48 | 19 | Washington | 1 | 1 | 22 | 43 | 21 | Watertown | 12 | 12 | 2,068 | 2,085 | 1,417 | Wayland | 4 | 4 | 790 | 799 | 779 | Webster | 5 | 5 | 387 | 1,361 | 229 | Wellesley | 7 | 7 | 1,310 | 1,339 | 1,423 | Wellfleet | 1 | 1 | 209 | 152 | 317 | Wendell | 1 | 1 | 48 | 39 | 97 | Wenham | 1 | 1 | 144 | 142 | 135 | West Boylston | 2 | 2 | 96 | 1,002 | 83 | West Bridgewater | 2 | 2 | 396 | 251 | 139 | West Brookfield | 1 | 1 | 79 | 315 | 49 | West Newbury | 1 | 1 | 219 | 186 | 164 | West Springfield | 8 | 8 | 548 | 1,202 | 405 | West Stockbridge | 1 | 1 | 82 | 105 | 65 | West Tisbury | 1 | 1 | 148 | 56 | 228 | Westborough | 5 | 5 | 395 | 1,288 | 272 | Westfield | 12 | 12 | 536 | 1,527 | 441 | Westford | 6 | 6 | 770 | 930 | 700 | Westhampton | 1 | 1 | 76 | 73 | 49 | Westminster | 2 | 2 | 192 | 521 | 150 | Weston | 4 | 4 | 551 | 501 | 501 | Westport | 5 | 5 | 744 | 864 | 430 | Westwood | 4 | 4 | 941 | 961 | 573 | Weymouth | 18 | 18 | 2,895 | 3,681 | 1,818 | Whately | 1 | 1 | 88 | 72 | 59 | Whitman | 4 | 4 | 648 | 687 | 414 | Wilbraham | 4 | 4 | 450 | 1,010 | 340 | Williamsburg | 1 | 1 | 138 | 155 | 109 | Williamstown | 3 | 3 | 367 | 493 | 251 | Wilmington | 6 | 6 | 1,047 | 1,068 | 618 | Winchendon | 3 | 3 | 176 | 436 | 114 | Winchester | 8 | 8 | 1,174 | 1,276 | 1,184 | Windsor | 1 | 1 | 41 | 62 | 20 | Winthrop | 6 | 6 | 1,362 | 1,056 | 545 | Woburn | 14 | 14 | 2,320 | 2,172 | 1,074 | Worcester | 50 | 50 | 2,138 | 19,375 | 1,217 | Worthington | 1 | 1 | 91 | 89 | 60 | Wrentham | 3 | 3 | 342 | 488 | 224 | Yarmouth | 7 | 7 | 966 | 1,174 | 1,856 | Totals | 2,166 | 2,166 | 280,080 | 351,594 | 192,075 |
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