Plymouth Election Results 2012
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Live 2012 Plymouth Election Results
| Race | Democratic Candidates | Results | Republican Candidates | Results | 3rd Party Candidate | Results |
| U.S. President |
Obama-Biden |
15,106 | Romney-Ryan | 14,258 | ||
| U.S. Senate |
Elizabeth Warren |
12,595 | Scott Brown | 17,146 | ||
| U.S. Congress District 9 |
Bill Keating |
15,640 | Chris Sheldon | 10,888 | Dan Botelho |
1,798 |
| MA Senate Plymouth and Barnstable District |
Therese Murray |
18,350 | Tom Keyes |
10,557 | ||
| MA House First Plymouth District |
N/A | Vinny deMacedo |
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| MA House 12th Plymouth District | Tom Calter | 3,329 | Debra Betz | 2,123 | ||
| MA House Fifth Barnstable District | R. Patrick Ellis | 721 | Randy Hunt | 814 | ||
| Answer | Results | Answer | Results | |||
| Question 1: 'Right to Repair' | Yes | 23,840 | No | 3,174 | ||
| Question 2: Prescription of Life-Ending Medication | Yes | 14,067 | No | 15,341 | ||
| Question 3: Medical Marijuana | Yes | 18,504 | No | 10,896 |
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Scott Brown (R), Elizabeth Warren (D): U.S. Senate
Scott Brown has represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate since a January 2010 special election held to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the late Ted Kennedy. Brown defeated state Attorney General Martha Coakley with 1,168,107 votes, or 51.9 percent, to her 1,058,682 votes, or 47.1 percent.
William Keating (D), Christopher Sheldon (R), Daniel Botelho (I) 9th Congressional District
William Keating has been the Conressman representing the 10th Massachusetts District for the past two years. With redistricting, this year Keating is running in the newly created 9th District. He faces off against Christopher Sheldon, a Plymouth resident who was elected last year to the Plymouth County Charter Study Commission. Independent candidate Daniel Botelho of Fall River has not run for any prior elections.
In 2010, Keating defeated Republican Jeff Perry and independents Maryanne Lewis and Jim Sheets.
Therese Murray (D), Tom Keyes (R): Mass. Senate Plymouth-Barnstable District
Senate President Therese Murray of Plymouth has represented the Plymouth-Barnstable since 1993. Murray became Senate President in 2007. Murray faces Republican challenger Tom Keyes of Sandwich for the second race in a row. Keyes has served on the Sandwich Economic Development Committee, the Sandwich Board of Selectmen, and the Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates. In 2010, Murray defeated Keyes by 3,600 votes, or four percentage points.
Vinny deMacedo (R), Mass. House, (unopposed): First Plymouth District
Vinny deMacedo has represented the 1st Plymouth District since 1998, when he defeated Democratic incumbent Joseph Gallitano. DeMacedo is running unopposed.
The First Plymouth District is comprised of precincts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 15 in Plymouth.
Thomas Calter (D), Debra Betz (R): Mass. House, 12th Plymouth District
Thomas Calter of Kingston has represented the 12th Plymouth District since 2007, when he replaced Tom O'Brien, who left to become Plymouth County Treasurer. Debra Betz of Plymouth has served on the Plymouth School Committee since 2007. She's also served on the Plymouth Cultural Arts Council and the Plymouth Recycling Committee. She also organized the Plymouth Freecycle online recycling group.
The 12th Plymouth District includes precincts 1, 11, and 13 in Plymouth.
Randy Hunt (R), R. Patrick Ellis (D): Fifth Barnstable District
Randy Hunt of Sandwich has represented the Fifth Barnstable District since 2011. Prior to being elected in 2010, he served on the Sandwich Finance Committee and Board of Selectmen. Ellis, also of Sandwich, has not previously run for election.
Precinct 9 in Plymouth was moved to the Fifth Barnstable District during redistricting last year.
mike hastings
2:53 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
It's 2a.m and I am up getting ready to go to work. I am thinking of taking the day off to sew zippers into all my pockets but, realize that between Obama,Warren, Murray and Patrick I am outgunned and am prepared to surrender my paycheck for the redistribution of my lower middle class WEALTH. My family does not matter to these people because I have not asked for a dime. I just pay and pay and pay. P.S. I am not sure how much longer I can afford the gas to get to work or the oil to heat my home so be ready to create a middle class fuel assistance program so that I may continue getting up at @2 a.m. to feed the money grab.
Sincerely,
Mike
J Mac
8:19 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
Well said Mike, but for those of us like You and Me, (middle/lower middle class) the picture for the next four years and beyond is very bleak. The decision we face is to continue to work like a dog to keep those people/programs in place that are soaking up all of our tax money,or to become one of those who receive benefits as a way of life. It used to be a joke,like" hey maybe we should quit our jobs and suck off the system".not a joke anymore. The only small glimmer of hope i saw from Tues. night was that Plymouth (where i live) voted for Scott Brown by a wide margin,and Romney almost beat Obama. A good trend,but not enough to really help. WE chose to live here because we love the America's Home Town feel and atmosphere,sadly we may have to move to a more tax friendly, affordable state.