Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …
Ed Markey will maintain his seat in Congress.
Democrat U.S. Congressman Ed Markey will serve a 19th term in Washington. Markey led Republican challenger Tom Tierney 75 percent to 25 percent with 41 percent of precincts reporting, according to Boston.com, which had called the race by 9:45 p.m. Markey's seat has traditionally been for the 7th District of Massachusetts, but that changed with redistricting last year. Markey's new district is the 5th, and it added a sliver of Cambridge, previously represented by Michael Capuano, as well as the western towns of Southborough, Ashland, Holliston, Sherborn, and a large portion of Sudbury. Markey also lost the city of Everett. Despite the district changes, Markey faced little difficulty in this year's election. He received $457,200 in campaign …
A majority of voters in Massachusetts on Tuesday cast their ballot for Barack Obama, giving him the state's 11 Electoral votes.
Barack Obama won Massachusetts' 11 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and since the 1990s has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race 3 out of 5 times. Shortly after 8 p.m., the AP called Massachusetts for Obama, along with with six other east coast states and the District of Columbia. Romney and Obama did not campaign aggressively in Massachusetts. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections. The economy was a key issue for many voters in the state, as was the Affordable Care Act, colloquially known as Obamacare. Romney cast his ballot this morning in his hometown of Belmont, …
What's it like inside one of America's most exclusive parties? Patch is there to find out.
Mitt Romney's back in Massachusetts and throwing a party tonight. Ever wonder what a presidential election night party is like? What do you wear? What's the food like? How excited do people get? Newton Patch Editor Melanie Graham is at the Boston Convention and Exposition Center for Romney's shin-dig and will tweet out all these details and more as the night goes on.
What's it like when the potential next leader of the free world votes in your town? Patch sent three editors to find out.
How do you start the most important day in your life? If you're Mitt Romney, you come back to your home town to vote. Belmont will witness one of the rarest sites in America: A presidential candidate voting on election day. Join Patch as we live tweet from inside and outside the Beech Street Center in Belmont. Editors will capture the scene with tweets, photos, video and more. From broadcast news trucks to local media to protesters to residents just looking to get to Dunks, the scene should provide a colorful start to election day. ___ Late Update, 10:27 a.m.: Check out Belmont Editor Franklin Tucker's photo gallery from inside the voting station. 9:23 a.m.: "Line to vote has disappeared at Romney's polling place in Belmont," tweeted @…
How might the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren affect the presidential race—and vice-versa? Find out what local politicos think, and check here late for election results. Connect with us on Twitter at #PatchElections.
Check back at your local Patch all day for live election updates. While Massachusetts is expected to go to Barack Obama over Mitt Romney in the race for President of the United States, influential Massachusetts political insiders have varying opinions on how the U.S. Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren will affect the presidential race, and vice versa. According to results from the Blue Commonwealth and Red Commonwealth surveys sent out last week and compiled today, Monday, 60 percent of the 23 local Republicans who responded think that the Brown-Warren race will result a modest increase in votes for Romney, while 40 percent of the 20 local Democrats who responded think the U.S. Senate race will increase Obama's total of …
Monday, November 5, 2012
Information for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
The polls are open from 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6 on Election Day. Check out our Election Guide before you vote. Polling Places: Melrose has seven wards and two precincts per ward—find out which ward and precinct you live in—and eight polling places. They are listed below and starred on the map on the right side of this page (scroll over each star with your cursor to see the address and Ward and Precinct):
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Roosevelt Elementary School
253 Vinton St, Melrose, MA
Ward 1, Precinct 1
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232291
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42.46982
-71.069439
1 Nason Dr, Melrose, MA
Ward 1, Precinct 2
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42.469873
-71.056592
Horace Mann Elementary School
40 Damon Ave, Melrose, MA
Ward 2, Precincts 1 AND 2
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232260
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42.45588
-71.070404
263 W Foster St, Melrose, MA
Ward 3, Precincts 1 AND 2
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42.45642
-71.064495
Melrose City Hall
562 Main St, Melrose, MA
Ward 4, Precinct 1, and Ward 6, Precinct 1
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42.457077
-71.052786
Winthrop Elementary School
162 1st St, Melrose, MA
Ward 4, Precinct 2, and Ward 6, Precinct 2
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232300
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42.452599
-71.071232
Lincoln Elementary School
80 W Wyoming Ave, Melrose, MA
Ward 5, Precincts 1 AND 2
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42.449395
-71.05183
Herbert Clark Hoover Elementary School
37 Glendower Rd, Melrose, MA
Ward 7, Precincts 1 AND 2
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Sunday, November 4, 2012
The candidates, incumbents and issues that will be affecting Melrose.
As we approach November’s elections, Melrose Patch is devoted to bringing you information you need about every race in town. Here's a look at some of the candidates, races and issues we'll be covering as November 6 draws near. Bookmark this page for updates. Click on the links below to learn more about the races, candidates and issues. Find out where to vote in Melrose here. Find out how to cast an absentee ballot here. See Melrose Patch's voter guide, including election 2012 articles. U.S. Congress, 5th Massachusetts District: U.S. SENATE PRESIDENT STATE
Friday, November 2, 2012
The candidates are into their final push, reaching out to voters in all sorts of ways.
We have just days left until Election Day, and each campaign is into the final stretch. In many cases, that includes an overwhelming amount of contact with voters, from phone calls to roadside "visibilities," to flyers in the mail and endless television ads. Regardless of your political stripe, you have likely been subject to most of this. Which part of the final push has bugged you the most? Which candidate have you heard from the most? Tell us in the comments section below.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Monica Medeiros, a Melrosian and Republican State Committeewoman for the Middlesex & Essex District, urges readers to re-elect Senator Scott Brown.
[Editor's note: The following is a Letter to the Editor submitted by Monica Medeiros, a Melrosian, chairman of the Melrose Republican City Committee and former Republican State Committeewoman for the Middlesex & Essex District.] TO THE EDITOR: Two years ago, like many of you, I voted for Scott Brown. I voted for him because he was committed to representing us in Washington as an outsider and as one of us. He was not running to fulfill some family legacy, nor did he have the arrogance to believe the seat belonged to him simply because of his political party affiliation. People laughed off his chances, but he kept getting into his truck and going from place to place meeting voters. He told us he would be an independent voice, that the seat …
Jim Smith
9:16 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
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