[statecom-discuss] Brookline results; Jill beats state results

[John Walsh]

Jill was also able to run against a Dem with no Republican - and we
may be able to do a lot of that, in fact almost every state house race
falls into this category, a Dem incumbent with no Republican
adversary.
Brookline or Cambridge or Somerville or NoHo would be great places if
we have a good candidate - although in Brookline our stance on Middle
East justice and the ugly influence of the Israeli Lobby would get in
the way.
jw

On 11/8/06, Merelice <merelice at gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Over the last few years, Jill has made some speaking appearances in
> Brookline and yesterday's vote tallies show it. She received 23.8% of
> Brookline's votes. Her 4,339 vote count was higher than Kerry Healey's
> 3,909 votes.
>
> Individual precincts ran from a low of 20.3 % to a high of 33.1% in
> precinct 6 which has the most Jill supporters (both GRP and non-GRP).
> I've done a precinct-by-precinct breakdown if anyone outside Brookline
> cares.
>
> Jamie got 16.3 % of the Brookline vote and Grace/Martina got 2.4%.
>
> Given the extraordinary grass-roots organizing on behalf of Deval in
> Brookline, the 52.5% overall turnout was considered surprisingly low.
> Given his campaign and the CPA question, the Clerk's office had
> estimated a turnout of 60-65%.
>
> Other results of interest: Rand Wilson (Working Families Party)
> received 13.4% of the vote for Auditor. Apparently most Brookline
> voters did not get the connection between his campaign and Question 2
> on fusion. While Question 2 lost, it did receive 43.4% of the vote,
> much higher than Rand's tally.
>
> An "end war" referendum that was on the ballot in 12 out of our 16
> precincts received 69.2% of the vote.
>
> The horrid, horrid news is that the Community Preservation Act failed,
> getting 42.9% of the vote. I've been part of a number of so-called
> "losing" campaigns over the years and still felt like a winner, but
> the CPA opponents used such misrepresentations and fear tactics in
> this campaign, that it's left a really bitter aftertaste.
>
> Sorry to end on a downer!
> Merelice
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