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Unofficial results of the election held Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006.
Seat held by: Tom Reilly (D), who is not seeking re-election
PR: precincts reporting; TP: total precincts. Last updated: 12:48 PM
| City or town |
PR |
TP |
 Coakley
(Dem) |
Frisoli
(GOP) |
| Abington |
4 |
4 |
3,945 |
1,719 |
| Acton |
6 |
6 |
5,965 |
2,156 |
| Acushnet |
3 |
3 |
2,944 |
833 |
| Adams |
5 |
5 |
2,375 |
333 |
| Agawam |
8 |
8 |
6,538 |
3,267 |
| Alford |
1 |
1 |
187 |
53 |
| Amesbury |
6 |
6 |
4,028 |
1,658 |
| Amherst |
10 |
10 |
6,864 |
803 |
| Andover |
9 |
9 |
8,387 |
4,486 |
| Aquinnah |
1 |
1 |
178 |
18 |
| Arlington |
21 |
21 |
15,429 |
3,991 |
| Ashburnham |
1 |
1 |
1,501 |
758 |
| Ashby |
1 |
1 |
793 |
485 |
| Ashfield |
1 |
1 |
694 |
132 |
| Ashland |
4 |
4 |
4,311 |
1,571 |
| Athol |
3 |
3 |
2,116 |
992 |
| Attleboro |
12 |
12 |
8,378 |
3,976 |
| Auburn |
5 |
5 |
4,312 |
1,845 |
| Avon |
1 |
1 |
1,254 |
502 |
| Ayer |
2 |
2 |
1,620 |
690 |
| Barnstable |
13 |
13 |
11,869 |
7,242 |
| Barre |
2 |
2 |
1,208 |
672 |
| Becket |
1 |
1 |
421 |
136 |
| Bedford |
4 |
4 |
3,801 |
1,703 |
| Belchertown |
4 |
4 |
3,426 |
1,404 |
| Bellingham |
5 |
5 |
3,956 |
1,734 |
| Belmont |
8 |
8 |
7,195 |
3,403 |
| Berkley |
1 |
1 |
1,371 |
675 |
| Berlin |
1 |
1 |
777 |
441 |
| Bernardston |
1 |
1 |
649 |
224 |
| Beverly |
12 |
12 |
10,468 |
4,351 |
| Billerica |
11 |
11 |
9,042 |
4,268 |
| Blackstone |
3 |
3 |
1,973 |
874 |
| Blandford |
1 |
1 |
292 |
173 |
| Bolton |
1 |
1 |
1,325 |
765 |
| Boston |
254 |
254 |
119,631 |
21,535 |
| Bourne |
6 |
6 |
4,753 |
2,705 |
| Boxborough |
1 |
1 |
1,363 |
634 |
| Boxford |
3 |
3 |
1,973 |
1,702 |
| Boylston |
1 |
1 |
1,233 |
665 |
| Braintree |
12 |
12 |
9,797 |
393 |
| Brewster |
3 |
3 |
3,255 |
1,804 |
| Bridgewater |
7 |
7 |
5,326 |
2,572 |
| Brimfield |
1 |
1 |
830 |
566 |
| Brockton |
28 |
28 |
16,430 |
4,769 |
| Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
835 |
415 |
| Brookline |
16 |
16 |
15,985 |
3,020 |
| Buckland |
1 |
1 |
599 |
163 |
| Burlington |
6 |
6 |
6,221 |
2,879 |
| Cambridge |
33 |
33 |
26,500 |
4,130 |
| Canton |
6 |
6 |
6,079 |
2,514 |
| Carlisle |
1 |
1 |
1,661 |
863 |
| Carver |
3 |
3 |
2,863 |
1,400 |
| Charlemont |
1 |
1 |
373 |
95 |
| Charlton |
3 |
3 |
2,702 |
1,543 |
| Chatham |
2 |
2 |
2,222 |
1,546 |
| Chelmsford |
9 |
9 |
9,932 |
4,257 |
| Chelsea |
16 |
16 |
3,706 |
839 |
| Cheshire |
1 |
1 |
1,007 |
252 |
| Chester |
1 |
1 |
295 |
148 |
| Chesterfield |
1 |
1 |
309 |
159 |
| Chicopee |
26 |
26 |
12,049 |
3,892 |
| Chilmark |
1 |
1 |
441 |
106 |
| Clarksburg |
1 |
1 |
530 |
87 |
| Clinton |
4 |
4 |
3,097 |
1,168 |
| Cohasset |
2 |
2 |
2,095 |
1,333 |
| Colrain |
1 |
1 |
453 |
126 |
| Concord |
5 |
5 |
5,870 |
2,262 |
| Conway |
1 |
1 |
761 |
164 |
| Cummington |
1 |
1 |
283 |
83 |
| Dalton |
2 |
2 |
1,777 |
526 |
| Danvers |
8 |
8 |
6,951 |
3,159 |
| Dartmouth |
10 |
10 |
7,948 |
2,430 |
| Dedham |
7 |
7 |
6,930 |
2,617 |
| Deerfield |
1 |
1 |
1,787 |
455 |
| Dennis |
5 |
5 |
4,998 |
2,650 |
| Dighton |
1 |
1 |
1,564 |
706 |
| Douglas |
2 |
2 |
1,626 |
1,094 |
| Dover |
1 |
1 |
1,512 |
1,108 |
| Dracut |
10 |
10 |
7,386 |
2,638 |
| Dudley |
4 |
4 |
2,237 |
1,058 |
| Dunstable |
1 |
1 |
843 |
468 |
| Duxbury |
6 |
6 |
4,234 |
2,697 |
| East Bridgewater |
4 |
4 |
3,196 |
1,635 |
| East Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
473 |
301 |
| East Longmeadow |
4 |
4 |
3,533 |
2,185 |
| Eastham |
1 |
1 |
1,972 |
965 |
| Easthampton |
5 |
5 |
4,724 |
1,348 |
| Easton |
6 |
6 |
5,661 |
2,732 |
| Edgartown |
1 |
1 |
1,211 |
439 |
| Egremont |
1 |
1 |
508 |
117 |
| Erving |
1 |
1 |
402 |
106 |
| Essex |
1 |
1 |
1,035 |
643 |
| Everett |
18 |
18 |
7,155 |
1,946 |
| Fairhaven |
6 |
6 |
4,575 |
1,184 |
| Fall River |
30 |
30 |
15,907 |
3,556 |
| Falmouth |
9 |
9 |
10,188 |
4,519 |
| Fitchburg |
12 |
12 |
7,208 |
2,635 |
| Florida |
1 |
1 |
198 |
56 |
| Foxborough |
5 |
5 |
4,507 |
2,150 |
| Framingham |
18 |
18 |
14,571 |
4,469 |
| Franklin |
8 |
8 |
7,430 |
3,653 |
| Freetown |
3 |
3 |
2,186 |
917 |
| Gardner |
11 |
11 |
4,327 |
1,541 |
| Georgetown |
2 |
2 |
2,045 |
1,205 |
| Gill |
1 |
1 |
496 |
134 |
| Gloucester |
10 |
10 |
8,389 |
2,922 |
| Goshen |
1 |
1 |
295 |
116 |
| Gosnold |
1 |
1 |
34 |
21 |
| Grafton |
4 |
4 |
3,910 |
2,159 |
| Granby |
1 |
1 |
1,635 |
820 |
| Granville |
1 |
1 |
324 |
251 |
| Great Barrington |
4 |
4 |
2,220 |
410 |
| Greenfield |
9 |
9 |
4,939 |
1,170 |
| Groton |
3 |
3 |
2,875 |
1,468 |
| Groveland |
1 |
1 |
1,792 |
986 |
| Hadley |
1 |
1 |
1,738 |
492 |
| Halifax |
2 |
2 |
1,930 |
991 |
| Hamilton |
3 |
3 |
2,069 |
1,356 |
| Hampden |
1 |
1 |
1,247 |
838 |
| Hancock |
1 |
1 |
176 |
74 |
| Hanover |
4 |
4 |
3,863 |
2,132 |
| Hanson |
3 |
3 |
2,557 |
1,378 |
| Hardwick |
1 |
1 |
744 |
287 |
| Harvard |
1 |
1 |
1,845 |
835 |
| Harwich |
4 |
4 |
3,986 |
2,285 |
| Hatfield |
1 |
1 |
1,233 |
367 |
| Haverhill |
21 |
21 |
12,070 |
5,014 |
| Hawley |
1 |
1 |
87 |
33 |
| Heath |
1 |
1 |
248 |
57 |
| Hingham |
6 |
6 |
6,392 |
3,238 |
| Hinsdale |
1 |
1 |
482 |
168 |
| Holbrook |
4 |
4 |
2,836 |
1,119 |
| Holden |
5 |
5 |
4,963 |
2,671 |
| Holland |
1 |
1 |
517 |
310 |
| Holliston |
4 |
4 |
4,418 |
1,784 |
| Holyoke |
14 |
14 |
7,567 |
2,136 |
| Hopedale |
1 |
1 |
1,671 |
844 |
| Hopkinton |
4 |
4 |
3,878 |
1,949 |
| Hubbardston |
1 |
1 |
1,075 |
753 |
| Hudson |
7 |
7 |
4,846 |
1,843 |
| Hull |
3 |
3 |
3,242 |
1,070 |
| Huntington |
1 |
1 |
488 |
224 |
| Ipswich |
4 |
4 |
3,916 |
2,096 |
| Kingston |
4 |
4 |
3,253 |
1,577 |
| Lakeville |
3 |
3 |
2,379 |
1,494 |
| Lancaster |
2 |
2 |
1,552 |
971 |
| Lanesborough |
1 |
1 |
793 |
223 |
| Lawrence |
24 |
24 |
8,314 |
2,134 |
| Lee |
6 |
6 |
1,597 |
385 |
| Leicester |
4 |
4 |
2,658 |
1,179 |
| Lenox |
1 |
1 |
1,826 |
422 |
| Leominster |
15 |
15 |
9,086 |
3,652 |
| Leverett |
1 |
1 |
790 |
105 |
| Lexington |
9 |
9 |
10,281 |
3,185 |
| Leyden |
1 |
1 |
274 |
60 |
| Lincoln |
3 |
3 |
2,013 |
630 |
| Littleton |
3 |
3 |
2,541 |
1,190 |
| Longmeadow |
5 |
5 |
4,512 |
2,326 |
| Lowell |
33 |
33 |
16,103 |
4,128 |
| Ludlow |
6 |
6 |
4,623 |
1,893 |
| Lunenburg |
4 |
4 |
2,636 |
1,482 |
| Lynn |
28 |
28 |
15,525 |
3,979 |
| Lynnfield |
4 |
4 |
3,101 |
2,023 |
| Malden |
16 |
16 |
10,718 |
2,827 |
| Manchester |
1 |
1 |
1,620 |
957 |
| Mansfield |
6 |
6 |
5,414 |
2,490 |
| Marblehead |
7 |
7 |
6,466 |
2,906 |
| Marion |
1 |
1 |
1,534 |
804 |
| Marlborough |
14 |
14 |
8,212 |
3,114 |
| Marshfield |
7 |
7 |
7,059 |
3,271 |
| Mashpee |
5 |
5 |
3,757 |
1,993 |
| Mattapoisett |
2 |
2 |
1,223 |
963 |
| Maynard |
4 |
4 |
3,237 |
1,075 |
| Medfield |
4 |
4 |
3,572 |
1,812 |
| Medford |
16 |
16 |
14,610 |
4,265 |
| Medway |
4 |
4 |
3,445 |
1,664 |
| Melrose |
14 |
14 |
8,554 |
2,919 |
| Mendon |
1 |
1 |
1,410 |
851 |
| Merrimac |
1 |
1 |
1,750 |
797 |
| Methuen |
12 |
12 |
9,368 |
4,282 |
| Middleborough |
6 |
6 |
4,709 |
2,598 |
| Middlefield |
1 |
1 |
143 |
66 |
| Middleton |
2 |
2 |
2,109 |
1,202 |
| Milford |
7 |
7 |
5,713 |
2,699 |
| Millbury |
4 |
4 |
3,015 |
1,426 |
| Millis |
3 |
3 |
2,350 |
1,073 |
| Millville |
1 |
1 |
615 |
307 |
| Milton |
11 |
11 |
9,392 |
2,666 |
| Monroe |
1 |
1 |
30 |
12 |
| Monson |
3 |
3 |
1,944 |
969 |
| Montague |
6 |
6 |
2,507 |
488 |
| Monterey |
1 |
1 |
327 |
81 |
| Montgomery |
1 |
1 |
202 |
139 |
| Mount Washington |
1 |
1 |
55 |
19 |
| Nahant |
1 |
1 |
1,251 |
544 |
| Nantucket |
1 |
1 |
2,702 |
1,075 |
| Natick |
10 |
10 |
9,865 |
3,209 |
| Needham |
10 |
10 |
9,868 |
3,353 |
| New Ashford |
1 |
1 |
70 |
23 |
| New Bedford |
42 |
42 |
18,541 |
3,569 |
| New Braintree |
1 |
1 |
264 |
135 |
| New Marlborough |
1 |
1 |
429 |
148 |
| New Salem |
1 |
1 |
333 |
122 |
| Newbury |
2 |
2 |
2,148 |
1,078 |
| Newburyport |
7 |
7 |
5,716 |
2,041 |
| Newton |
31 |
31 |
26,361 |
5,716 |
| Norfolk |
4 |
4 |
2,382 |
1,484 |
| North Adams |
5 |
5 |
3,416 |
410 |
| North Andover |
8 |
8 |
6,450 |
3,649 |
| North Attleborough |
9 |
9 |
5,747 |
3,223 |
| North Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
1,063 |
618 |
| North Reading |
4 |
4 |
3,960 |
2,017 |
| Northampton |
14 |
14 |
9,912 |
1,401 |
| Northborough |
4 |
4 |
3,939 |
1,935 |
| Northbridge |
4 |
4 |
3,086 |
1,945 |
| Northfield |
1 |
1 |
966 |
281 |
| Norton |
5 |
5 |
3,832 |
1,969 |
| Norwell |
3 |
3 |
2,947 |
1,786 |
| Norwood |
9 |
9 |
7,627 |
3,020 |
| Oak Bluffs |
1 |
1 |
1,444 |
395 |
| Oakham |
1 |
1 |
472 |
302 |
| Orange |
2 |
2 |
1,498 |
724 |
| Orleans |
2 |
2 |
2,179 |
1,457 |
| Otis |
1 |
1 |
416 |
245 |
| Oxford |
4 |
4 |
2,976 |
1,493 |
| Palmer |
4 |
4 |
2,806 |
1,204 |
| Paxton |
1 |
1 |
1,241 |
674 |
| Peabody |
19 |
19 |
14,251 |
5,216 |
| Pelham |
1 |
1 |
609 |
71 |
| Pembroke |
5 |
5 |
4,658 |
2,216 |
| Pepperell |
3 |
3 |
2,873 |
1,519 |
| Peru |
1 |
1 |
177 |
67 |
| Petersham |
1 |
1 |
394 |
218 |
| Phillipston |
1 |
1 |
416 |
245 |
| Pittsfield |
14 |
14 |
10,990 |
2,313 |
| Plainfield |
1 |
1 |
222 |
54 |
| Plainville |
2 |
2 |
1,980 |
961 |
| Plymouth |
14 |
14 |
13,759 |
6,581 |
| Plympton |
1 |
1 |
582 |
437 |
| Princeton |
1 |
1 |
996 |
634 |
| Provincetown |
1 |
1 |
1,713 |
177 |
| Quincy |
30 |
30 |
20,783 |
6,883 |
| Randolph |
8 |
8 |
7,987 |
1,885 |
| Raynham |
3 |
3 |
2,978 |
1,517 |
| Reading |
8 |
8 |
6,856 |
2,868 |
| Rehoboth |
3 |
3 |
2,405 |
1,498 |
| Revere |
21 |
21 |
8,293 |
3,007 |
| Richmond |
1 |
1 |
596 |
142 |
| Rochester |
1 |
1 |
1,371 |
762 |
| Rockland |
6 |
6 |
4,543 |
1,833 |
| Rockport |
3 |
3 |
2,647 |
905 |
| Rowe |
1 |
1 |
126 |
52 |
| Rowley |
1 |
1 |
1,479 |
962 |
| Royalston |
2 |
2 |
302 |
141 |
| Russell |
1 |
1 |
345 |
172 |
| Rutland |
2 |
2 |
1,824 |
1,063 |
| Salem |
14 |
14 |
10,272 |
2,821 |
| Salisbury |
2 |
2 |
1,958 |
812 |
| Sandisfield |
1 |
1 |
186 |
72 |
| Sandwich |
7 |
7 |
5,615 |
3,406 |
| Saugus |
10 |
10 |
6,839 |
2,845 |
| Savoy |
1 |
1 |
165 |
42 |
| Scituate |
6 |
6 |
5,403 |
2,896 |
| Seekonk |
4 |
4 |
3,348 |
1,667 |
| Sharon |
5 |
5 |
5,752 |
1,526 |
| Sheffield |
1 |
1 |
911 |
313 |
| Shelburne |
1 |
1 |
691 |
173 |
| Sherborn |
1 |
1 |
1,407 |
699 |
| Shirley |
1 |
1 |
1,505 |
703 |
| Shrewsbury |
9 |
9 |
8,198 |
4,245 |
| Shutesbury |
1 |
1 |
807 |
94 |
| Somerset |
5 |
5 |
5,333 |
1,587 |
| Somerville |
21 |
21 |
17,792 |
3,203 |
| South Hadley |
5 |
5 |
4,632 |
1,719 |
| Southampton |
1 |
1 |
1,531 |
834 |
| Southborough |
3 |
3 |
2,781 |
1,423 |
| Southbridge |
5 |
5 |
3,511 |
1,102 |
| Southwick |
3 |
3 |
1,867 |
1,340 |
| Spencer |
4 |
4 |
2,576 |
1,218 |
| Springfield |
64 |
64 |
23,668 |
5,816 |
| Sterling |
2 |
2 |
1,969 |
1,281 |
| Stockbridge |
1 |
1 |
744 |
157 |
| Stoneham |
7 |
7 |
6,325 |
2,551 |
| Stoughton |
8 |
8 |
7,210 |
2,378 |
| Stow |
1 |
1 |
2,014 |
966 |
| Sturbridge |
2 |
2 |
2,306 |
1,241 |
| Sudbury |
5 |
5 |
5,337 |
2,167 |
| Sunderland |
1 |
1 |
1,013 |
226 |
| Sutton |
3 |
3 |
2,211 |
1,404 |
| Swampscott |
6 |
6 |
4,554 |
1,416 |
| Swansea |
5 |
5 |
3,935 |
1,525 |
| Taunton |
16 |
16 |
10,680 |
3,413 |
| Templeton |
2 |
2 |
1,771 |
840 |
| Tewksbury |
8 |
8 |
7,931 |
3,286 |
| Tisbury |
1 |
1 |
1,296 |
327 |
| Tolland |
1 |
1 |
82 |
98 |
| Topsfield |
1 |
1 |
1,745 |
1,215 |
| Townsend |
3 |
3 |
1,967 |
1,304 |
| Truro |
1 |
1 |
940 |
236 |
| Tyngsborough |
4 |
4 |
2,969 |
1,213 |
| Tyringham |
1 |
1 |
132 |
46 |
| Upton |
1 |
1 |
1,713 |
1,047 |
| Uxbridge |
4 |
4 |
2,916 |
1,665 |
| Wakefield |
7 |
7 |
7,653 |
3,017 |
| Wales |
1 |
1 |
443 |
239 |
| Walpole |
8 |
8 |
6,538 |
3,211 |
| Waltham |
18 |
18 |
11,846 |
4,057 |
| Ware |
3 |
3 |
2,243 |
801 |
| Wareham |
6 |
6 |
5,247 |
2,165 |
| Warren |
1 |
1 |
1,073 |
513 |
| Warwick |
1 |
1 |
233 |
71 |
| Washington |
1 |
1 |
190 |
48 |
| Watertown |
12 |
12 |
8,814 |
2,775 |
| Wayland |
4 |
4 |
4,564 |
1,548 |
| Webster |
5 |
5 |
3,009 |
1,287 |
| Wellesley |
7 |
7 |
7,471 |
3,297 |
| Wellfleet |
1 |
1 |
1,245 |
384 |
| Wendell |
1 |
1 |
371 |
29 |
| Wenham |
1 |
1 |
1,044 |
694 |
| West Boylston |
2 |
2 |
1,966 |
981 |
| West Bridgewater |
2 |
2 |
1,635 |
1,071 |
| West Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
945 |
445 |
| West Newbury |
1 |
1 |
1,291 |
708 |
| West Springfield |
8 |
8 |
5,441 |
2,555 |
| West Stockbridge |
1 |
1 |
512 |
116 |
| West Tisbury |
1 |
1 |
1,108 |
228 |
| Westborough |
5 |
5 |
4,275 |
2,087 |
| Westfield |
12 |
12 |
7,651 |
3,865 |
| Westford |
6 |
6 |
5,951 |
2,996 |
| Westhampton |
1 |
1 |
574 |
246 |
| Westminster |
2 |
2 |
1,957 |
1,123 |
| Weston |
4 |
4 |
3,198 |
1,699 |
| Westport |
5 |
5 |
4,050 |
1,485 |
| Westwood |
4 |
4 |
4,354 |
2,219 |
| Weymouth |
18 |
18 |
14,356 |
5,635 |
| Whately |
1 |
1 |
563 |
174 |
| Whitman |
4 |
4 |
3,413 |
1,594 |
| Wilbraham |
4 |
4 |
3,767 |
2,298 |
| Williamsburg |
1 |
1 |
976 |
232 |
| Williamstown |
3 |
3 |
2,416 |
344 |
| Wilmington |
6 |
6 |
5,934 |
2,600 |
| Winchendon |
3 |
3 |
1,846 |
1,053 |
| Winchester |
8 |
8 |
6,374 |
3,341 |
| Windsor |
1 |
1 |
298 |
86 |
| Winthrop |
6 |
6 |
4,674 |
1,660 |
| Woburn |
14 |
14 |
9,970 |
3,980 |
| Worcester |
50 |
50 |
30,474 |
9,430 |
| Worthington |
1 |
1 |
411 |
128 |
| Wrentham |
3 |
3 |
2,740 |
1,592 |
| Yarmouth |
7 |
7 |
6,879 |
3,909 |
| Totals |
2,166 |
2,166 |
1,542,319 |
569,822 |
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