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Unofficial results of the election held Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006.
PR: precincts reporting; TP: total precincts. Last updated: 12:51 PM
| City or town |
PR |
TP |
 No
| Yes
|
| Abington |
4 |
4 |
3,755 |
1,987 |
| Acton |
6 |
6 |
4,210 |
4,045 |
| Acushnet |
3 |
3 |
2,515 |
1,320 |
| Adams |
5 |
5 |
1,725 |
852 |
| Agawam |
8 |
8 |
5,838 |
4,081 |
| Alford |
1 |
1 |
184 |
61 |
| Amesbury |
6 |
6 |
2,669 |
3,012 |
| Amherst |
10 |
10 |
4,438 |
3,451 |
| Andover |
9 |
9 |
6,866 |
6,155 |
| Aquinnah |
1 |
1 |
100 |
106 |
| Arlington |
21 |
21 |
9,720 |
9,475 |
| Ashburnham |
1 |
1 |
1,183 |
1,066 |
| Ashby |
1 |
1 |
677 |
637 |
| Ashfield |
1 |
1 |
411 |
450 |
| Ashland |
4 |
4 |
3,089 |
2,791 |
| Athol |
3 |
3 |
1,846 |
1,243 |
| Attleboro |
12 |
12 |
7,608 |
4,620 |
| Auburn |
5 |
5 |
3,609 |
2,594 |
| Avon |
1 |
1 |
1,028 |
700 |
| Ayer |
2 |
2 |
1,112 |
1,168 |
| Barnstable |
13 |
13 |
11,270 |
7,751 |
| Barre |
2 |
2 |
989 |
910 |
| Becket |
1 |
1 |
298 |
261 |
| Bedford |
4 |
4 |
2,875 |
2,585 |
| Belchertown |
4 |
4 |
2,364 |
2,493 |
| Bellingham |
5 |
5 |
3,066 |
2,621 |
| Belmont |
8 |
8 |
5,397 |
5,050 |
| Berkley |
1 |
1 |
1,239 |
841 |
| Berlin |
1 |
1 |
575 |
689 |
| Bernardston |
1 |
1 |
413 |
284 |
| Beverly |
12 |
12 |
7,665 |
6,957 |
| Billerica |
11 |
11 |
7,347 |
5,724 |
| Blackstone |
3 |
3 |
1,498 |
1,347 |
| Blandford |
1 |
1 |
205 |
268 |
| Bolton |
1 |
1 |
957 |
1,191 |
| Boston |
254 |
254 |
70,579 |
70,341 |
| Bourne |
6 |
6 |
4,553 |
2,939 |
| Boxborough |
1 |
1 |
1,038 |
1,010 |
| Boxford |
3 |
3 |
1,573 |
2,079 |
| Boylston |
1 |
1 |
1,003 |
932 |
| Braintree |
12 |
12 |
8,785 |
5,077 |
| Brewster |
3 |
3 |
3,121 |
1,829 |
| Bridgewater |
7 |
7 |
4,718 |
3,254 |
| Brimfield |
1 |
1 |
776 |
667 |
| Brockton |
28 |
28 |
12,515 |
7,914 |
| Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
639 |
556 |
| Brookline |
16 |
16 |
8,930 |
10,466 |
| Buckland |
1 |
1 |
409 |
322 |
| Burlington |
6 |
6 |
5,616 |
3,693 |
| Cambridge |
33 |
33 |
12,588 |
17,183 |
| Canton |
6 |
6 |
5,263 |
3,438 |
| Carlisle |
1 |
1 |
1,140 |
1,440 |
| Carver |
3 |
3 |
2,781 |
1,491 |
| Charlemont |
1 |
1 |
248 |
234 |
| Charlton |
3 |
3 |
2,191 |
2,031 |
| Chatham |
2 |
2 |
2,286 |
1,562 |
| Chelmsford |
9 |
9 |
7,196 |
6,990 |
| Chelsea |
16 |
16 |
2,523 |
2,006 |
| Cheshire |
1 |
1 |
853 |
425 |
| Chester |
1 |
1 |
224 |
233 |
| Chesterfield |
1 |
1 |
281 |
192 |
| Chicopee |
26 |
26 |
8,757 |
6,529 |
| Chilmark |
1 |
1 |
293 |
252 |
| Clarksburg |
1 |
1 |
365 |
254 |
| Clinton |
4 |
4 |
2,276 |
1,877 |
| Cohasset |
2 |
2 |
2,108 |
1,400 |
| Colrain |
1 |
1 |
348 |
266 |
| Concord |
5 |
5 |
4,238 |
3,819 |
| Conway |
1 |
1 |
504 |
433 |
| Cummington |
1 |
1 |
194 |
187 |
| Dalton |
2 |
2 |
1,654 |
625 |
| Danvers |
8 |
8 |
5,435 |
4,828 |
| Dartmouth |
10 |
10 |
6,219 |
4,239 |
| Dedham |
7 |
7 |
5,418 |
3,943 |
| Deerfield |
1 |
1 |
1,259 |
974 |
| Dennis |
5 |
5 |
4,775 |
2,876 |
| Dighton |
1 |
1 |
1,450 |
834 |
| Douglas |
2 |
2 |
1,316 |
1,315 |
| Dover |
1 |
1 |
1,368 |
1,283 |
| Dracut |
10 |
10 |
5,066 |
4,731 |
| Dudley |
4 |
4 |
1,856 |
1,467 |
| Dunstable |
1 |
1 |
596 |
737 |
| Duxbury |
6 |
6 |
4,298 |
2,641 |
| East Bridgewater |
4 |
4 |
3,132 |
1,738 |
| East Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
442 |
351 |
| East Longmeadow |
4 |
4 |
3,362 |
2,424 |
| Eastham |
1 |
1 |
1,869 |
1,116 |
| Easthampton |
5 |
5 |
3,568 |
2,492 |
| Easton |
6 |
6 |
5,597 |
3,003 |
| Edgartown |
1 |
1 |
923 |
716 |
| Egremont |
1 |
1 |
480 |
161 |
| Erving |
1 |
1 |
269 |
236 |
| Essex |
1 |
1 |
956 |
753 |
| Everett |
18 |
18 |
5,017 |
3,323 |
| Fairhaven |
6 |
6 |
3,588 |
2,045 |
| Fall River |
30 |
30 |
11,303 |
6,479 |
| Falmouth |
9 |
9 |
8,583 |
6,002 |
| Fitchburg |
12 |
12 |
5,559 |
3,938 |
| Florida |
1 |
1 |
118 |
141 |
| Foxborough |
5 |
5 |
4,198 |
2,564 |
| Framingham |
18 |
18 |
10,500 |
7,940 |
| Franklin |
8 |
8 |
6,327 |
4,906 |
| Freetown |
3 |
3 |
1,818 |
1,350 |
| Gardner |
11 |
11 |
3,467 |
2,281 |
| Georgetown |
2 |
2 |
1,546 |
1,620 |
| Gill |
1 |
1 |
375 |
260 |
| Gloucester |
10 |
10 |
6,196 |
4,872 |
| Goshen |
1 |
1 |
255 |
175 |
| Gosnold |
1 |
1 |
32 |
27 |
| Grafton |
4 |
4 |
3,346 |
2,775 |
| Granby |
1 |
1 |
1,396 |
1,127 |
| Granville |
1 |
1 |
327 |
268 |
| Great Barrington |
4 |
4 |
1,931 |
562 |
| Greenfield |
9 |
9 |
3,549 |
2,499 |
| Groton |
3 |
3 |
2,161 |
2,154 |
| Groveland |
1 |
1 |
1,344 |
1,364 |
| Hadley |
1 |
1 |
1,451 |
811 |
| Halifax |
2 |
2 |
1,753 |
1,149 |
| Hamilton |
3 |
3 |
1,838 |
1,592 |
| Hampden |
1 |
1 |
1,271 |
915 |
| Hancock |
1 |
1 |
146 |
108 |
| Hanover |
4 |
4 |
3,555 |
2,437 |
| Hanson |
3 |
3 |
2,421 |
1,537 |
| Hardwick |
1 |
1 |
488 |
531 |
| Harvard |
1 |
1 |
1,170 |
1,433 |
| Harwich |
4 |
4 |
3,824 |
2,304 |
| Hatfield |
1 |
1 |
895 |
734 |
| Haverhill |
21 |
21 |
8,607 |
8,415 |
| Hawley |
1 |
1 |
61 |
66 |
| Heath |
1 |
1 |
169 |
158 |
| Hingham |
6 |
6 |
5,894 |
3,828 |
| Hinsdale |
1 |
1 |
430 |
235 |
| Holbrook |
4 |
4 |
2,690 |
1,246 |
| Holden |
5 |
5 |
4,200 |
3,465 |
| Holland |
1 |
1 |
390 |
418 |
| Holliston |
4 |
4 |
3,581 |
2,689 |
| Holyoke |
14 |
14 |
5,818 |
3,858 |
| Hopedale |
1 |
1 |
1,359 |
1,044 |
| Hopkinton |
4 |
4 |
3,051 |
2,701 |
| Hubbardston |
1 |
1 |
1,026 |
748 |
| Hudson |
7 |
7 |
3,488 |
3,298 |
| Hull |
3 |
3 |
2,769 |
1,588 |
| Huntington |
1 |
1 |
375 |
356 |
| Ipswich |
4 |
4 |
3,552 |
2,332 |
| Kingston |
4 |
4 |
3,271 |
1,670 |
| Lakeville |
3 |
3 |
2,231 |
1,462 |
| Lancaster |
2 |
2 |
1,419 |
1,145 |
| Lanesborough |
1 |
1 |
753 |
290 |
| Lawrence |
24 |
24 |
5,418 |
3,643 |
| Lee |
6 |
6 |
1,451 |
596 |
| Leicester |
4 |
4 |
2,287 |
1,521 |
| Lenox |
1 |
1 |
1,681 |
559 |
| Leominster |
15 |
15 |
7,492 |
5,191 |
| Leverett |
1 |
1 |
545 |
367 |
| Lexington |
9 |
9 |
6,914 |
6,613 |
| Leyden |
1 |
1 |
198 |
149 |
| Lincoln |
3 |
3 |
1,124 |
1,477 |
| Littleton |
3 |
3 |
1,920 |
1,864 |
| Longmeadow |
5 |
5 |
3,754 |
3,027 |
| Lowell |
33 |
33 |
10,197 |
9,148 |
| Ludlow |
6 |
6 |
3,597 |
3,030 |
| Lunenburg |
4 |
4 |
2,068 |
1,772 |
| Lynn |
28 |
28 |
11,477 |
7,463 |
| Lynnfield |
4 |
4 |
2,785 |
2,194 |
| Malden |
16 |
16 |
7,563 |
5,324 |
| Manchester |
1 |
1 |
1,272 |
1,314 |
| Mansfield |
6 |
6 |
4,734 |
3,263 |
| Marblehead |
7 |
7 |
5,188 |
4,116 |
| Marion |
1 |
1 |
1,333 |
1,005 |
| Marlborough |
14 |
14 |
5,880 |
5,224 |
| Marshfield |
7 |
7 |
6,255 |
4,209 |
| Mashpee |
5 |
5 |
3,148 |
2,510 |
| Mattapoisett |
2 |
2 |
1,821 |
1,261 |
| Maynard |
4 |
4 |
2,473 |
1,734 |
| Medfield |
4 |
4 |
3,172 |
2,223 |
| Medford |
16 |
16 |
10,394 |
7,655 |
| Medway |
4 |
4 |
2,310 |
2,069 |
| Melrose |
14 |
14 |
6,309 |
5,067 |
| Mendon |
1 |
1 |
1,370 |
994 |
| Merrimac |
1 |
1 |
1,196 |
1,399 |
| Methuen |
12 |
12 |
6,572 |
6,688 |
| Middleborough |
6 |
6 |
4,297 |
2,853 |
| Middlefield |
1 |
1 |
106 |
105 |
| Middleton |
2 |
2 |
1,737 |
1,502 |
| Milford |
7 |
7 |
4,539 |
3,458 |
| Millbury |
4 |
4 |
2,369 |
2,076 |
| Millis |
3 |
3 |
2,102 |
1,300 |
| Millville |
1 |
1 |
495 |
448 |
| Milton |
11 |
11 |
7,106 |
4,926 |
| Monroe |
1 |
1 |
21 |
20 |
| Monson |
3 |
3 |
1,804 |
1,112 |
| Montague |
6 |
6 |
1,797 |
1,293 |
| Monterey |
1 |
1 |
294 |
132 |
| Montgomery |
1 |
1 |
186 |
172 |
| Mount Washington |
1 |
1 |
50 |
22 |
| Nahant |
1 |
1 |
838 |
937 |
| Nantucket |
1 |
1 |
2,190 |
1,449 |
| Natick |
10 |
10 |
7,314 |
5,861 |
| Needham |
10 |
10 |
6,889 |
6,497 |
| New Ashford |
1 |
1 |
54 |
39 |
| New Bedford |
42 |
42 |
13,709 |
7,679 |
| New Braintree |
1 |
1 |
204 |
213 |
| New Marlborough |
1 |
1 |
410 |
186 |
| New Salem |
1 |
1 |
270 |
194 |
| Newbury |
2 |
2 |
1,591 |
1,529 |
| Newburyport |
7 |
7 |
3,842 |
3,857 |
| Newton |
31 |
31 |
15,897 |
15,819 |
| Norfolk |
4 |
4 |
1,972 |
1,852 |
| North Adams |
5 |
5 |
2,225 |
1,331 |
| North Andover |
8 |
8 |
5,013 |
5,188 |
| North Attleborough |
9 |
9 |
5,783 |
3,385 |
| North Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
901 |
814 |
| North Reading |
4 |
4 |
3,164 |
2,821 |
| Northampton |
14 |
14 |
6,473 |
4,820 |
| Northborough |
4 |
4 |
3,334 |
2,508 |
| Northbridge |
4 |
4 |
2,964 |
2,134 |
| Northfield |
1 |
1 |
699 |
535 |
| Norton |
5 |
5 |
3,474 |
2,461 |
| Norwell |
3 |
3 |
2,658 |
2,086 |
| Norwood |
9 |
9 |
6,713 |
3,926 |
| Oak Bluffs |
1 |
1 |
1,026 |
737 |
| Oakham |
1 |
1 |
425 |
380 |
| Orange |
2 |
2 |
1,272 |
920 |
| Orleans |
2 |
2 |
2,480 |
1,178 |
| Otis |
1 |
1 |
371 |
301 |
| Oxford |
4 |
4 |
2,532 |
2,014 |
| Palmer |
4 |
4 |
2,327 |
1,795 |
| Paxton |
1 |
1 |
1,058 |
811 |
| Peabody |
19 |
19 |
10,899 |
8,145 |
| Pelham |
1 |
1 |
388 |
294 |
| Pembroke |
5 |
5 |
4,426 |
2,479 |
| Pepperell |
3 |
3 |
2,049 |
2,280 |
| Peru |
1 |
1 |
129 |
125 |
| Petersham |
1 |
1 |
348 |
283 |
| Phillipston |
1 |
1 |
371 |
301 |
| Pittsfield |
14 |
14 |
9,592 |
3,585 |
| Plainfield |
1 |
1 |
152 |
114 |
| Plainville |
2 |
2 |
1,721 |
1,209 |
| Plymouth |
14 |
14 |
12,937 |
7,717 |
| Plympton |
1 |
1 |
859 |
471 |
| Princeton |
1 |
1 |
739 |
889 |
| Provincetown |
1 |
1 |
1,040 |
868 |
| Quincy |
30 |
30 |
16,374 |
10,270 |
| Randolph |
8 |
8 |
5,663 |
3,875 |
| Raynham |
3 |
3 |
2,845 |
1,664 |
| Reading |
8 |
8 |
6,156 |
3,609 |
| Rehoboth |
3 |
3 |
2,387 |
1,456 |
| Revere |
21 |
21 |
6,466 |
4,572 |
| Richmond |
1 |
1 |
488 |
232 |
| Rochester |
1 |
1 |
1,284 |
848 |
| Rockland |
6 |
6 |
4,037 |
2,320 |
| Rockport |
3 |
3 |
2,047 |
1,583 |
| Rowe |
1 |
1 |
110 |
75 |
| Rowley |
1 |
1 |
1,288 |
1,176 |
| Royalston |
2 |
2 |
227 |
237 |
| Russell |
1 |
1 |
296 |
251 |
| Rutland |
2 |
2 |
1,615 |
1,271 |
| Salem |
14 |
14 |
6,326 |
6,354 |
| Salisbury |
2 |
2 |
1,377 |
1,334 |
| Sandisfield |
1 |
1 |
157 |
103 |
| Sandwich |
7 |
7 |
5,494 |
3,554 |
| Saugus |
10 |
10 |
6,067 |
3,654 |
| Savoy |
1 |
1 |
125 |
81 |
| Scituate |
6 |
6 |
5,127 |
3,129 |
| Seekonk |
4 |
4 |
3,102 |
1,862 |
| Sharon |
5 |
5 |
4,172 |
3,449 |
| Sheffield |
1 |
1 |
955 |
317 |
| Shelburne |
1 |
1 |
468 |
346 |
| Sherborn |
1 |
1 |
1,087 |
1,056 |
| Shirley |
1 |
1 |
1,040 |
1,211 |
| Shrewsbury |
9 |
9 |
6,865 |
5,607 |
| Shutesbury |
1 |
1 |
523 |
420 |
| Somerset |
5 |
5 |
4,245 |
2,328 |
| Somerville |
21 |
21 |
9,633 |
10,749 |
| South Hadley |
5 |
5 |
3,294 |
3,058 |
| Southampton |
1 |
1 |
1,468 |
952 |
| Southborough |
3 |
3 |
2,248 |
1,991 |
| Southbridge |
5 |
5 |
2,672 |
2,116 |
| Southwick |
3 |
3 |
1,761 |
1,396 |
| Spencer |
4 |
4 |
2,289 |
1,580 |
| Springfield |
64 |
64 |
16,755 |
13,256 |
| Sterling |
2 |
2 |
1,747 |
1,472 |
| Stockbridge |
1 |
1 |
678 |
228 |
| Stoneham |
7 |
7 |
5,362 |
3,398 |
| Stoughton |
8 |
8 |
5,903 |
3,717 |
| Stow |
1 |
1 |
1,498 |
1,459 |
| Sturbridge |
2 |
2 |
1,888 |
1,693 |
| Sudbury |
5 |
5 |
3,871 |
3,630 |
| Sunderland |
1 |
1 |
636 |
621 |
| Sutton |
3 |
3 |
1,938 |
176 |
| Swampscott |
6 |
6 |
1,301 |
2,782 |
| Swansea |
5 |
5 |
3,468 |
1,991 |
| Taunton |
16 |
16 |
8,707 |
5,707 |
| Templeton |
2 |
2 |
1,528 |
1,070 |
| Tewksbury |
8 |
8 |
6,333 |
4,828 |
| Tisbury |
1 |
1 |
870 |
689 |
| Tolland |
1 |
1 |
77 |
99 |
| Topsfield |
1 |
1 |
1,374 |
1,587 |
| Townsend |
3 |
3 |
1,768 |
1,469 |
| Truro |
1 |
1 |
712 |
479 |
| Tyngsborough |
4 |
4 |
1,806 |
2,230 |
| Tyringham |
1 |
1 |
143 |
45 |
| Upton |
1 |
1 |
1,580 |
1,254 |
| Uxbridge |
4 |
4 |
2,721 |
1,936 |
| Wakefield |
7 |
7 |
6,617 |
4,169 |
| Wales |
1 |
1 |
312 |
331 |
| Walpole |
8 |
8 |
5,929 |
3,975 |
| Waltham |
18 |
18 |
8,197 |
7,290 |
| Ware |
3 |
3 |
1,414 |
1,681 |
| Wareham |
6 |
6 |
4,421 |
2,702 |
| Warren |
1 |
1 |
779 |
765 |
| Warwick |
1 |
1 |
171 |
144 |
| Washington |
1 |
1 |
139 |
107 |
| Watertown |
12 |
12 |
6,038 |
5,367 |
| Wayland |
4 |
4 |
3,297 |
2,777 |
| Webster |
5 |
5 |
2,362 |
1,836 |
| Wellesley |
7 |
7 |
5,038 |
5,904 |
| Wellfleet |
1 |
1 |
1,019 |
642 |
| Wendell |
1 |
1 |
271 |
138 |
| Wenham |
1 |
1 |
937 |
795 |
| West Boylston |
2 |
2 |
1,613 |
1,343 |
| West Bridgewater |
2 |
2 |
1,866 |
940 |
| West Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
740 |
689 |
| West Newbury |
1 |
1 |
924 |
1,084 |
| West Springfield |
8 |
8 |
4,662 |
3,285 |
| West Stockbridge |
1 |
1 |
486 |
160 |
| West Tisbury |
1 |
1 |
650 |
673 |
| Westborough |
5 |
5 |
3,612 |
2,783 |
| Westfield |
12 |
12 |
6,479 |
4,851 |
| Westford |
6 |
6 |
4,184 |
4,847 |
| Westhampton |
1 |
1 |
530 |
341 |
| Westminster |
2 |
2 |
1,818 |
1,284 |
| Weston |
4 |
4 |
2,297 |
2,579 |
| Westport |
5 |
5 |
3,472 |
2,133 |
| Westwood |
4 |
4 |
3,716 |
2,721 |
| Weymouth |
18 |
18 |
12,800 |
7,161 |
| Whately |
1 |
1 |
458 |
320 |
| Whitman |
4 |
4 |
3,073 |
1,854 |
| Wilbraham |
4 |
4 |
3,181 |
3,022 |
| Williamsburg |
1 |
1 |
651 |
560 |
| Williamstown |
3 |
3 |
1,756 |
955 |
| Wilmington |
6 |
6 |
4,971 |
3,520 |
| Winchendon |
3 |
3 |
1,482 |
1,317 |
| Winchester |
8 |
8 |
5,079 |
4,668 |
| Windsor |
1 |
1 |
241 |
152 |
| Winthrop |
6 |
6 |
3,672 |
2,626 |
| Woburn |
14 |
14 |
8,528 |
5,238 |
| Worcester |
50 |
50 |
22,334 |
15,495 |
| Worthington |
1 |
1 |
287 |
279 |
| Wrentham |
3 |
3 |
2,543 |
1,805 |
| Yarmouth |
7 |
7 |
6,854 |
3,936 |
| Totals |
2,166 |
2,166 |
1,180,708 |
915,076 |
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