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Secretary of State Unofficial results of the Democratic primary election held Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2006. PR: precincts reporting; TP: total precincts. Last updated: 10:45 AM | City or town | PR | TP | Bonifaz | Galvin | | Abington | 4 | 4 | 215 | 1,790 | | Acton | 6 | 6 | 515 | 2,401 | | Acushnet | 3 | 3 | 265 | 1,286 | | Adams | 5 | 5 | 170 | 870 | | Agawam | 8 | 8 | 404 | 2,461 | | Alford | 1 | 1 | 44 | 66 | | Amesbury | 6 | 6 | 271 | 1,245 | | Amherst | 10 | 10 | 1,488 | 1,403 | | Andover | 9 | 9 | 598 | 3,204 | | Aquinnah | 1 | 1 | 13 | 46 | | Arlington | 21 | 21 | 1,734 | 7,237 | | Ashburnham | 1 | 1 | 105 | 515 | | Ashby | 1 | 1 | 47 | 258 | | Ashfield | 1 | 1 | 223 | 145 | | Ashland | 4 | 4 | 271 | 1,597 | | Athol | 3 | 3 | 141 | 655 | | Attleboro | 12 | 12 | 469 | 2,304 | | Auburn | 5 | 5 | 335 | 2,035 | | Avon | 1 | 1 | 67 | 650 | | Ayer | 2 | 2 | 110 | 568 | | Barnstable | 13 | 13 | 683 | 4,791 | | Barre | 2 | 2 | 98 | 713 | | Becket | 1 | 1 | 37 | 128 | | Bedford | 4 | 4 | 355 | 1,434 | | Belchertown | 4 | 4 | 258 | 780 | | Bellingham | 5 | 5 | 239 | 1,321 | | Belmont | 8 | 8 | 794 | 3,725 | | Berkley | 1 | 1 | 78 | 402 | | Berlin | 1 | 1 | 61 | 309 | | Bernardston | 1 | 1 | 43 | 200 | | Beverly | 12 | 12 | 774 | 4,110 | | Billerica | 11 | 11 | 703 | 3,569 | | Blackstone | 3 | 3 | 113 | 757 | | Blandford | 1 | 1 | 23 | 49 | | Bolton | 1 | 1 | 97 | 419 | | Boston | 254 | 254 | 11,949 | 52,726 | | Bourne | 6 | 6 | 277 | 1,952 | | Boxborough | 1 | 1 | 157 | 528 | | Boxford | 3 | 3 | 154 | 594 | | Boylston | 1 | 1 | 91 | 471 | | Braintree | 12 | 12 | 668 | 5,386 | | Brewster | 3 | 3 | 248 | 1,179 | | Bridgewater | 7 | 7 | 313 | 1,835 | | Brimfield | 1 | 1 | 61 | 253 | | Brockton | 28 | 28 | 1,276 | 6,933 | | Brookfield | 1 | 1 | 70 | 326 | | Brookline | 16 | 16 | 2,200 | 5,991 | | Buckland | 1 | 1 | 171 | 171 | | Burlington | 6 | 6 | 492 | 2,507 | | Cambridge | 33 | 33 | 3,939 | 9,659 | | Canton | 6 | 6 | 366 | 3,025 | | Carlisle | 1 | 1 | 180 | 600 | | Carver | 3 | 3 | 143 | 977 | | Charlemont | 1 | 1 | 98 | 107 | | Charlton | 3 | 3 | 175 | 1,231 | | Chatham | 2 | 2 | 114 | 829 | | Chelmsford | 9 | 9 | 667 | 3,604 | | Chelsea | 16 | 16 | 437 | 1,639 | | Cheshire | 1 | 1 | 65 | 328 | | Chester | 1 | 1 | 29 | 76 | | Chesterfield | 1 | 1 | 31 | 81 | | Chicopee | 26 | 26 | 804 | 4,590 | | Chilmark | 1 | 1 | 29 | 148 | | Clarksburg | 1 | 1 | 14 | 116 | | Clinton | 4 | 4 | 193 | 1,451 | | Cohasset | 2 | 2 | 142 | 778 | | Colrain | 1 | 1 | 94 | 134 | | Concord | 5 | 5 | 989 | 2,150 | | Conway | 1 | 1 | 245 | 114 | | Cummington | 1 | 1 | 35 | 96 | | Dalton | 2 | 2 | 109 | 620 | | Danvers | 8 | 8 | 476 | 2,658 | | Dartmouth | 10 | 10 | 756 | 3,272 | | Dedham | 7 | 7 | 530 | 3,675 | | Deerfield | 1 | 1 | 194 | 506 | | Dennis | 5 | 5 | 279 | 2,233 | | Dighton | 1 | 1 | 84 | 525 | | Douglas | 2 | 2 | 93 | 436 | | Dover | 1 | 1 | 122 | 542 | | Dracut | 10 | 10 | 464 | 3,080 | | Dudley | 4 | 4 | 148 | 1,012 | | Dunstable | 1 | 1 | 53 | 246 | | Duxbury | 6 | 6 | 235 | 1,505 | | East Bridgewater | 4 | 4 | 176 | 1,149 | | East Brookfield | 1 | 1 | 24 | 202 | | East Longmeadow | 4 | 4 | 172 | 1,190 | | Eastham | 1 | 1 | 217 | 831 | | Easthampton | 5 | 5 | 322 | 1,179 | | Easton | 6 | 6 | 367 | 2,084 | | Edgartown | 1 | 1 | 71 | 316 | | Egremont | 1 | 1 | 86 | 145 | | Erving | 1 | 1 | 25 | 110 | | Essex | 1 | 1 | 83 | 370 | | Everett | 18 | 18 | 700 | 4,179 | | Fairhaven | 6 | 6 | 372 | 1,788 | | Fall River | 30 | 30 | 1,709 | 8,024 | | Falmouth | 9 | 9 | 841 | 4,489 | | Fitchburg | 12 | 12 | 544 | 3,450 | | Florida | 1 | 1 | 10 | 55 | | Foxborough | 5 | 5 | 258 | 1,832 | | Framingham | 18 | 18 | 1,109 | 6,328 | | Franklin | 8 | 8 | 402 | 2,248 | | Freetown | 3 | 3 | 171 | 824 | | Gardner | 11 | 11 | 253 | 1,719 | | Georgetown | 2 | 2 | 110 | 569 | | Gill | 1 | 1 | 40 | 187 | | Gloucester | 10 | 10 | 680 | 2,849 | | Goshen | 1 | 1 | 26 | 70 | | Gosnold | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | | Grafton | 4 | 4 | 255 | 1,347 | | Granby | 1 | 1 | 145 | 706 | | Granville | 1 | 1 | 14 | 74 | | Great Barrington | 4 | 4 | 416 | 658 | | Greenfield | 9 | 9 | 634 | 1,775 | | Groton | 3 | 3 | 208 | 872 | | Groveland | 1 | 1 | 127 | 641 | | Hadley | 1 | 1 | 140 | 445 | | Halifax | 2 | 2 | 125 | 708 | | Hamilton | 3 | 3 | 151 | 704 | | Hampden | 1 | 1 | 74 | 369 | | Hancock | 1 | 1 | 13 | 38 | | Hanover | 4 | 4 | 219 | 1,705 | | Hanson | 3 | 3 | 135 | 907 | | Hardwick | 1 | 1 | 41 | 252 | | Harvard | 1 | 1 | 155 | 678 | | Harwich | 4 | 4 | 268 | 1,568 | | Hatfield | 1 | 1 | 80 | 393 | | Haverhill | 21 | 21 | 870 | 4,539 | | Hawley | 1 | 1 | 25 | 24 | | Heath | 1 | 1 | 72 | 86 | | Hingham | 6 | 6 | 434 | 2,656 | | Hinsdale | 1 | 1 | 49 | 159 | | Holbrook | 4 | 4 | 164 | 1,370 | | Holden | 5 | 5 | 319 | 2,021 | | Holland | 1 | 1 | 17 | 125 | | Holliston | 4 | 4 | 318 | 1,473 | | Holyoke | 14 | 14 | 542 | 2,784 | | Hopedale | 1 | 1 | 142 | 962 | | Hopkinton | 4 | 4 | 193 | 1,173 | | Hubbardston | 1 | 1 | 82 | 360 | | Hudson | 7 | 7 | 279 | 1,708 | | Hull | 3 | 3 | 228 | 1,368 | | Huntington | 1 | 1 | 41 | 132 | | Ipswich | 4 | 4 | 277 | 1,351 | | Kingston | 4 | 4 | 140 | 1,151 | | Lakeville | 3 | 3 | 146 | 806 | | Lancaster | 2 | 2 | 123 | 567 | | Lanesborough | 1 | 1 | 114 | 226 | | Lawrence | 24 | 24 | 827 | 3,958 | | Lee | 6 | 6 | 193 | 740 | | Leicester | 4 | 4 | 195 | 1,222 | | Lenox | 1 | 1 | 224 | 765 | | Leominster | 15 | 15 | 542 | 3,360 | | Leverett | 1 | 1 | 197 | 183 | | Lexington | 9 | 9 | 1,082 | 4,574 | | Leyden | 1 | 1 | 39 | 81 | | Lincoln | 3 | 3 | 504 | 645 | | Littleton | 3 | 3 | 104 | 912 | | Longmeadow | 5 | 5 | 351 | 1,611 | | Lowell | 33 | 33 | 1,049 | 7,092 | | Ludlow | 6 | 6 | 322 | 1,744 | | Lunenburg | 4 | 4 | 171 | 825 | | Lynn | 28 | 28 | 1,229 | 6,716 | | Lynnfield | 4 | 4 | 232 | 1,315 | | Malden | 16 | 16 | 846 | 5,008 | | Manchester | 1 | 1 | 162 | 596 | | Mansfield | 6 | 6 | 312 | 1,904 | | Marblehead | 7 | 7 | 489 | 2,612 | | Marion | 1 | 1 | 107 | 591 | | Marlborough | 14 | 14 | 511 | 3,135 | | Marshfield | 7 | 7 | 373 | 2,862 | | Mashpee | 5 | 5 | 270 | 1,669 | | Mattapoisett | 2 | 2 | 140 | 762 | | Maynard | 4 | 4 | 311 | 1,254 | | Medfield | 4 | 4 | 219 | 1,326 | | Medford | 16 | 16 | 1,514 | 7,231 | | Medway | 4 | 4 | 196 | 1,112 | | Melrose | 14 | 14 | 720 | 3,580 | | Mendon | 1 | 1 | 99 | 719 | | Merrimac | 1 | 1 | 107 | 532 | | Methuen | 12 | 12 | 804 | 4,781 | | Middleborough | 6 | 6 | 319 | 1,673 | | Middlefield | 1 | 1 | 13 | 46 | | Middleton | 2 | 2 | 153 | 693 | | Milford | 7 | 7 | 615 | 3,889 | | Millbury | 4 | 4 | 197 | 1,238 | | Millis | 3 | 3 | 156 | 928 | | Millville | 1 | 1 | 42 | 232 | | Milton | 11 | 11 | 967 | 5,524 | | Monroe | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | | Monson | 3 | 3 | 98 | 545 | | Montague | 6 | 6 | 282 | 848 | | Monterey | 1 | 1 | 77 | 106 | | Montgomery | 1 | 1 | 9 | 61 | | Mount Washington | 1 | 1 | 8 | 27 | | Nahant | 1 | 1 | 135 | 627 | | Nantucket | 1 | 1 | 118 | 753 | | Natick | 10 | 10 | 840 | 3,965 | | Needham | 10 | 10 | 798 | 4,381 | | New Ashford | 1 | 1 | 11 | 13 | | New Bedford | 42 | 42 | 2,103 | 9,006 | | New Braintree | 1 | 1 | 22 | 114 | | New Marlborough | 1 | 1 | 62 | 97 | | New Salem | 1 | 1 | 39 | 111 | | Newbury | 2 | 2 | 148 | 752 | | Newburyport | 7 | 7 | 451 | 2,021 | | Newton | 31 | 31 | 2,864 | 11,428 | | Norfolk | 4 | 4 | 156 | 922 | | North Adams | 5 | 5 | 190 | 1,051 | | North Andover | 8 | 8 | 358 | 2,260 | | North Attleborough | 9 | 9 | 264 | 1,396 | | North Brookfield | 1 | 1 | 57 | 385 | | North Reading | 4 | 4 | 265 | 1,407 | | Northampton | 14 | 14 | 1,752 | 2,558 | | Northborough | 4 | 4 | 269 | 1,444 | | Northbridge | 4 | 4 | 155 | 928 | | Northfield | 1 | 1 | 88 | 345 | | Norton | 5 | 5 | 221 | 1,281 | | Norwell | 3 | 3 | 170 | 1,185 | | Norwood | 9 | 9 | 562 | 4,218 | | Oak Bluffs | 1 | 1 | 81 | 399 | | Oakham | 1 | 1 | 35 | 200 | | Orange | 2 | 2 | 91 | 474 | | Orleans | 2 | 2 | 65 | 874 | | Otis | 1 | 1 | 42 | 114 | | Oxford | 4 | 4 | 199 | 1,128 | | Palmer | 4 | 4 | 140 | 799 | | Paxton | 1 | 1 | 93 | 611 | | Peabody | 19 | 19 | 1,318 | 7,445 | | Pelham | 1 | 1 | 154 | 127 | | Pembroke | 5 | 5 | 222 | 1,663 | | Pepperell | 3 | 3 | 174 | 814 | | Peru | 1 | 1 | 10 | 54 | | Petersham | 1 | 1 | 40 | 119 | | Phillipston | 1 | 1 | 35 | 131 | | Pittsfield | 14 | 14 | 906 | 4,670 | | Plainfield | 1 | 1 | 40 | 70 | | Plainville | 2 | 2 | 101 | 571 | | Plymouth | 14 | 14 | 1,202 | 8,190 | | Plympton | 1 | 1 | 45 | 303 | | Princeton | 1 | 1 | 74 | 350 | | Provincetown | 1 | 1 | 222 | 697 | | Quincy | 30 | 30 | 1,504 | 10,893 | | Randolph | 8 | 8 | 647 | 3,952 | | Raynham | 3 | 3 | 178 | 1,100 | | Reading | 8 | 8 | 481 | 2,786 | | Rehoboth | 3 | 3 | 82 | 456 | | Revere | 21 | 21 | 864 | 4,166 | | Richmond | 1 | 1 | 67 | 235 | | Rochester | 1 | 1 | 82 | 414 | | Rockland | 6 | 6 | 254 | 1,864 | | Rockport | 3 | 3 | 188 | 994 | | Rowe | 1 | 1 | 20 | 44 | | Rowley | 1 | 1 | 87 | 501 | | Royalston | 2 | 2 | 25 | 113 | | Russell | 1 | 1 | 15 | 70 | | Rutland | 2 | 2 | 97 | 773 | | Salem | 14 | 14 | 899 | 4,414 | | Salisbury | 2 | 2 | 124 | 638 | | Sandisfield | 1 | 1 | 29 | 53 | | Sandwich | 7 | 7 | 393 | 2,007 | | Saugus | 10 | 10 | 656 | 3,417 | | Savoy | 1 | 1 | 10 | 47 | | Scituate | 6 | 6 | 366 | 2,219 | | Seekonk | 4 | 4 | 209 | 1,107 | | Sharon | 5 | 5 | 379 | 2,472 | | Sheffield | 1 | 1 | 75 | 242 | | Shelburne | 1 | 1 | 164 | 212 | | Sherborn | 1 | 1 | 113 | 541 | | Shirley | 1 | 1 | 135 | 618 | | Shrewsbury | 9 | 9 | 552 | 3,509 | | Shutesbury | 1 | 1 | 194 | 178 | | Somerset | 5 | 5 | 415 | 2,248 | | Somerville | 21 | 21 | 2,169 | 7,470 | | South Hadley | 5 | 5 | 288 | 1,481 | | Southampton | 1 | 1 | 107 | 379 | | Southborough | 3 | 3 | 200 | 989 | | Southbridge | 5 | 5 | 341 | 2,150 | | Southwick | 3 | 3 | 104 | 515 | | Spencer | 4 | 4 | 149 | 1,056 | | Springfield | 64 | 64 | 1,835 | 9,348 | | Sterling | 2 | 2 | 104 | 585 | | Stockbridge | 1 | 1 | 166 | 237 | | Stoneham | 7 | 7 | 500 | 2,660 | | Stoughton | 8 | 8 | 424 | 3,411 | | Stow | 1 | 1 | 163 | 733 | | Sturbridge | 2 | 2 | 128 | 761 | | Sudbury | 5 | 5 | 415 | 1,913 | | Sunderland | 1 | 1 | 96 | 273 | | Sutton | 3 | 3 | 157 | 858 | | Swampscott | 6 | 6 | 383 | 1,976 | | Swansea | 5 | 5 | 348 | 1,597 | | Taunton | 16 | 16 | 803 | 4,310 | | Templeton | 2 | 2 | 98 | 602 | | Tewksbury | 8 | 8 | 585 | 3,148 | | Tisbury | 1 | 1 | 89 | 339 | | Tolland | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 | | Topsfield | 1 | 1 | 132 | 647 | | Townsend | 3 | 3 | 121 | 552 | | Truro | 1 | 1 | 188 | 327 | | Tyngsborough | 4 | 4 | 162 | 984 | | Tyringham | 1 | 1 | 22 | 36 | | Upton | 1 | 1 | 101 | 494 | | Uxbridge | 4 | 4 | 204 | 1,018 | | Wakefield | 7 | 7 | 546 | 3,390 | | Wales | 1 | 1 | 36 | 128 | | Walpole | 8 | 8 | 442 | 2,938 | | Waltham | 18 | 18 | 908 | 4,942 | | Ware | 3 | 3 | 107 | 680 | | Wareham | 6 | 6 | 343 | 1,934 | | Warren | 1 | 1 | 49 | 327 | | Warwick | 1 | 1 | 26 | 81 | | Washington | 1 | 1 | 20 | 67 | | Watertown | 12 | 12 | 937 | 4,356 | | Wayland | 4 | 4 | 369 | 1,757 | | Webster | 5 | 5 | 236 | 1,544 | | Wellesley | 7 | 7 | 530 | 3,158 | | Wellfleet | 1 | 1 | 190 | 455 | | Wendell | 1 | 1 | 99 | 88 | | Wenham | 1 | 1 | 78 | 319 | | West Boylston | 2 | 2 | 125 | 882 | | West Bridgewater | 2 | 2 | 93 | 618 | | West Brookfield | 1 | 1 | 58 | 342 | | West Newbury | 1 | 1 | 94 | 415 | | West Springfield | 8 | 8 | 329 | 1,720 | | West Stockbridge | 1 | 1 | 98 | 197 | | West Tisbury | 1 | 1 | 118 | 281 | | Westborough | 5 | 5 | 285 | 1,486 | | Westfield | 12 | 12 | 429 | 1,858 | | Westford | 6 | 6 | 367 | 1,922 | | Westhampton | 1 | 1 | 57 | 139 | | Westminster | 2 | 2 | 130 | 667 | | Weston | 4 | 4 | 280 | 1,121 | | Westport | 5 | 5 | 359 | 1,605 | | Westwood | 4 | 4 | 338 | 1,988 | | Weymouth | 18 | 18 | 1,004 | 7,043 | | Whately | 1 | 1 | 78 | 152 | | Whitman | 4 | 4 | 225 | 1,492 | | Wilbraham | 4 | 4 | 229 | 1,470 | | Williamsburg | 1 | 1 | 154 | 270 | | Williamstown | 3 | 3 | 337 | 802 | | Wilmington | 6 | 6 | 351 | 2,274 | | Winchendon | 3 | 3 | 104 | 557 | | Winchester | 8 | 8 | 618 | 2,689 | | Windsor | 1 | 1 | 28 | 108 | | Winthrop | 6 | 6 | 395 | 2,357 | | Woburn | 14 | 14 | 676 | 4,620 | | Worcester | 50 | 50 | 2,597 | 16,290 | | Worthington | 1 | 1 | 57 | 169 | | Wrentham | 3 | 3 | 132 | 875 | | Yarmouth | 7 | 7 | 434 | 3,218 | | Totals | 2,166 | 2,166 | 128,997 | 634,053 |
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