John Silber, the former president of Boston University and the 1990 Democratic nominee for governor of Massachusetts died yesterday. The Globe has a big story about Silber’s passing and I’ll leave it to that newspaper to record the highlights of his life, but I thought readers might be interested in that 1990 election, at least how it played out around here:

1990 Democratic Primary for Governor:

Lowell
Frank Bellotti – 8545
Evelyn Murphy – 432
John Silber – 8545

Chelmsford
Frank Bellotti – 1672
Evelyn Murphy – 127
John Silber – 3442

Dracut
Frank Bellotti – 1648
Evelyn Murphy – 174
John Silber – 3403

Tewksbury
Frank Bellotti – 1995
Evelyn Murphy – 141
John Silber – 3468

Statewide
Frank Bellotti – 459,128
Evelyn Murphy – 30,054
John Silber – 562,222

General Election – Statewide
Bill Weld – 1,175,817
John Silber – 1,099,878

General Election – Lowell
Bill Weld – 12,142
John Silber – 15,100