2019 City Preliminary

The 2019 City of Lowell preliminary election was held on Tuesday, September 24, 2019. The weather was beautiful. Turnout was 9.5% (5,588 of 59,030 registered voters). There were 20 council candidates which would be reduced to 18 in this election. There were only 10 school committee candidates, so no preliminary…

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2002 State Election

The Republican candidate for Lt Governor was Kerry Healy. The Democratic Lt Governor candidate was Chris Gabrieli. Also running for governor were Stein and Lorenzen (Green-Rainbow; 3.5%); Howell and Aucoin (Libertarian; 1.1%) and Johnson and Schebel (Unenrolled; 0.7%). In the 17th Middlesex State Rep district, Libertarian Eryk Boston was on…

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2008 State election

In the Presidential election, Barrack Obama and Joe Biden defeated John McCain and Sarah Pailin. Also on the presidential ballot in Massachusetts were Nader and Gonzalez (unenrolled); Barr and Root (Libertarian); McKinney and Clemente (Green-Rainbow); and Baldwin and Castle (Constitutional Party). In the US Senate race, Libertarian Robert Underwood was…

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2017 City Election

Election held Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Turnout was 13,916. All nine council incumbents ran for reelection. Only four of six school committee candidates sought reelection (Steve Gendron did not run; Robert Gignac ran for city council). Question 1 (non-binding) “The City of Lowell is reviewing several options for its high…

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2016 Democratic Primary

State primary election. Overall turnout, 4896 of 62453. Election held on a Thursday to save the overtime costs of bringing election workers in on Labor Day to prepare for a Tuesday election. Could not postpone to following Thursday to give time to finalize and distribute general election ballots. Sunny, warm…

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