Bush, Gore big winners but McCain strong in Stoneham
Published on March 8th, 2000
STONEHAM, MA - George W. Bush and Al Gore were the big winners in the Super Tuesday Presidential Primaries, taking commanding leads in delegates amassed. But in Stoneham, as in Massachusetts as a whole, McCain came out on top.
McCain also won Connecticut, Vermont and Rhode Island, but Bush took the rest including whoppers New York and California.
Bill Bradley won no states. He didn't even win in Massachusetts or Stoneham.
In Stoneham 2,287 Republican ballots were cast: 1,498 for McCain, 691 for Bush, 60 for Alan Keyes and a smattering for other candidates who have already dropped out of the race.
Democratic ballots cast totaled 2486: 1,505 for Gore, 887 for Bradley and no more than 50 for anyone else on the ballot.
In other races: Running unopposed for Republican State Committeeman, Paul Melkonian received 1551 votes to win. State Committee officers represent party members in Wakefield, Melrose, Malden, Stoneham and Reading.
Monica Medeiros was elected Republican Committee Woman; she received 1,012 votes to Melissa Ward's 612.
Andrew Herlihy defeated Joseph Lawless, III for Democratic State Committeeman, 1,002 votes to 975.
Jennifer Manley defeated Christine DiPietro for Democratic Committee Woman, 1,039 votes to 955.
As of press time the Town Committee results were still being tabulated. The entire Democratic Town Committee race was write-in, which takes time to count by hand, according to Town Clerk John Hanright.
Thirty-three percent of Stoneham's 14,393 registered voters made their opinion count at Town Hall Tuesday.
In raw numbers 4,773 folks voted, in comparison to just over 1,800 in the 1996 Presidential Primary.
Hanright said hopefully a similar (or greater) turnout will return on Nov. 7 to choose the next President of the United States. The choices, although still not definite, seem to be narrowing to Bush and Gore.
Voters who chose a Republican or Democratic ballot Tuesday automatically enrolled in the party of the ballot selected.
Anyone wishing to change party affiliation or to unenroll should go to the Town Clerk's Office and fill out the necessary form.
This could affect voting options in the Sept. 19 State Primary Election.
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