It was a late night counting votes in most polling places with voter turnout setting records in Plympton, Halifax, and Kingston – about 80 per-cent. In Plympton, the 2016 presidential election broke all records for voter turnout, and 2020 topped those!
Kingston resident and incumbent Kathy LaNatra won her bid for a second term as Representative in General Court for the 12th Plymouth District, besting Halifax resident Summer Schmaling in a close contest. LaNatra took 13, 150, or 53.7 per cent of the vote to Schmaling’s 11,348 votes, or 46.3 percent.
Here are the results as of Wednesday noon:
Plympton’s Town Clerk Patricia Detterman released the following unofficial results:
President
Biden and Harris 962
Hawkins and Walker 12
Jorgensen and Cohen 31
Trump and Pence 912
Blanks 16
Others 1
Senator in Congress
Edward J. Markey 960
Kevin J. O’Connor 932
Blanks 34
Dr. Shiva 7
Other 1
Representative in
Congress
Bill Keating 983
Helen Brady 826
Michael Manley 59
Blanks 66
Councillor
Christopher A. Ianella, Jr. 1253
Blanks 676
Others 5
Senator in General Court
Michael D. Brady 1266
Blanks 661
Others 7
Representative in
General Court
Kathleen R. LaNatra 963
Summer K. Schmaling 923
Blanks 48
Register of Probate
Matthew J. McDonough 1273
Blanks 657
Others 4
County Commissioner – Vote for two
Gregory M. Hanley 849
John Patrick Riordan 513
Jared L. Valanzola 826
Blanks 1680
County Treasurer
Thomas J. O’Brien 1081
Carina Leeza Mompelas 736
Blanks 117
Question 1 –
Right to Repair
Yes 1512
No 370
Blank 52
Question 2 –
Ranked Choice Voting
Yes 555
No 1298
Blank 81
Halifax
In Halifax, 79.1 percent of Halifax voters cast ballots on Tuesday. Town Clerk Barbara Gaynor released the following unofficial results of the 4853 ballots cast:
President
Biden and Harris 2379
Hawkins and Walker 27
Jorgensen and Cohen 76
Trump and Pence 2385
Write-ins 18
Blanks 18
Senator in Congress
Edward J. Markey 2335
Kevin J. O’Connor 2363
Write-ins 35
Blanks 120
Representative
in Congress
Bill Keating 2431
Helen Brady 2132
Michael Manley 79
Write-ins 6
Blanks 205
Councillor
Christopher A. Iannella,
Jr. 3226
Write-ins 86
Blanks 1541
Senator in General Court
Michael D. Brady 3205
Write-ins 83
Blanks 1565
Representative in General
Court
Twelfth Plymouth District
Kathleen R. LaNatra 2215
Summer K. Schmaling 2460
Write-ins 4
Blanks 174
Register of Probate
Matthew J. McDonough 3164
Write-ins 69
Blanks 1620
County Commissioner –
Vote for two
Plymouth County
Gregory M. Hanley 2029
John Patrick Riordan 1226
Jared L. Valanzola 2069
Write-ins 9
Blanks 4373
County Treasurer
Thomas J. O’Brien 2585
Carina Leeza Mompelas 1847
Write-ins 4
Blanks 417
Question 1 –
Right to Repair
Yes 3560
No 1166
Blank 127
Question 2 –
Ranked Choice Voting
Yes 1419
No 3201
Blank 233
When asked if Halifax’s use of use Early Voting Advance Processing helped, Gaynor answered, “It’s time consuming, however, since EV was only about 36 per cent.of the vote, I knew that we would be busy at the polls, so yes, it did help. “
Kingston
In Kingston, Town Clerk Paul Gallagher said Kingston had an 82 percent turnout of their 10,404 registered voters. These are the unofficial results of their 8,529 ballots cast:
President
Biden and Harris 4498
Hawkins and Walker 28
Jorgensen and Cohen 163
Trump and Pence 3763
Write-ins 28
Blanks 49
Senator in Congress
Edward J. Markey 4435
Kevin J. O’Connor 3852
Write-ins 53
Blanks 189
Representative in
Congress
Bill Keating 4698
Helen Brady 3309
Michael Manley 177
Write-ins 6
Blanks 339
Councillor – First District
Joseph C. Ferreira 5764
Write-ins 112
Blanks 2653
Senator in General Court
Plymouth and Barnstable
District
Susan Lynn Moran 4307
James R. McMahon, III 3754
Write-ins 9
Blanks 459
Representative in
General Court
Twelfth Plymouth District
Kathleen R. LaNatra 4794
Summer K. Schmaling 3448
Write-ins 6
Blanks 281
Register of Probate
Matthew J. McDonough 5785
Write-ins 78
Blanks 2666
County Commissioner –
Vote for two
Plymouth County
Gregory M. Hanley 3854
John Patrick Riordan 2561
Jared L. Valanzola 3252
Write-ins 18
Blanks 7373
County Treasurer
Thomas J. O’Brien 5032
Carina Leeza Mompelas 2819
Write-ins 4
Blanks 674
Question 1 –
Right to Repair
Yes 6203
No 2100
Blank 226
Question 2 –
Ranked Choice Voting
Yes 2590
No 5605
Blank 334