Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The high schoolers voted unofficially on Monday, Nov. 5.
While some Needham High School students were eligible to vote in Tuesday's state election, many were not—but that didn't stop local teens from making their voices heard. On Monday, Nov. 5, the school's social studies department coordinated a mock election that included many of the races and issues addressed in the real election. A total of 651 NHS students voted in the mock election. School staff shared the results of that election on Wednesday morning: President U.S. Senate Representative in Congress Question 1: Right to Repair Question 2: Assisted Suicide Question 3: Medical Marijuana Package Store Licenses in Needham Needham High School students also had a presence at polls around town on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Senior Jennifer Spink voted for…
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The town followed the rest of Massachusetts in re-electing President Barack Obama and electing Elizabeth Warren as Senator and Joe Kennedy as Congressman.
Needham residents soon will be able to buy their wine right here in town. By an overwhelming margin, local voters approved the only question on the Nov. 6 special town election ballot—whether Needham should issue licenses to businesses to sell wine, beer and liquor in town. In the end, 12,181 Needham residents voted yes on the measure, while 4,636 residents voted no. With approval of the ballot question, Needham has the ability to issue up to six licenses for the retail sale of beer, wine and liquor in town, with two additional wine and beer licenses available after 2018, for a total of eight. Needham selectmen will be holding a public hearing later this month to consider regulations for alcohol sales licenses, and each license applicant…
Results, photos and updates from the polls on Nov. 6.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Updates on the presidential, state and local election in Needham will be posted here throughout the day Tuesday.
Stay with Needham Patch all day as we update this article with news and information from the polls—and live election results after 8 p.m. See quotes and updates from today's election in Needham below, underneath the results tables. Polls closed at 8 p.m. Check back later tonight for results in all 10 Needham precincts. Results will be posted as soon as the town clerk makes them available. [UPDATE 11:42 p.m.] So what does the alcohol sales question approval mean for Needham? Needham selectmen can now issue up to six licenses for the retail sale of beer, wine and liquor in town, with two additional wine and beer licenses available after 2018, for a total of eight. Needham has been “dry” since before Prohibition. After the federal repeal of …
Friday, September 7, 2012
A look at the local results from Thursday.
The local results of Thursday’s State Primary mirrored statewide numbers as Needham and Massachusetts voters alike chose Democrat Joe Kennedy III and Republican Sean Bielat to go head-to-head in the race for Congressman Barney Frank’s Fourth District seat in the Nov. 6 election. In Needham, Kennedy won the Democratic nomination with 2,126 votes, easily beating opponents Rachel Brown (110) and Herb Robinson (88). Bielat took the Republican nod in Needham, with 734 votes over opponents Elizabeth Childs (196) and David Steinhof (42). Needham residents also voted with the statewide trend in the contested Democratic race for Second District Governor’s Council. Democrat Robert Jubinville took the most votes in Needham—632— followed by Brian …
Both the Democrat and the Republican candidates had huge victories in the district, which includes Needham.
After months of campaigning across a large and newly redrawn district, the pool of Fourth Congressional District candidates has officially been whittled down from six to two. Democrat Joe Kennedy III and Republican Sean Bielat will be the two names on the November ballot for the Fourth Congressional District, according to reports from the Associated Press. Despite low voter turnout, Kennedy had a landslide victory against his two opponents, Rachel Brown and Herb Robinson, taking more than 90 percent of the vote according to AP reports. "Tonight, I am honored to accept the Democratic nomination for the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts," Kennedy said in an emailed statement. "First and foremost, I’d like to thank the more than…
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Patch will announce the winner of the race for U.S. Representative and Governor's Council as soon as numbers are in.
Updated at 9 p.m. Fourth Congressional District candidates Joe Kennedy III and Sean Bielat won handily in Needham in today's State Primary, according to unofficial results released just before 9 p.m. Statewide results are still pending. In Needham, Kennedy won the Democratic nomination with 2,118 votes, easily beating opponents Rachel Brown (110) and Herb Robinson (86). Bielat took the Republican nod in Needham, with 734 votes over opponents Elizabeth Childs (196) and David Steinhof (41). In the race for Governor's Council, Robert Jubinville took the most votes in Needham, 628, followed by Brian Clinton (475), Bart Timilty (376) and Patrick McCabe (212). Unofficial results are based on the tally sheets posted at each of the 10 precincts in…
Trish Cruickshank
4:33 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Great that the kids had an opportunity to research the issues and then vote on them. Thanks also to the students who helped out at the polls. With so many voters, the lines were long and those students helped to find everyone on the list. I do have an issue however with your choice of wording on question 2. Whether you support the issue or not, assisted suicide is inflammatory wording, I believe … more ›