By MAUREEN DOHERTY
NORTH READING – Incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) will face Republican challenger John Deaton in November.
In what was the only contested race on the local September 3 State Primary ballot – a three-way showdown on the Republican ballot between Robert J. Antonellis, Ian Cain and John Deaton – the latter came out on top, garnering 484 of the 874 total Republican ballots cast.
Finishing a distant second among North Reading Republicans was Antonellis with 282 votes while Cain polled just 39 votes. Rounding out the tally were 63 blanks and six write-ins according to the unofficial results announced by the Office of Town Clerk Susan Duplin Tuesday night.
On the Democratic side of the ticket, Warren got 1,151 votes out of 1,224 ballots cast in the primary. There were also 15 write-ins and 58 blanks.
Statewide, Deaton, a USMC veteran and attorney, emerged as the challenger to the senior senator according to the Associated Press. Mirroring the local results, Deaton polled 132,986 votes (64.9%) with more than 90 percent of the state’s precincts reporting their results as of Tuesday night. Antonellis was second with 43,181 (26.0%) and Cain was third with 118,668 (9.1%).
The statewide tally for Warren was not posted Tuesday night; just the word “uncontested” was notated. She has held the Senate seat since 2013. The two camps are now bartering ground rules for debates to take place next month leading up to the Nov. 5 general election.
North Reading currently has 12,709 registered voters according to the Town Clerk’s office. Of those, 17% voted in the State Primary, with 10% voting in the Democratic primary (1,224), 7% voting in the Republican primary (874) and three voters opting to take a Libertarian ballot, which did not have a single candidate on it but did offer the option for voters to write in candidates.
In the remaining offices on the Democratic ballot, North Reading’s voters cast their ballots for the following candidates:
Representative in Congress for the 6th District: Seth Moulton (1,179); Councillor for the 5th District: Eunice Delice Zeigler (1,041); Clerk of Courts for Middlesex County: Michael A. Sullivan (1,071); Register of Deeds for Middlesex Southern District: Maria C. Curtatone (1,060).
There were no Democratic candidates for either Senator in General Court for the First Essex & Middlesex District or Representative in General Court for 20th Middlesex District.
In the remaining offices on the Republican ballot, North Reading’s voters cast their ballots for the following candidates: Councillor for the 5th District: Anne M. Manning-Martin (623); Senator in General Court for the First Essex & Middlesex District: Bruce E. Tarr (751); and Representative in General Court for 20th Middlesex District: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (747) of North Reading.
There were no Republican candidates for Representative in Congress for the 6th District; Clerk of the Courts for Middlesex County; or Register of Deeds for Middlesex Southern District.
