Martha's Vineyard Election Results 2012

Editor's Note: As of midnight November 7th, some of the numbers for Island towns had not yet been reported. This article will be updated throughout the day Wednesday.

THE RACES

 Scott Brown (R), Elizabeth Warren (D): U.S. Senate

Scott Brown has represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate since a January 2010 special election held to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the late Ted Kennedy. Brown defeated state Attorney General Martha Coakley with 1,168,107 votes, or 51.9 percent, to her 1,058,682 votes, or 47.1 percent.

Keating (D), Sheldon (R): 9th Congressional District

The state lost a Congressional seat, after a population shift was revealed by the U.S. Census. The 10th Congressional District will become the new 9th district. Congressman William Keating, who moved from his home in Sharon to Quincy in 2010 to run for the seat vacated by William Delahunt when he retired, has now made his summer home in Bourne his residence, so he can run for office in the new 9th district. He will be running against Republican Christopher Sheldon of Plymouth this November.

• Congress: http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2010/us/results/
• State Legislature: http://www.boston.com/news/special/politics/2010/mass/results/  
• More: http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2010/massachusetts/

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket State Rep. Timothy Madden (D) is running unopposed, Dukes County plus precincts 1,2,5 and 6 in Falmouth.

Cape and Island State Senator Daniel A. Wolf (D) is running unopposed. Barnstable, precincts 1 to 9, inclusive, and 13; Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Gosnold, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury in Dukes County.

Martha's Vineyard Updates From The Polls

LIVE 2012 MARTHA'S VINEYARD ELECTION RESULTS

Office and Candidates

Individual Town Totals

Island Totals

Aquinnah

Chilmark

Edgartown

Oak Bluffs

Tisbury

West Tisbury

President/Vice President

Johnson/Gray

Libertarian

2

7

22

15

16

17

79

Obama/Biden

Democrat

251

585

1,699

1,955

1,845

1,571

7,906

Romney/Ryan

Republican

38

127

827

795

595

371

2,753

Stein/Honkala

Green-Rainbow

6

8

14

16

29

16

89

Total Votes

10,827

U.S. Senator

Scott Brown

Republican

59

176

1,048

958

747

485

3,473

Elizabeth Warren

Democrat

238

550

1,509

1,807

1,731

1,486

7,321

Total Votes

10,794

U.S. Representative

William Keating

Democrat

243

564

1,662

1,868

1,788

1,512

7,637

Christopher Sheldon

Republican

44

102

645

597

469

307

2,164

Daniel Botelho

Independent

12

33

113

127

109

67

461

Total Votes

10,262

Councillor

Charles Cippolini

Republican

53

152

823

755

615

363

2,761

Oliver Cipollini, Jr.

Democrat

201

438

1,308

1,544

1,470

1,276

6,237

Total Votes

8,998

State Senator

Daniel Wolf

Democrat

242

562

1,894

2,053

1,941

1,571

8,263

State Representative

Timothy Madden

Democrat

246

571

1,903

2,081

1,964

1,570

8.335

Clerk of Courts

Joseph Sollitto, Jr.

Republican

195

532

1,986

1,,961

1,752

1,298

7,724

Register of Deeds

Diane Powers

Democrat

247

597

2,030

2,133

2,001

1,647

8,655

County Commissioner

John Alley

Democrat

212

475

1,467

1,638

1,503

1,246

6,541

Thomas Hallahan

Democrat

171

378

1,184

1,449

1,258

956

5,396

Tristan Israel

Unenrolled

196

408

1,282

1,318

1,503

1,090

5,797

Melinda Loberg

Unenrolled

144

345

1,021

1,093

1,256

854

4,713

Leon Arthur Brathwaite

Democrat

149

334

1,030

1,144

1,074

884

4,615

MV Commission

John Robert Breckenridge

106

241

809

1,221

871

599

3,847

Christina Brown

145

348

1,414

1,157

1,095

916

5,075

Erik Hammarlund

119

292

799

875

868

791

3,744

E. Douglas Sederholm

121

420

853

891

824

735

3,844

Linda Sibley

149

365

955

1,023

1,083

1,002

4,577

Clarence A. Barnes, III

126

319

1,183

1,134

1,200

879

4,841

Madeline Fisher

98

201

1,014

696

669

526

3,204

Joshua Seth Goldstein

65

216

598

585

740

551

2,755

Fred J. Hancock

47

135

512

854

504

297

2,349

Joseph Jims

22

70

329

667

341

200

1,629

James T. Miller

42

125

725

401

396

236

1,925

Camille Rose

188

294

599

655

682

585

3,003

Susanna J. Sturgis

91

261

612

609

737

804

3,114

David F. Willoughby

47

131

605

509

760

346

2,398

Ballot Questions

Q1: Auto Repair Freedom

Y:

 257

628

 1,993

2,157

1,852

1,665

8,552

N:

 28

 53

 237

274

206

 137

 935

Q2: Physician-Assisted Euthanasia

Y:

 204

 542

 1,513

1,645

1,598

 1,459

 6,961

N:

 84

 154

 922

1010

830

 467

 3,467

Q3:Medical Use of Marijuana

Y:

 239

 554

 1,685

 1,854

1,793

1,585

 7,710

N:

 55

146

 745

 787

 624

 348

 2,705

Q4: Limit Election Spending: MA Senate

Y:

 231

558

 1,669

 1,786

 1,769

 1,483

 7,496

N:

 30

76

 438

454

 380

 238

 1,616

Q5: Limit Election Spending: MA House

Y:

 226

 549

 1,653

 1,765

 1,742

 1,473

 7,408

N:

 32

 72

 412

428

 380

229

 1,553

Election Day Updates from the polls:

At 3:20 pm at the American Legion Hall in Vineyard Haven,Tisbury Town Clerk Maryanne Mudge was almost too busy to talk. "We're very, very busy," she said. 1500 votes had been cast.

At 3:18 pm at the Oak Bluffs Library, Oak Bluffs Town Clerk, Deborah Ratcliff said voting had been steady through the day and they had close to 2000 votes. 

At 3:15 pm at the Aquinnah Town Hall, 115 votes had been cast, none of the absentee. Since visiting there this morning, an additional three absentee ballots had arrived - one by Federal Express. 

At 3 pm at the Chilmark Community Center, Town Clerk Jennifer Christy said they'd been steady all day and 562 votes had been cast

At 11:30 am at the Aquinnah Town Hall, 65 votes had been cast of the 398 registered voters in that town. Close to 25% of the voters in Aquinnah vote absentee and there was a large stack of ballots to be added as well.

Jim Newman said he voted for Obama because "I think it's best for this country."

At 11 am at the Chilmark Community Center, 345 votes had been cast. Chilmark Selectmen Bill Rossi did not want to say who he was voting for, but did say he was happy to vote.

At 10:38 at the West Tisbury Public Safety Building, 573 votes had been cast of the 2,394 registered voters in West Tisbury. A stack of absentee ballots sat waiting on the table to be added as well.

At 10:18 at the American Legion Hall in Vineyard Haven, 679 votes had been cast. "There's been a huge turnout," said Tisbury Town Clerk Maryanne Mudge.

Cindy Kane said she was voting for Warren and Obama. "It's a no-brainer," she said. "I don't trust Romney and I'm crazy about Warren. She's one of the hardest working, most intellegent politicians out there."

At 10 am at the Oak Bluffs Library there were 650 votes cast - some of them being absentee.

Norman S. Reed said he was voting for Romney becuase, "It's perfectly obvious it will be the end of everything if Obama got another four years."

Voters G. Toscano and a woman who identified herself only as Dickerson said they were voting for Elizabeth Warren and Obama.

At 9:30 am at Edgartown Town Hall, 441 ballots had already been cast. According to Town Clerk Wanda Williams, "that's close to how many voters came out in total for the primary elections." Williams also said that there were lines out the door before 7 am when the polls opened.

Lindsay Trance was voting with her son Isaac. "I'm voting for Obama because I'm anti-Romney," said Trance.

Another voter, John, who asked to only have his first name used, said he was voting for Obama even though he voted for Romney when he ran for governor. "I don't like Romney's policies on women or on foreign affairs," he said. John also said he was voting for Elizabeth Warren because, "she's the real goods" and because he doesn't like Brown. "He says he's an independent, he's not independent."