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Update #2: Coakley, Brown Win Senate Primaries
Update #1: Democrat Coakley Takes Early Lead, Republican Brown Wins in Massachusetts Primary.
Matt Viser, Andrew Ryan, Michael Rezendes, and Noah Bierman, The Boston Globe report:
“With the clock ticking down towards the close of the polls at 8 p.m., some communities reported low voter turnout in the special primary elections for US Senate….
“By 6 p.m, 52,653 ballots had been cast in Boston, a mark that represented less than 15 percent of the city’s registered voters.”
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