US EditionSomerville Voters Reject Incumbent Mayor as 2 Challengers Advance to General Election
Preliminary results show challengers Wilson and Burnley leading by over 1,200 votes as voters seek change amid rising living costs and development challenges in Somerville.
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In an upset, Somerville mayor concedes after unofficial results show she lost preliminary election - The Boston Globe
Mayor Katjana Ballantyne finished far behind city councilors Jake Wilson and Willie Burnley Jr. in the preliminary election, according to unofficial results.
Somerville voters reject incumbent mayor as 2 challengers advance to general election
Somerville voters resoundingly rejected their incumbent mayor Tuesday, choosing instead to advance two new mayoral candidates through the city’s preliminary contest and onto the November general election, according to unofficial election results.Mayor Katjana Ballantyne received 2,847 votes in the preliminary contest, or 23.3%, placing third, according to the unofficial tallies.
The incumbent mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts, failed to advance to the general elections, according to the unofficial results of Tuesday’s primary elections. With 100% of the polling districts, the results show Mayor Katjana Ballantyne in third place, behind two councillors, with 23.3% of the votes. Jake Wilson came first with 41.85% and Willie Burnley Jr. in second place with 33.73 percent. More than 12,000 votes were cast, of which Ballant…
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