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Out of roughly 59,000 registered voters in the city, just over 16,000 cast ballots in Tuesday’s election. (Connor Siemien / Heights Editor)

Results: Save Newton Villages–Backed Candidates Dominate Tuesday’s City Elections

Connor Siemien and Annika Engelbrecht November 8, 2023
More than 16,000 voters cast ballots in Newton’s municipal elections on Tuesday night, according to the unofficial results.
Question one failed, and questions two and three passed in the special election held on Tuesday. (Shruthi Sriram / Heights Editor)

UPDATE: Newton Voters Cast Split Decision in Special Override Election

Connor Siemien and Shruthi Sriram March 15, 2023
Fifty-three percent of voters voted no on question one, while 47 percent of voters voted yes, according to an email from Fuller. 
Massachusetts voters elected the first all-female governor and lieutenant governor pairing in commonwealth history, as well as the first Black attorney general. (Connor Siemien / Heights Editor)

UPDATE: Newton Follows Mass. Trend as Voters Elect Historic Democratic Candidates

Connor Siemien November 9, 2022
Despite a lack of competition on the ballot, voters had concerns about political and social issues that affect Newton and the nation.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: Week of Nov. 9

Opinions November 10, 2020
Thumbs Up: Election Results: Regardless of who you voted for, we can all agree that this five day election-marathon was emotionally exhausting. The back and forth between multiple news sources made for an extremely stressful election and constant tab-refreshing. Final election results mean we can officially say goodbye to this century-long week in which every email started with, “In these trying times.”
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