Republican challenger Summer Schmaling took on incumbent Democrat Kathy LaNatra in the 12th Plymouth District in this election season. Voters chose LaNatra of Kingston, who won over 54% of the votes, making her the winner. The other candidate, Schmaling,...
The race for the 1st Plymouth District, with Republican incumbent Matt Muratore and Democratic challenger Stephen Michael Palmer, has been decided. The winner of this all Plymouth district is Matt Muratore with a vote tally of 14,161. Palmer who came in second...
The election race in the 4th Plymouth District brings out the incumbent Democrat Patrick Kearney and Republican challenger, Craig Valdez vying for the job. The 4th Plymouth district is all of Marshfield and all of Scituate except for one precinct. Both men live in...
State Senator Patrick O’Connor of Weymouth faced a challenge this election from Cohasset resident Meg Wheeler. This race was for the Plymouth and Norfolk senate seat. O’Connor was re-elected with over half of the precincts reporting – showing a 54% lead with 32,068...
Three contenders are running for the 9th Congressional District Seat, with one winner emerging. Democrat and incumbent Bill Keating won another term in office. Keating was able to defeat Republican Helen Brady of Plymouth by a vote of 183,270 to 108,427. ...
In the race for State Representative in the 5th Plymouth District, Republican incumbent Dave DeCoste won re-election over his Democratic challenger, Emmanuel Dockter. “I’d like to thank everybody who worked on the campaign, I’m very grateful,” said DeCoste. “It’s a...
Massachusetts wraps up early voting on Friday and Town Clerk Paul Gallagher says there has been a big turnout in Kingston. Gallagher tells WATD News that with such a high turnout already he isn’t expecting big crowds on Election Day itself. While mail-in...
On Tuesday night WATD held a political forum with the candidates for Plymouth County Treasurer, incumbent Democrat Tom O’Brien and Republican challenger, Carina Mompelas. Moderator Christine James, was joined by Monday Night Talk Host, Kevin Tocci, and Reporter...
The South Shore’s Morning News on WATD interviewed representatives from Yes on 2 and No on 2 today. Question 2 on the ballot is about Ranked-Choice Voting. Our guests were Evan Falchcuk for Yes on 2, Chair of Voter Choice for Massachusetts and Paul Craney for No on 2,...