See Which Part of Town Gave Candidates the Most Support in Watertown's Election

The Town Council race in Tuesday’s election saw the unseating of an incumbent and a newcomer leading the vote, but the numbers were not consistent across the precincts. 

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John Donohue’s 1,898 votes fell 40 short of the final Councilor-at-large spot, which was taken by fellow incumbent Steve Corbett. He still earned more votes in three precincts (1, 6 and 10) than the Aaron Dushku, who led the council race with 2,363 votes and won Precinct 1. He also won six of 12 precincts over Corbett.

Dushku won Precincts 2, 4, 7 and 8, and got 200 votes or more in five precincts. The second and third place finishers, Tony Palomba and Susan Falkoff, seemed to appeal to many of the same voters as Dushku. They each fared well in Precincts 2, 4, 5 and 8, where they both finished in the top 3.

Even those who did not win a seat had their spots in town. Paul Fahey finished fifth, but won Precinct 12 with 194 votes. Michael Dattoli may have finished last among active candidates (Colin Wehrung did not campaign) he still won Precinct 10 with 251 votes.

Town Council President

In the Town Council President race, incumbent Mark Sideris won every precinct. Challenger Clyde Younger had his best showing in Precinct 10, where he got 244 votes (the only one over 200) and Sideris only won by 22 tallies. Sideris had his strongest showing in Precinct 4, where he got 378 votes.

School Committee

In the School Committee race, incumbent John Portz almost had a clean sweep, winning 10 of 12 precincts.

Guidotti, who finished second overall, won Precinct 9 and finished second in six precincts. He only had 13 more votes than Elizabeth Yusem, who won Precinct 4 and finished second in four precincts.

Andrew Swan’s best showing was third place in Precincts 5, 10 and 12. David Stokes got third in Precinct 8, and Dmitry Lev’s had the fewest votes, but finished second in Precinct 1.