Brownsberger Takes State Senate Election

The Special General Election did not get the attention of last month's Democratic primary, wrapped up the Second Suffolk and Middlesex state senate seat Tuesday.

And at 8 p.m., when the polls closed, the inevitable became fact as Brownsberger, running unopposed, won the general election with a little more than 4,500 votes to become the next Senator from the Second Suffolk and Middlesex District, comprising Belmont, Watertown, parts of Cambridge and Belmont.

His vote tally was nearly equal with the amount

In Belmont, 15.6 percent of registered voters – about half the number who voted in the December primary – came out for Brownsberger, casting 2,416 votes or 94.6 percent of the vote. 171 voters wrote in their own favorites.

Only 4.4 percent of Watertown voters took the time to vote, giving Brownsberger 87 percent or 806 votes. Fellow Belmont resident Tommasina Anne Olson received 41 votes with another 77 went to other write-in candidates.

Cambridge gave Brownsberger 795 votes with 26 write-ins while the Belmont resident took 555 votes in Boston with 49 write-ins.

Next for Brownsberger is to sent a letter to the Secretary of State's office resigning his state representative seat.

All evidence indicates that state House and Senate leadership will officially push back the date for the primary election until September.