Politics & Government

Addivinola Tops Fifth Congressional Ticket in Woburn

Though Katherine Clark is projected to win the election, Frank Addivinola won in Woburn.

Though Katherine Clark is now projected to win the 5th Congressional District race to replace Ed Markey as United States Representative, she didn't top the ticket locally.

Woburn voters favored Republican Frank J. Addivinola Jr., a Boston attorney, over the Clark, a Democratic state senator from Melrose.

At the polls on Tuesday, Addivinola garnered 1,347 votes cast by Woburn residents. That was better than Clark's 1,161 votes. Wellesley's James Aulenti, an Independent, earned just 24 votes locally while James Hall was selected just 21 times in Woburn.

According to Woburn City Clerk William Campbell, voter turnout was 2,559 out of 24,337 eligible voters. That was good for a 10.5 percent voter turnout.


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