Brookline Voters Backed Winners and Losers in State Primary

Nearly 6,500 Brookline voters cast a ballot in yesterday's primary, helping sweep some winning candidates into office, while backing others that failed to win their party's nomination.

Brookline voters lined up behind incumbents Sen. Cynthia Creem and Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez to win them re-election, and helped pick the easy winners in the Democratic and Republican primaries for U.S. Congress.

But they played little role in the victory of Ed Coppinger in the 10^th Suffolk District, throwing their support instead to Pam Julian and Kelly Tynan, two candidates with strong ties to Brookline. And most Brookline votes backed Joseph Driscoll for District Attorney, instead of the winner, Michael Morrissey.

Here's the breakdown of last night's vote in contested races, based on an unofficial tally from the Town Clerk's Office:

Treasurer

• Steven Grossman: 88 percent
• Stephen J. Murphy: 11.9 percent

Auditor

• Suzanne M. Bump: 73.7 percent
• Guy William Glodis: 9.3 percent
• Mike Lake: 16.9 percent

Representative in Congress

• Barney Frank: 90.7 percent
• Rachel E. Brown: 9.2 percent

Governor's Councillor

• M.M. Petitto Devaney: 71.3 percent
• Corey A. Belanger: 28 percent

Senator in General Court

• Cynthia Stone Creem: 76.1 percent
• Charles S. Rudnick: 23.7 percent

Representative in General Court – 10th Suffolk District

• Pamela Julian: 44.5 percent
• Kelly Ann Tynan: 29.6 percent
• Edward F. Coppinger: 12 percent
• Robert W. Joyce: 5.8 percent
• Matthew J. Benedetti: 4.1 percent
• Paul P. Sullivan: 4 percent

Representative in General Court – 15th Suffolk District

• Jeffrey Sanchez: 86 percent
• Jeffrey A. Herman: 14.1 percent

District Attorney

• Joseph R. Driscoll, Jr.: 41.9
• Michael Chinman: 29.4
• Michael W. Morrissey: 28.4

Auditor

• Mary Z. Connaughton: 86.9 percent
• Kamal Jain: 12.8 percent

Representative in Congress

• Sean D.M. Bielat: 86.7 percent
• Earl H. Sholley: 13.2 percent

Note: Results rounded to the nearest tenth of a percentage point. Write-in vote totals not shown.