In case you are wondering what this cooking sequence has to to with election returns, the Arlington election returns are in my back pocket. A specious connection, but enough of one for the Internet.

Obviously the cooking of chicken parmesan is not a newsworthy event, but it is a great excuse for trying out a new digital camera.

Once upon a time, I would stay up watching election returns until the election is decided.

Ten days after the 2000 Presidential Election, we still didn't know who won the election. While Florida was battling over a couple of hundred votes, we knew Al Gore carried Arlington by 9,495 votes. So now what?

Cook chicken parmesan and listen to NPR discuss the latest legal decisions, of course. After all, the old tradition of staying awake until the election is decided is obsolete.

2000 Arlington
election returns
24,263 votes cast,
29,142 registered voters,
83.26% turnout.

President & Vice President
Total voters: 24,263
Gore & Lieberman, D - 15,520 (64.0%)
Bush & Cheney, R - 6,025 (24.8%)
Nader & LaDuke, G - 2,200 (9.1%)
Browne & Olivier, L - 175 (0.7%)
Buchanan & Higgins, Ref - 92 (0.4%)
Hagelin & Tompkins, I - 17 (0.1%)
All Others - 53 (0.2%)
Blanks - 146 (0.6%)
Presidential Election Returns by Precinct

United States Senate
Total voters: 24,263
Edward M. Kennedy, D - 18,156 (74.8%)
Carla A. Howell , L - 2,482 (10.2%)
Jack E. Robinson, R - 2,115 (8.7%)
Philip F. Lawler, I - 346 (1.4%)
Philip Hyde, TND - 121 (0.5%)
Dale E. Friedgen, I - 73 (0.3%)
All Others - 33 (0.1%)
Blanks - 902 (3.7%)

United States House
Total voters: 24,263
Edward J. Markey, D - 18,970 (78.2%)
All Others - 259 (1.1%)
Blanks - 4,999 (20.6%)

State Senate - Fourth Middlesex
Total voters: 24,263
Robert A. Havern III, D - 18,309 (75.5%)
Ilana Freedman, L - 2,959 (12.2%)
All Others - 59 (0.2%)
Blanks - 2,901 (12.0%)

State Representative - 26th Middlesex
Total voters: 7,445 (precincts 1-6)
Anne M. Paulsen, D - 5,721 (76.8%)
All Others - 47 (0.6%)
Blanks - 1,677 (22.5%)

State Representative - 25th Middlesex
Total voters: 16,783 (precincts 7-21)
Jim Marzilli, D - 12,897 (76.8%)
All Others - 172 (1.0%)
Blanks - 3,714 (22.1%)

Question 1 Reapportionment
Yes - 17,406 (71.89%)
No - 5,310 (21.93%)
Question 1 Returns by Precinct

Question 2 Prisoner Voting
Yes - 12,827 (52.98%)
No - 10,462 (43.21%)
Question 2 Returns by Precinct

Question 3 Ban Dog Racing
Yes - 12,994 (53.67%)
No - 10,378 (42.86%)
Question 3 Returns by Precinct

Question 4 Income Tax Reduction
Yes - 12,123 (50.07%)
No - 11,229 (46.38%)
Question 4 Returns by Precinct

Question 5 Health Care Reform
Yes - 11,437 (47.23%)
No - 11,593 (47.88%)
Question 5 Returns by Precinct

Question 6 Toll & Excise Credits
Yes - 8,066 (33.31%)
No - 15,107 (62.39%)
Question 6 Returns by Precinct

Question 7 Charitable Tax Deduction
Yes - 17,285 (71.39%)
No - 5,699 (23.54%)
Question 7 Returns by Precinct

Question 8 Drug Law Changes
Yes - 12,469 (51.50%)
No - 10,356 (42.77%)
Question 8 Returns by Precinct

Question 9 Nuclear Disarmament
(precincts 8-21 only)
Yes - 9,042 (53.90%)
No - 2,661 (15.86%)
Question 9 Returns by Precinct

 

 

 

 

 

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Last update:
November 17, 2000