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Kirk Wins 63% Primary Vote
By admin | October 4, 2009
(reproduced from the Gloucester Daily Times)
Mayor Carolyn Kirk and City Councilor Sharon George will be facing off in the November general election after voters in today’s mayoral primary chose them over third candidate Daniel Ruberti.
Kirk, seeking her second term, led the way with 1,508 votes over the city’s 10 precincts, more than 600 votes more than the combined total for George and Ruberti. George finished with 596 votes to Ruberti’s 247.
While Ruberti failed to advance in his 19th consecutive run for the mayor’s seat, the city’s perennial candidate fared much better than the last time out. He drew just 103 votes in the seven-candidate primary race in 2007.
George and others had indicated they viewed the primary as something of a referendum on Kirk’s performance over her first term, which she won by rallying from a second-place primary finish past then-City Council President James Destino in 2007.
Kirk’s total today, however, represented 63.7 percent of the overall vote, besting her combined opposition by a margin of 1,508 to 843.
“The results show overwhmeling support for my performance,” Kirk said after tonight’s totals rolled in.
George, however, was optimistic about going forward.
“It was a very, very low turnout,” she said. “If you add Ruberti’s support to my support, I didn’t do all that bad for the amount of time and visibility this campaign has had.”
For full coverage of today’s election, look to tomorrow’s print and online editions of the Gloucester Daily Times and gloucestertimes.com.
The votes by precincts are:
Ward 1-1 — Kirk 306, George 84, Ruberti 13
Ward 1-2 — Kirk 157, George 47, Ruberti 19
Ward 2-1 — Kirk 77, George 22, Ruberti 19
Ward 2-2 — Kirk 93, George 54, Ruberti 16
Ward 3-1 — Kirk 93, George 34, Ruberti 33
Ward 3-2 — Kirk 98, George 45, Ruberti 25
Ward 4-1 — Kirk 135, George 73, Ruberti 21
Ward 4-2 — Kirk 285, George 66, Ruberti 19
Ward 5-1 — Kirk 124, George 80, Ruberti 45
Ward 5-2 — Kirk 141, George 91, Ruberti 37
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