Ballot Question 3 - House Districts

The conundrum of Ballot Question 3!
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This is the closest Massachusetts has come to a referendum on gambling.

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The Secretary of State's site indicates --
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WHAT YOUR VOTE WILL DO
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A YES VOTE would prohibit dog races on which betting or wagering occurs, effective January 1, 2010.
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A NO VOTE would make no change in the laws governing dog racing.
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Immediately after the vote, Senator Pacheco began condemning voters from Wellesley and Newton for determining the future of Raynham and the dog track.

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I'm not so sure that's what happened.

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It seems voters around the state maybe don't want greyhound racing, don't want race tracks, don't want racinos. Maybe they don't even want slot machines or casinos.

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Maybe we should have a vote.

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Below are the votes by state rep. district in which voters clearly oppposed greyhound racing.

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Geraldo Alicea 53% Sixth Worcester

James Arciero 57% Second Middlesex

Brian Ashe 68% Second Hampden

Cory Atkins 64% Fourteenth Middlesex

Demetrius Atsalis 62% Second Barnstable

Ruth Balser 63% Twelfth Middlesex

Jennifer Benson 51% Thirty-Seventh Middlesex

John Binienda 50% Seventeenth Worcester

Daniel Bosley 65% First Berkshire

Garrett Bradley 53% Third Plymouth

William Brownsberger 61% Twenty-Fourth Middlesex

Jennifer Callahan 52% Eighteenth Worcester

Linda Dean Campbell 51% Fifteenth Essex

Katherine Clark 51% Thirty-Second Middlesex

Cheryl Coakley-Rivera 58% Tenth Hampden

Thomas Conroy 67% Thirteenth Middlesex

Michael Costello 57% First Essex

Sean Curran 64% Eleventh Plymouth

Viriato Manuel deMacedo 50% (48% NO) First Plymouth

Brian Dempsey 52% Third Essex

Salvatore DiMasi 59% Third Suffolk

Stephen DiNatale 52% Third Worcester

Paul Donato 50% (45% NO) Thirty-Fifth Middlesex

Christopher Donelan 56% Second Franklin

Carolyn Dykema 60% Eighth Middlesex

Lori Ehrlich 55% Eighth Essex

Lewis Evangelidis 55% First Worcester

John Fernandes 54% Tenth Worcester

Ann-Margaret Ferrante 58% Fifth Essex

Barry Finegold 54% Seventeenth Essex

John Fresolo 52% Sixteenth Worcester

Paul Frost 52% Seventh Worcester

Sean Garballey 59% Twenty-Third Middlesex

Anne Gobi 53% Fifth Worcester

Thomas Golden, Jr. 52% Sixteenth Middlesex

Mary Grant 53% Sixth Essex

Danielle Gregoire 58% Fourth Middlesex

Denis Guyer 68% Second Berkshire

Robert Hargraves 55% First Middlesex

Lida Harkins 59% Thirteenth Norfolk

Jonathan Hecht 63% Twenty-Ninth Middlesex

Bradford Hill 57% Fourth Essex

Kate Hogan 59% Third Middlesex

Kevin Honan 59% Seventeeth Suffolk

Donald Humason, Jr. 67% Fourth Hampden

Michael Kane 65% Fifth Hampden

Jay Kaufman 59% Fifteenth Middlesex

John Kennan 53% Seventh Essex

Kay Khan 63% Eleventh Middlesex

Peter Kocot 74% First Hampshire

Peter Koutoujian 56% Tenth Middlesex

Paul Kujawski 53% Eighth Worcester

Stephen Kulik 71% First Franklin

Jason Lewis 54% Thirty-First Middlesex

David Linsky 59% Fifth Middlesex

Barbara L'Italien 55% Eighteenth Essex

Timothy Madden 67% Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket

Elizabeth Malia 52% Eleventh Suffolk

Michael Moran 59% Eighteenth Suffolk

Charles Murphy 54% Twenty-First Middlesex

Harold Naughton, Jr. 56% Twelfth Worcester

James O'Day 54% Fourteenth Worcester

Eugene O'Flaherty 52% Second Suffolk

Matthew Patrick 59% Third Barnstable

Sarah Peake 68% Fourth Barnstable

Vincent Pedone 51% Fifteenth Worcester

Alice Peisch 64% Fourteenth Norfolk

Jeffrey Perry 58% Fifth Barnstable

George Peterson, Jr. 56% Ninth Worcester

Thomas Petrolati 63% Seventh Hampden

William Smitty Pignatelli 73% Fourth Berkshire

Karyn Polito 59% Eleventh Worcester

Denise Provost 63% Twenty-Seventh Middlesex

Angelo Puppolo, Jr. 68% Twelflth Hampden

Robert Rice, Jr. 53% Second Worcester

Pam Richardson 60% Sixth Middlesex

Dennis Rosa 52% Fourth Worcester

Richard Ross 50% (versusu 47%) Ninth Norfolk

Michael Rush 52% Tenth Suffolk

Byron Rushing 60% Ninth Suffolk

Jeffrey Sanchez 62% Fifteenth Suffolk

Rosemary Sandlin 66% Third Hampden

Tom Sannicandro 59% Seventh Middlesex

John Scibak 70% Second Hampshire

Carl Sciortino, Jr. 56% Thirty-Fourth Middlesex

Frank Smizik 67% Fifteenth Norfolk

Todd Smola 60% First Hampden

Robert Spellane 56% Thirteenth Worcester

Christopher Speranzo 71% Third Berkshire

Harriett Stanley 53% Second Essex

Thomas Stanley 57% Ninth Middlesex

Ellen Story 72% Third Hampshire

Benjamin Swan 58% Eleventh Hampden

Timothy Toomey, Jr. 60% Twenty-Sixth Middlesex

David Torrisi 53% Fourteenth Essex

Cleon Turner 62% First Barnstable

James Vallee 53% Tenth Norfolk

Joseph Wagner 66% Eighth Hampden

Martha Walz 65% Eighth Suffolk

James Welch 67% Sixth Hampden

Alice Wolf 68% Twenty-Fifth Middlesex

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Of the following, support for banning Greyhound racing prevailed, but not by a majority ---
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Antonio Cabral 47% (versus 44% No votes) Thirteenth Bristol

James Dwyer 49% (versus 47% NO) Thirtieth Middlesex

Christopher Fallon 49% (versus 45% NO) Thirty-Third Middlesex

Gloria Fox 48% (versus 38% NO) Seventh Suffolk

Colleen Garry 50% (versus 47% NO) Thirty-Sixth Middlesex

Bradley Jones, Jr. 50% (versus 47% NO) Twentieth Middlesex

William Lantigua 39% (versus 38% NO) Sixteenth Essex

Paul McMurtry 49% (versus 46% NO) Eleventh Norfolk

Kevin Murphy 50% (versus 39% NO) Eighteenth Middlesex

David Nangle 50% (versus 44% NO) Seventeenth Middlesex

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Representatives please take note!