Politics & Government
Dykema Wins Re-Election
The three-time state representative will be representing Holliston and Hopkinton, along with parts of Southborough and Westborough.
Democrat state Rep. Carolyn Dykema has won the 8th Middlesex District Rep. seat over Republican challenger Marty Lamb.
Both candidates from Holliston faced off in a battle in which Dykema won, taking home 792 votes in Westborough, 3,169 in Southborough, 5,209 in Holliston and 4926 in Hopkinton.
Lamb won 500 votes in Westborough, 2,315 in Southborough, 2,771 in Holliston and 3296 in Hopkinton.
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Numbers for Southborough were taken from reports on the Boston Globe's election website.
Lamb conceded the race to Dykema earlier tonight telling the Worcester Telegram that he was proud of the campaign that he ran.
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"'I just want to thank all of my campaign volunteers from the bottom of my heart. We ran a good campaign and they were the best volunteers a candidate could wish for,' he told the Telegram.
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