New Bedford Guide Your Guide to New Bedford and South Coast, MA
New Bedford saw an extremely low voter turnout on Tuesday night with only 6.10% of registered voters casting a ballot. 4,018 of a possible 65,876 registered voters in New Bedford decided to make their voice heard.
The area with the lowest voter turnout was ward 2B (a neighborhood in between Brooklawn Park and Riverside Park) where of 1,450 registered voters, only 17 people (1.17%) casted a vote.
The area with the highest voter turnout was ward 5F (a neighborhood near Buttonwood Park) where of 2,056 registered voters, 271 people (13.18%) casted a vote.
Of the 4,018 voters, 2,544 (67.84%) of them voted for Mayor Jon Mitchell. This strongly indicates that voters are happy with the job that he is doing and will re-elect him in the Municipal Election on November 7th.
Mayor Mitchell posted this message on social media following the results,
“I’m grateful for and humbled by the support I received in today’s preliminary election. My commitment remains to get up every morning and do my very best for the residents of New Bedford. Our city has momentum, and we will not skip a beat.”
Here is a recap of the Preliminary election. Everyone listed below advanced to the Municipal Election on November 7th.
Registered Voters: 65,876
Votes: 4,018 (6.10%)
Mayor
• Jon Mitchell: 2,544 votes (67.84%)
• Richard Tyson Moultrie: 357 votes (9.52%)
Ward 5:
• Joseph Lopes: 666 votes (56.25%)
• Zachary Boyer: 377 votes (31.84)
At Large:
• Ian Abreu: 2,067 votes (14.50%)
• Shane Burgo: 1,711 votes (12%)
• Brian Gomes: 1,527 votes (10.71%)
• Linda Morad: 1,447 votes (10.15%)
• Naomi Carney: 1,434 votes (10.06)
• Scott Lima: 1,386 votes (9.72%)
• Devin Byrnes: 1,170 votes (8.21%)
• Bruce Duarte Jr: 873 votes (6.12%)
• Guelmie Santiago: 852 votes (5.98%)
• Carmen Amaral: 845 votes (5.93%)
