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HYANNIS – Voters across Cape Cod went to the polls Tuesday, picking candidates in the presidential primary and other local races.
In the Plymouth/Barnstable State Senate District, Falmouth Selectwoman Susan Moran won the democratic race, narrowly defeating Plymouth Selectman John Mahoney 8,871 to 8,606.
Falmouth resident Thomas Moakley finished in third place with 6,767 votes, followed by Pembroke resident Becky Coletta with 6,683 and Plymouth resident Stephen Michael Palmer with 1,931.
The race between Moran and Mahoney went until early this morning because of the wait for results to come from the Town of Plymouth.
Bourne attorney Jay McMahon defeated Jesse Brown with 8,281 votes to 6,474.
Moran and McMahon will now face off in the general election on March 31 for the seat that was left vacant by Vinny deMacedo last year.
In the race for Cape and Islands Republican State Committee Woman, incumbent Judy Crocker easily defeated challenger Andrea St. Germain 8,745 to 4,591 with results still to come in Oak Bluffs and Tisbury.
The race for Republican State Committee Man is still too close to call as the candidates wait for the results to come in from Oak Bluffs and Tisbury.
Fran Manzelli had a slight edge over Adam Lange with 6,575 votes to 6,431.
In the Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary, former Vice-President Joe Biden was the winner with 38.7 percent of the vote, defeating Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who had 22.2 percent and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren who had 16.8 percent.
In the Super Tuesday contests, Biden also won Texas, Arkansas, Minnesota, Tennessee, Alabama, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Virginia.
Sanders won California, Utah, Vermont and Colorado.
Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg won the American Samoa.
President Donald Trump easily won the Republican presidential primary over former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld, with 91 percent of the vote.
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