On Super Tuesday, Grafton favors Biden as Democratic presidential nominee
Grafton decided former Vice President Joe Biden was ready for the Oval Office, with local Democrats choosing him over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the Super Tuesday presidential primary.
Polls did a brisk business all day long, with 3,367 voters turning out to cast votes. Six percent of those voters chose to vote during early voting last week, but there was a twist — in the time between their votes and the actual primary, both Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Indiana Mayor Pete Buttgieg dropped out of the race to endorse Biden.
On the Republican side, President Donald Trump easily fought off challenges from former Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld, former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh, and Roque “Rocky” De la Fuete.
Grafton cast 3,101 Democratic ballots and 741 Republican ballots. Unofficial vote tabulations Tuesday night:
Democrats
Deval Patrick 9
Amy Klobuchar 12
Elizabeth Warren 527
Michael Bennet 2
Michael R. Bloomberg 313
Tulsi Gabbard 28
Cory Booker 2
Julian Castro 0
Tom Steyer 12
Bernie Sanders 907
Joseph R. Biden 1,246
John K. Delaney 1
Andrew Yang 3
Pete Buttigieg 30
Marianne Williamson 1
Republicans
William F. Weld 77
Joe Walsh 7
Donald J. Trump 625
Roque “Rocky” De la Fuete 2