ELECTION NEWS ROUND UP
The Forcaster:
A native son and championship high school swimmer upset the incumbent Tuesday in House District 127.
Democrat Sean Flaherty, 23, of Pine Point Road, defeated Republican Rep. John McDonough, 67, of Old Blue Point Road. Flaherty received 3,089 votes, or 56 percent, to McDonough’s 2,432.
On Wednesday, Flaherty said he was “feeling pretty good and relieved that it’s all over.”
He said “the first order of business is to get up (to Augusta) and get a hold of how the process works.”
“I have nothing but respect for Representative McDonough and what he’s done in his career,” Flaherty said. “He ran a great campaign; he stuck to the issues and didn’t use any negativity at all, which I was very grateful for.”
McDonough was seeking a second term. He had previously served two terms in another district while living in Portland and also served as that city’s mayor for two years.
Although he acknowledged he was disappointed that he lost, saying “it’s a whole lot nicer winning,” McDonough praised his opponent.
“I’m very pleased a nice young man like Sean Flaherty won the race and I know he’ll make the people of Scarborough proud of him,” he said.
Read the entire article ‘Flaherty Makes Splash’
PolitickerME.com
Seven incumbents were unseated: Robert Walker (R-Lincolnville), Donna Finley (R-Skowhegan), Tim Carter (D-Bethel), Michael Vaughan (R-Durham), John McDonough (R-Scarborough), Don Marean (R-Hollis) and Bonnie Gould (R-South Berwick).
The 124th Maine House of Representatives is as follows. This is according to preliminary results, and there will be several recounts.
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Maine Today / Portland Press Herald
‘Scarborough Rejects Slot Machines’
SCARBOROUGH — Voters narrowly rejected a proposal to allow the Scarborough Downs harness race track to operate slot machines, a result that was delayed because of a voting machine error Tuesday night.
In legislative races, Sean Peter Flaherty defeated incumbent John F. McDonough in the House 127 race and Peggy A. Pendleton was re-elected in District 128, defeating challenger Artemas M. Pickard.
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