Interesting elections all around

Folks interested in some of the Concord election stuff can go here: OurConcord.com.
In ManchVegas, Republican Frank Guinta won reelection, with less than 20,000 people voting.
In other races, there are two significant races to look at and, since I lived in both locations, I still keep track of the races.
First, over in Somerville, there is another squeaker in the at-large alderman race, with the fourth and fifth finisher 21 votes apart: ["RECOUNT! Lafuente 'definitely' demands ballots be impounded"].
In Boston, the city's first Latino councilor, Felix Arroyo, goes down to defeat reaching for his third term: ["City of Boston, Election Results"]. More than 3,400 votes separate Arroyo to newcomer John Connolly, so there won't be a recount there. Just 15 percent of the city voted.
Two quick points: 1) Arroyo got trounced, proving hunger strike campaigns don't work, and, 2) again, for the whateverth time, there is no "New Boston."

There is no New Boston, part, whatever

In continuing to point out the fact that there really is no New Boston, look at yesterday's special election results from District 2, the Southie/South End city council district, where Southie resident and City Hall insider Bill Linehan beat openly out South End resident Susan Passoni: ["City Hall veteran to succeed Kelly"]. It should, however, be noted that 52.6 to 46.5 [that has to be a typo, they don't add up to 100 percent] is hardly a landslide. As Passoni says, she'll look at the election data and make some decisions in the future about November. And, frankly, she should. A higher turnout, especially in a city-wide race, could have boosted her over the top.
In one other nail into the progressives' coffin, Jack Connolly defeated Marty Martinez for the special election at-large seat in Somerville, my other old stomping grounds. Martinez was the darling of progressives there; Connolly is Old Somerville [or Sum-ah-villz, as I like to call it]. The seat was vacated when Denise Provost was elected to the State House of Representatives. There was some pretty good press coverage on this one in the Somerville Journal and the Somerville News online, if anyone wants to check it out.

Update: Chris Lovett, of NNN in Boston, has this post on the District 2 race, including the fact that Eddie Flynn, ex-Mayor Ray Flynn's son, plans on a second run for the District 2 seat: ["District 2: One Decided; Two Undecided"]. I believe it will be Eddie's fourth run at a council seat.

Update 2: I failed to mention what a good guy Lovett is and how impressive his Civic Boston site is. NNN is a great local news channel produced by cable access funds. It's too bad we don't have that quality of cable access service here in New Hampshire. Nice job, Chris!