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Brownsberger wins state Senate primary

By Jaclyn Reiss

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  December 14, 2011

State Representative William Brownsberger won the Democratic primary in the special state Senate election last night for the Second Suffolk and Middlesex District, capturing 32.59 percent, or nearly one-third, of the vote for the seat Steven Tolman vacated. With no Republicans in the race, Brownsberger is expected to be unopposed in the final election. However, other candidates could get on the Jan. 10 ballot by drawing at least 300 write-in votes in their party’s primary.

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