Democrat Lori Ehrlich and Republican John Blaisdell won Tuesday's primary and will advance to the special election next month for state representative of the 8th Essex District.
The district, which includes Marblehead, Swampscott and part of Lynn, cast 6,214 votes for Ehrlich and 2,704 for Blaisdell, pushing them past Democrat Cesar Archilla and Republican Tanya DeGenova.
Independent candidate Mark Barry will also vie for the seat in the March 4 election. The state rep job opened when Rep. Doug Petersen, D-Marblehead, left to become Massachusetts' commissioner of agriculture.
For details on the election, please see Wednesday's edition of The Salem News.
8th Essex District totals
Democrats
Lori Ehrlich | 6,214
Cesar Archilla | 2,889
Republicans
John Blaisdell | 2,704
Tanya DeGenova | 1,264
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Photo Gallery: 2012 Graduations
Images of the Class of 2012 for North Shore high schools, colleges and universities. Updated throughout the graduation season.
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- Panhandler charged with theft attempt
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