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2001 Massachusetts's 9th congressional district special election

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Massachusetts's 9th congressional district


Nominee	Stephen F. Lynch	Jo Ann Sprague
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	44,943	22,645
Percentage	64.97%	32.73%

U.S. Representative before election

Joe Moakley
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Stephen F. Lynch
Democratic

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Massachusetts's 9th congressional district special election of 2001 was held in the U.S. state on October 16, 2001 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative Joe Moakley. Democratic State Senator Stephen F. Lynch won the election; defeating six candidates in the Democratic primary and three in the general election.

Primaries[edit]

The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on September 11, 2001. The election was overshadowed by the September 11 attacks, which occurred shortly after polls opened.^[1]

Stephen Lynch defeated State Senators Cheryl Jacques, Brian A. Joyce, and Marc R. Pacheco, former federal prosecutor William F. Sinnott, housing advocate John E. Taylor, and activist William A. Ferguson, Jr. for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephen F. Lynch	44,905	39.44%
	Democratic	Cheryl Jacques	32,933	28.93%
	Democratic	Brian A. Joyce	16,818	14.77%
	Democratic	Marc R. Pacheco	15,009	13.18%
	Democratic	William F. Sinnott	3,110	2.73%
	Democratic	John E. Taylor	767	0.67%
	Democratic	William A. Ferguson, Jr.	253	0.22%
	Write-In		253	0.22%
Total votes			114,048	100.0%

State Senator Jo Ann Sprague defeated State Republican Committeeman William D. McKinney for the Republican nomination.

Republican primary ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jo Ann Sprague	9,013	68.98%
	Republican	William D. McKinney	3,789	29.00%
	Write-In		265	2.03%
Total votes			13,076	100.0%

General election[edit]

Stephen F. Lynch won the general election. He defeated his nearest competitor, Jo Ann Sprague, by over 22,000 votes.

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephen Lynch	44,943	64.97%
	Republican	Jo Ann Sprague	22,645	32.73%
	Conservative	Susan C. Gallagher-Long	827	1.20%
	Socialist Workers	Brock Satter	510	0.74%
	Write-In		253	0.37%
Total votes			69,178	100.0%

References[edit]

^ Steve LeBlanc (September 12, 2001). "Several contests decided in primary election votes". Ludington Daily News. Retrieved August 12, 2010.

^ "Our Campaigns - MA District 9 - Special D Primary Race - Sep 11, 2001".

^ "Our Campaigns - MA District 9 - Special R Primary Race - Sep 11, 2001".

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