BRUNSWICK
Brunswick Junior High School students took part in a mock election Friday, with results mirroring recent polls.
For president, students picked President Obama for re-election, with 364 votes; Mitt Romney got 121; libertarian
Gary Johnson got nine and Green Jill Stein got six.
For U.S. Senator, independent Angus King of Brunswick polled 329 votes to Republican Charlie Summers’ 66 and Democrat Cynthia Dill’s 53. Danmy Dalton, of Brunswick, got 22 votes, with independent Andrew Ian Dodge getting seven and independent Steve Woods of Yarmouth, three.
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree bested her challenger, Jon Courtney, 271 to 158; State Sen. Stan Gerzofsky, DBrunswick, beat challenger Ralph Dean, a Freeport Republican, 339 to 110; and Rep. Charlie Priest, DBrunswick, squeaked past challenger John Bouchard, 231 to 213.
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