See How Candidates Did in Each of Watertown’s Precincts

The winning candidates in Watertown’s race for Town Councilor At-Large topped the voting in each precinct, but they split who won each of the town’s 12 precincts. See that and where other candidates fared best in the 2019 Town Election.

Anthony Donato, who won got the highest vote total, with 2,657, won six precincts (Pcts. 1, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12). Tony Palomba, whose 2,556 was second highest, won in four precincts (Pcts. 2, 4, 5 and 7). Caroline Bays, who finished third with 2,355 votes, won two precincts (Pcts. 3 and 6).

Fourth place candidate John Gannon, who got the final spot on the Town Council, came in fourth in eight precincts, but finished third in three (Pcts. 10, 11 and 12). His highest vote in a single precinct was 232 in Precinct 10.

Donato had the highest vote total in a single precinct, with 339 votes in Precinct 8. Palomba nearly matched that with 338 votes in Precinct 4. Bays was the only other candidate to garner more than 300 votes in a precinct, with 314 in Precinct 4.

Precinct by Precinct Votes

Precinct	Younger	Palomba	Donato	Gannon	Mello	Cokonougher	Bays
1	52	127	131	100	69	70	121
2	84	195	175	142	69	69	165
3	84	230	186	176	52	98	231
4	74	338	317	299	77	86	314
5	94	268	235	220	88	101	260
6	71	145	132	126	61	57	159
7	121	286	282	230	127	73	283
8	125	309	339	271	145	102	277
9	64	147	153	112	64	60	132
10	174	235	315	232	151	72	170
11	93	124	188	123	98	59	115
12	90	152	204	139	99	51	128
TOTAL	1126	2556	2657	2170	1100	898	2355

Among the other candidates, Clyde Younger had the highest single precinct total, with 174 in Precinct 10. He also got triple digits in Precincts 7 and 8. His best showing was in Precinct 10, where he place fourth.

Jimmy Mello also had his best showing in 10, where he got 151 votes, and he got more than 100 in Precincts 7 and 8. He placed fifth in Precincts 7, 8 and 9.

Michelle Cokonougher’s best precinct for vote totals was Precinct 5 where she got 101 votes. She came in fifth place in four precincts — 1, 3, 4 and 5.