Politics & Government
Primary Results: Brighton Chooses Romney
Here are your results from Tuesday's primary election.
City of Brighton voters went with former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in Tuesday's Republican Presidential Primary Election.
Romney won the majority of all four city precincts with a total of 473 votes, followed by Rick Santorum with 314 votes.
At 10:24 p.m. Tuesday night, The Associated Press and NBC declared Mitt Romney the winner of the Michigan primary.
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The results from the City of Brighton for the primary election on Feb. 28, 2012:
Precinct Gingrich Paul Romney Santorum 1 20 36 100 70 2 19 23 97 70 3 26 33 130 105 4 14 8 146 69 Total 79 100 473 314Brighton Township Clerk Ann Bollin said she was disappointed in the low voter turnout for the primary election. Bollin also said she believed the fact that the election was a closed primary may have accounted for the low numbers because voters were not used to it.
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The results from Brighton Township for the primary election on Feb. 28, 2012:
Precinct Gingrich Paul Romney Santorum 1 42 42 223 156 2 24 31 111 83 3 35 27 219 137 4 33 48 162 83 5 15 21 75 50 6 40 41 203 123 7 30 39 150 127 8 26 30 159 104 9 51 42 322 161 Total 296 321 1,624 1,024Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
