For those who oppose ranked-choice voting, Tuesday night was a victory.
That includes the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, which opposed the bill and wrote the official argument against Question 2 in the Massachusetts voters guide sent to households across the state before the 2020 general election. Bay State voters rejected the measure 55 percent to 45 percent.
Massachusetts state Representative Dave DeCoste (R-Norwell) is no stranger to pulling off wins in tight elections, and this year was no different.
The pro-life Republican fended off Hanover selectman and Democrat Emmanuel Dockter in the Fifth Plymouth District, which includes all of Rockland, Norwell, and Hanover. DeCoste won the race by a 385-vote margin. He received 13,131 votes to Dockter's 12,746. That means DeCoste got 50.7 percent of the vote to his opponent's 49.3 percent.
