Here are the election results for Lincoln and surrounding towns for the October 15 5th Congressional District primary, where voters chose a Republican and Democratic candidate to face off in the December 10 special election for the seat formerly held by U.S. Sen. Ed Markey. Lincoln’s voter turnout was 20.6%, according to Town Clerk Susan Brooks.
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| William Brownsberger (D) | Katherine Clark (D) | Peter Koutoujian (D) | Martin Long (D) | Paul Maisano (D) | Carl Sciotino Jr. (D) | Karen Spilka (D) |
Frank Addivinola (R) | Michael Stopa (R) | Tom Tierney (R) | |
| Lincoln | 192 (24%) | 305 (38%) | 134 (17%) | 3 (0%) | 2 (0%) | 126 (16%) | 48 (6%) | 44 (47%) | 33 (27%) | 17 (26%) |
| Lexington |
806 | 1,515 | 670 | 34 | 38 | 749 | 341 | 185 | 106 | 101 |
| Sudbury | 69 | 315 | 110 | 1 | 11 | 312 | 229 | 115 | 48 | 55 |
| Weston | 120 | 404 | 195 | 4 | 5 | 209 | 251 | 68 | 115 | 30 |
| District total |
15% | 32% | 22% | 1% | 2% | 16% | 13% | 49% | 26% | 25% |