SAUGUS D D Your Local News & Sports Online. Subscribe to Advocate Online! Scan Here. CAT CAT S BROTHERLY LOVE: Saugus High School Athletic Director Matt Serino received a kiss and a hug from his twin brother Craig, who was thrilled after being honored as a Saugus High School Hall of Famer last Saturday night. Craig was one of 12 former student athletes who were inducted. Please see inside for the story and more photos. (Saugus Advocate photo by Mark E. Vogler) E TE Vol. 26, No.45 -FREE- www.advocatenews.net Published Every Friday 781-233-4446 Friday, November 8, 2024 A HALL OF FAME NIGHT Saugus is a “red” town Voters back republicans – Trump for president, Deaton for U.S. Senator – as 66 percent of voters turnout for presidential election By Mark E. Vogler augus easily established itself as a “red” town in a predominantly “blue” state, as voters overwhelmingly backed the two top Republicans on the ballot in Tuesday’s presidential election. Former President Donald Trump carried 54 percent of the total votes cast while beating his Democratic challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris, 8,013 to 6,502 – a 1,511-vote margin, according to the unoffi cial results released Tuesday night by the Saugus Town Clerk’s Offi ce. Harris drew 62 percent of the vote statewide to take Massachusetts. But Trump, the 45th president of the United States, in a compelling political comeback beat Harris and will be returning to the White House as the 47th president. Meanwhile, Republican challenger John Deaton drew 53 percent of the vote in his race with incumbent Senator Elizabeth Warren. Deaton won the Saugus vote over Sen. Warren, 7,887 to 6,438 – a 1,449 vote margin. But the Saugus support for Deaton was atypical of how Massachusetts voted overall. Warren drew more than 60 percent of the vote as she coasted to reelection, winning a third six-year term. Trump and Deaton each won all 10 town precincts. Sixty-six percent of the town’s 22,566 registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s election. “I love it!” Saugus Republican Town Committee Chair Chris Luongo exclaimed in an interview on the morning after the election when told that both Trump and Deaton were overwhelming favorites among Saugus voters. “I think Saugus is a working-class town and people are fi nally realizing that the Democrats are not for the working class anymore,” Luongo said. “I’m hoping to get the Republican Town Committee to get more people to run for state offi ce for the next election. Maybe we can get something statewide, too,” he said. Luongo had predicted that former President Trump would “RED” TOWN | SEE PAGE 2 Mid-grade Regular $3.57 2.85 37 31 Over 45 Years of Excellence! Full Service $2.95 Order online at angelosoil.com
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