What's the word on the street? Which camp feels confident? Who shows concern?

Any word on the school committee results?

Nothing definitive yet, but expect challenger Dennis Canney just showed up and is extremely confident...worked hard in Pawtucketville and says "the turnout was mild to good" and is hopeful.

It's difficult to knock off an incumbent in a school committee race. No one has lost in the last 3 elections. But tonight, it could be different with strong campaigns having been waged by Canney and David Conway.

I'd imagine that the vote will come in all at once, right? Not like the old days...

Thanks - I'm up in Syracuse for work this week and I'm so happy that you're doing this on line. Do you think this school committe race has incumbents more worried this race than the last 3?

Correct. We should have the final tallied by 8:30

Apologies for not being able to update the results on the main page. They're coming in too fast and furious. We'll try to update the situation as best we can with text entries.

Martin 2nd? I don't think he's ever finished that high before.

Conway is #1!!! WOW and Yahoo!!

Is the 8:28 entry final? If not, how many precincts?

Come on Conway and Canney

i just hope that voters have really looked at the issues the past several years, including city finances, perks, and Lowell's property tax increases that we have been blindsided with, with the prior administration. It was unacceptable and i hope i as a taxpayer am never forced to put more out of my pocket at someone elses expense (e.g. using free cash that was never there). Unfortunately the reality of this race is more about whose "corner" are you in. I hope that Lowellelians have seen the tremendous turnaround in the past several months with manager Lynch and the support of the current council. Manager Lynch has the right idea for Lowell going forward and is much less concerned about the politics of getting there. Regardless of the outcome, I hope that everyone has Lowellelians best interests in mind, and not putting their cronies on boards with their own interests in mind AND continue to move this city on the right path!

Good job Jim - keep it coming!!

Rita is amazing!!

Can't believe Conway got is in... Thank god McMahon is out!!!

Any more results, the last i saw was 8:26

Congrats to Alan, Armand, Mike L, Rita, and Bud.. Thers a New Council in Town!!

People get the government they deserve. Looks like a 5 to 4 Cox council...so who is going to start the poll for the day/date Lynch will be forced out and after a nationwide search Cox or one of his cronies will be installed as City Manager?

Rita by 1000 - then the next 2 at the top - how much do they trail by?

Not over yet. There's room for change in spots 7-10.

i'm in DC....how about posting the vote total along with these commments.......
thanks for streaming!

There's a 200 vote drop from Bud to Martin, and another 200 down to Kazanjian

Great comment Anonymous... Hell will freeze over before any of those elected officials at city hall will do anything about what Cox did to this city. They are all FRIENDS, don't forget. When will the people in Lowell start voting for what's important and not who they know????

Any more details?

congrats to the new councilors and keep your promises work to make the city better not tear it apart thank you

It looks like ali is 9th by that total

Jim Campanini predicts Bud Caulfield will be the next Mayor for the City of Lowell

Jim thanks for running this blog...i was expecting the local cable channel to be airing the results which they are not, so its great that you are keeping us updated with your comments. I do see that the council has shifted a bit, particularly with Eileen not in the race (unfortunately), so the shift was expected. I do not know if this is concerning just yet, but I just hope that they all work together on the issues that are facing the city as a whole, and again continue with the momentum that we have seen over the past several months. Thanks again and best wishes to our new and re-elected councilors.

Interesting results. The mayor is finishing strongly but will have some, ahem, company next term. The next mayoral election should be very interesting indeed....

"Jim Campanini predicts Bud Caulfield will be the next Mayor for the City of Lowell"

that's ok, dumb people derserve representation too

you forgot elliott in that last update...

Results are good. Has Bud started his Campaign for Mayor? Elliot is due isn't he?

Jim:

Good coverage. No surprise on Kazanjian and Lenzi.

Race seems to be for last.

Anonymous22 is exactly right. This council was run as the Selective Six of Cox, yet it doesn't appear that voters have really cared or thought about the past several yeas in Lowell under the Cox administration. Unlike the presidential race, Lowell City Council is in fact won by popularity, and not always for the right reasons, which makes me sit and ponder the thought of running the next city council race. I very well removed from "Politics" (e.g. hiring cronies, nepotism, etc..), but am one that would stand up for all constituents and actually deliver what i run my campaign on. I get more satisifaction of helping someone, then I do for "what's in it for me". Let's see what the next few years brings us.

Thanks Jim, and to all the staff down in the election office at city hall! Great job!

Thanks Jim C!!

Ditto to Anonymous and Anonymous22. John Cox's arms certainly will be tired from all that puppeteer work that will be coming from Butman Road. Good luck to Martin and Broderick. Without Eileen, true, educated leaders may get swallowed up by the incoming henchmen. What a deplorable outcome for the tax paying citizens of the City of Lowell.

on the school side a clear wakeup call for connie martin and jackie doherty perhaps they will not rubber stamp all the superintendants moves this term

rodney eliot has done his time its his turn for mayor .... but can he get the votes?

Jim,
Are you surprised that Millinazo finished so low or that Ali finish 10th ahead of McMahon?

Wouldn't Rodnet Elliot deserve a shot as Mayor after serving so many terms and twice being edged out?

So it's just like the Council that hired Bernie Lynch, except two of the people who voted for him were replaced by...the guy who didn't get a towing contract and somebody who made his announcement with John Cox.

Great. I'm going to go hide underneath a stack of letters from the Department of Revenue, so I'll never be found.

funny how much Lowellians pay attention to voting...Mitchell received over 600 votes for being "isolated" for 90 days. not bad for not even putting on a campaign. By the way, whoever in Lowell Sun was in charge of using the 'horses' to show us the polls the past several months, was great! Actually was pretty humorous.

with the new council in place, where do i apply for one of those tax free disability jobs. i can do fire or police. let me know cuz i could really use the money. thanks.

I'm glad Dave Conway got elected. Getting rid of him at the high school will do great things for us. He was probably the worst employee in any department in the entire city. Congrats Lowell Voters!

rodney for mayor? he'll be lucky if they don't torch his car outside of city hall some tuseday night.

the empire strikes back!!

bud vader is actually rodney's father.

Glad Conway got elected??? Happy, come on... maybe he's not sitting at the school, but now he's going to be one of the cronies making the decisions of how to run the schools. Yes, he was by far the worst headmaster LHS has ever seen... I have first hand knowledge... I was a student at the highschool during his first year as headmaster. He was awful. He's got a bad track record. Anyone who's really interested should go to the library and check the Lowell Sun Archives for July of 98. Big article about him and a few others at the highschool. This article should have been made public during the campaigning. I'm sure if it had... he wouldn't have had as many votes...

What a great night for the city of Lowell. The people took their city back from the elitists. Wonder how our friends at Left in Lowell are feeling this morning. Poor, misguided people actually thought they had some clout because a handful of their like-minded buddies keep stroking their ego. What a beating!

Is anyone going to ask Eileen Donahue for her opinion now? The mastermind behind the Cox ouster abondons her friends when they need her most to chase a pipe dream in the U.S. House. Now the council has a 5-4 split in favor of Cox loyalists, basically ensuring 2-years of squabbling. Nice work Eileen. Enjoy the judgeship.

I don't understand how Conway got first place. As another poster said, it will be good for LHS. He's the housemaster who never has a kid in his office...good management or lack thereof? Ask any LHS teacher to get the answer.