Portsmouth's Cortvriend edged out in Democratic delegate election

With all the votes counted, according to the RI Board of Elections, Portsmouth's Terri Cortvriend came up 90 votes short in her bid as a Democratic delegate for President Obama. Here's the final tally:

Myrth YORK   2831    10.4%
Julie E. MEYERS     2153    7.9%
Anne W. CONNOR     2061    7.6%
Joseph R. PAOLINO, JR.    1986    7.3%
Onna A. MONIZ-JOHN    1880    6.9%
Mary A. GASBARRO     1833    6.7%
June S. SPEAKMAN     1776    6.5%
Brett P. SMILEY     1763    6.5%
Rebecca Kim MEARS    1694    6.2%
Tom CODERRE    1640    6.0%
Gerald Pedro CARVALHO    1369    5.0%
David A. SALVATORE     1344    4.9%
Terri-Denise CORTVRIEND    1280    4.7%
Herbert P. WEISS    1279    4.7%
Jeffrey M. PADWA 1260 4.6%
Douglas W. GABLINSKE 1063 3.9%

Terri did win Portsmouth, and, all things considered, placed very well for her first time in a statewide race. And, looking at the results, we're sending some great folks to Charlotte.

Congratulations to all the winners, and a big thank you to everyone who turned out yesterday!