WESTFIELD – Westfield followed the state trend when it came to the Republican nominee on Super Tuesday by supporting Donald Trump as its front-runner for president.
City voters did give most of its votes on the Democratic side to Bernie Sanders, while candidate Hillary Clinton won the state overall. Ben Carson trailed behind with 150 votes and other candidates received a few votes, including 11 write-ins.
Just nine votes were cast for Green Rainbow party candidates, including three for Jill Stein, one for Darryl Cherney, one for Moyowasifza Curry, and four write-ins.
In Westfield, Sanders received 2,786 votes and Clinton received 2,062. It was a close call across the Commonwealth, with Clinton receiving 50.1 percent of votes to Sanders’ 48.7 percent.
Trump received 49.3 percent of the state’s votes, with John Kasich coming in second with 18 percent. Marco Rubio was right behind Kasich with 17.9 percent of votes.
Westfield again followed the state trend by selecting Kasich second to Trump with 804 votes. Voters cast 662 ballots for Rubio and 523 for Cruz.
