BOSTON (AP) – MASSACHUSETTS HAS LIVED UP TO ITS BILLING AS ONE OF THE MOST RELIABLE DEMOCRATIC STATES IN THE COUNTRY BY VOTING FOR BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT.
AMID A SIZABLE TURNOUT TUESDAY, THE BAY STATE PICKED OBAMA OVER HIS REPUBLICAN RIVAL, JOHN MCCAIN.
OBAMA ENJOYED THE STRONG SUPPORT OF GOV. DEVAL PATRICK, THE STATE'S FIRST DEMOCRATIC CHIEF EXECUTIVE IN 16 YEARS.
SEN. JOHN KERRY ALSO ENDORSED OBAMA. THAT HAS FUELED SPECULATION OBAMA COULD TAP THE PARTY'S 2004 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE OR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IF OBAMA IS ELECTED.
OBAMA ALSO HAS LOCAL TIES, BEING THE FIRST BLACK TO SERVE AS EDITOR OF THE HARVARD LAW REVIEW.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CALLED THE RACE FOR OBAMA BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF VOTER INTERVIEWS, CONDUCTED FOR THE AP BY EDISON MEDIA RESEARCH AND MITOFSKY INTERNATIONAL.
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