Revere voters back Trump, Biden in Primary; elect delegates for State Democratic Convention

By Barbara Taormina

The bleak weather and assumptions about the results kept Revere’s turnout in this week’s presidential primaries to a low 17 percent. Still, Revere Democrats came out for President Joe Biden, giving him nearly 69 percent of the 2,755 ballots cast. Another 341 voters registered their discontent with the president and his policies and voted no preference, which Election Commissioner Paul Fahey said is an option unique to presidential primaries.

Revere Republicans threw their support behind Donald Trump, who took 82 percent of the 2,533 GOP votes cast with Nikki Haley coming in a distant second with 400 votes. Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy all ended with fewer than 15 votes.

Juan Pablo Jaramillo and Gabriela Gigi Colletta won the votes for Democratic state committeeman and woman. Republicans elected Paul Ronukaitus and Vera Carducci as Republican State Committeeman and woman.

According to unofficial results, the following candidates were elected to ward committees. These results may change since a total of five votes is sufficient to be elected to party ward committees. The winners will be chosen to attend and represent their city at the Massachusetts Democratic Convention on June 1 at the DCU Center in Worcester.

Allen Fitzmaurice, Lesley Garcia, Noemy Garcia, Riaz Garcia and Zulma Dayanna Oliveros-Henao were elected to the Democratic Ward 1 committee. In Ward 2, it was Oscar Jaramillo, Jorge Zuleta Restrepo, Maria Irene Collins, Nicault Yamilei Toro, Chairman Mansour Hossaini and Danielle Osterman for the Ward 2 committee. Jaun Pablo Jaramillo, Crystal Marie Jaramillo, Carolina Montoya and Richard Bruno were elected to the Ward 3 committee. Mayor Patrick Keefe and his wife, Jennifer Keefe, Lounes Jean-Baptiste and Donald Martelli were elected to the Ward 4 Committee. Ward 5 voters elected Jamie Bondar, Manuel Antonio Carrero, Stephen Fiore, Norma Jaramillo and Randall Modestin to the Ward 5 Democratic Committee. And in Ward 6, Claudia Corrra and Minnah Sheikh were elected to the Ward 6 Committee.

There were no candidates for the Republican ward committees and those posts will most likely be filled in time with appointments. The 2024 Republican National Convention is scheduled for July 15 to 18, 2024.