Lyons Beats L'Italien for 18th Essex House Seat
Newly reelected State Rep. Jim Lyons said he had an enormous amount of support for his campaign for the 18th Essex District.
State Rep. Jim Lyons was able to grab the votes to reclaim his seat in the State House of Representatives in the 18th Essex District. Lyons bested former State Rep. Barbara L'Italien, garnering 50.43 percent of the votes versus L'Italien's 48.18 percent of votes. According to results from the Associated Press, 11,735 voters chose Lyons to represent them in the 18th Essex House District. L'Italien lost by a little over 500 votes, garnering a total of 11,210 votes. Lyons was elected in 2010 and is now celebrating his first reelection victory. Lyons had no other Republican challegners in the September primary. Lyons, celebrating his victory at his High Vale Lane home, commented on his successful reelection bid. “I was very grateful for the …
Karen January
11:38 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
I was not too familiar with either candidate, but one flyer that came to my house cinched it for me. It showed L'Italien with her arm around that snake of a mayor from Lawrence, Lantigua. He was endorsing her and that's all it took for me to know that she was the wrong choice more ›