(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Voters in five eastern US states faced primary election choices yesterday, with Democrats in Massachusetts and Rhode Island picking among candidates who could become each state's first elected woman governor. Meanwhile, voters in New Hampshire and Delaware were picking Republican challengers to Democratic incumbents in the US Senate.
Polls prior to the start of voting showed Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and Rhode Island state Treasurer Gina Raimondo leading competitive fields to win their states' Democratic nominations to run as governor in the general election. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, healthcare worker Amy Perlack, 28, said she had just voted for Coakley. "I like that she is a female candidate so there is some allegiance there," Perlack said.
In Providence, Rhode Island, retiree Sheryl Vizvary said she had chosen Raimondo in part because of her success in helping to reform the state's public employee pension program, trimming benefits and angering some unions in the process.
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