Salem has a 13 for 9 primary, the second largest (after Derry) of all towns. Sadly not a single one of the candidates has an excellent voting record. Four have records that are average, neither bad nor good. One has a mediocre-poor record, and one has a terrible record.
Doucette, Janigian, Sweeney, and Vandecasteele are midstream Republicans – their scores are right around the middle of the pack. John Sytek’s record has been mediocre to poor. 80% of Republicans have scored better. But his record is not nearly as bad as Betty Gay’s.
In the 2019-2020 biennium, Gay voted with Democrats against Republicans 88 times, which ranked her 2nd (behind only Dan Wolf) as the worst Republican of the term. In 2017-18, she voted wrong 76 times, which was worse than 92% of all Republicans. Her 2021-22 term was better but still worse than 87% of Republicans.
Here are some highlights (lowlights?) of her career.
Bad votes by Gay, Betty (R, Salem)
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