Record number of ballots cast in Massachusetts primary.
BOSTON (AP) — A fierce Senate Democratic contest helped spur a record number of Massachusetts voters to cast ballots in last week’s primary. Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin said Wednesday there were more than 1.7 million ballots cast in the election, besting the previous record set during the 1990 state primaries when more than 1.5 million were cast. The vast majority of last week’s ballots, more than 1.4 million, came from Democrats who helped decide an increasingly divisive primary battle between incumbent U.S. Sen. Edward Markey and challenger, U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III. There were more than 272,000 Republican ballots cast.
Associated Press Primary Results:
US Senator from Massachusetts, Democratic Primary
99% precincts reporting
Edward Markey (i) 766,134 – 55 percent
Joseph Kennedy 617,061 – 45 percent
US Senator Republican Primary
99% precincts reporting
Kevin O’Connor 156,146 – 60 percent
Shiva Ayyadurai 103,417 – 40 percent
US Congress 8th district
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Stephen Lynch (i) 109,552 – 67 percent
Robbie Goldstein 54,774 – 33 percent
Locally:
State Senate 2nd Plymouth and Bristol District
FINAL
(I) Mike Brady: 14,478
Moises Rodrigues: 10,854
Plymouth County Commissioner: 4 candidates to 2 open seats
Democrats:
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Gregory Hanley (i) 40,207 – 30 percent
John Riordan 34,868 – 26 percent
Carlos Da Silva 30,789 – 23 percent
Michael Bradley 28,101 – 21 percent
Democratic Primary State Rep. 10th Plymouth District
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(I) Michelle DuBois: 4,044
John Lally: 2,932
Massachusetts 4th Norfolk District
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James Murphy (i) 6,357 – 68 percent
Melissa Smith 3,039 – 32 percent
5th Norfolk District
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Mark Cusack (i) 5,259 – 63 percent
Paul Hennessy 3,109 – 37 percent
Norfolk County Sheriff Democratic Primary
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Patrick McDermott 49,272 – 35 percent
William Phelan 48,306 – 34 percent
James Coughlin 45,149 – 32 percent
Norfolk County Treasurer Democrats
96% precincts reporting
Michael Bellotti 84,028 – 62 percent
Brad Croall 50,637 – 38 percent
4th Congressional District
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Jake Auchincloss 34,971 – 22 percent
Jesse Mermell 32,938 – 21 percent
Becky Grossman 28,311 – 18 percent
Natalia Linos 18,158 – 12 percent
Ihssane Leckey 17,346 – 11 percent
Alan Khazei 14,305 – 9 percent
Christopher Zannetos 5,091 – 3 percent
David Cavell 2,472 – 2 percent
Benjamin Sigel 2,437 – 2 percent
Duxbury special election to fill open seat:
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Amy MacNab: 1,817
MIke McGee: 1,490
Fernando Guitart: 1,368
Paul McCormack: 278