ELECTION 2024
COVERAGE & RESULTS
LIVE ON-AIR NOVEMBER 5th
8 PM – MIDNIGHT
Get Election Day results here as we start our live, on-air election coverage at 8 PM on Nov. 5th. WATD’s News Director Christine James will be joined in-studio for commentary and analysis from all sides of the political spectrum. We’ll keep you up to date with live results for local, state and national elections. WATD Field Reporters will be checking in live from various candidate election night headquarters throughout the night. Unofficial results will be posted here as we receive them. An ‘X’ next to the candidates name, listed below, will indicate the projected winner.
First Plymouth District
_X_Michelle L. Badger (Democrat) 52%
___Jesse G. Brown (Republican) 48%
Sixth Plymouth District
_X__Kenneth Sweezey (Republican) 52%
___Becky Coletta (Democrat) 48%
Twelfth Plymouth District
_X__Kathy LaNatra (Democrat) 52%
___Eric Meschino (Republican) 48%
Plymouth & Barnstable State Senate
___Mathew Muratore (Republican) 49%
__X_Dylan Fernandes (Democrat) 51%
Congress Ninth District
__X_Bill Keating (Democrat) 56%
___Dan Sullivan (Republican) 44%
Plymouth County Commissioner
__X_Gregory Hanley (Democrat) 31%
___Rhonda Nyman (Democrat) 22%
__X_Jared Valenzola (Republican) 25%
___Anthony O’Brien (Republican) 21%
Question 1:
_X_Yes 72%
___No 28%
Authorize the state auditor to audit the state legislature, and remove some existing regulations regarding the auditing process
Question 2:
_X_Yes 58%
___No 42%
Repeal the requirement that students must achieve a certain competency level on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam to graduate high school
Question 3:
_X_Yes 54%
___No 46%
Provide for unionizing and collective bargaining for transportation network drivers
Question 4:
__Yes 43%
_X_No 57%
Allow persons 21 years of age or older to grow, possess, and use natural psychedelic substances, as well as establish a commission to regulate the licensing of psychedelic substances and services
Question 5:
__Yes 36%
_X_No 64%
Increase the minimum wage for tipped employees to meet the state’s standard minimum wage
Other races we are following:
Senator in Congress
_X_Elizabeth Ann Warren – Democratic 60%
___John Deaton – Republican 40%
Governor’s Council Second District
_X_Tamisha L. Civil – Democratic 51%
___Francis T. Crimmins, Jr. – Republican 42%
State Representative – Seventh Norfolk District
_X_Richard Gerard Wells, Jr. – Democratic 65%
___Clinton Graham – Independent 35%
State Representaive – Eighth Plymouth District
_X_Dennis C. Gallagher – Democratic 51%
___Sandra M. Wright – Republican 49%
State Senator – Third Bristol & Plymouth District
_X_Kelly A. Dooner – Republican 48%
___Joseph Richard Pacheco – Democratic 47%
___James B. DuPont – Unenrolled 4.5%
State Senate – Cape & Islands District
_X_Julian Andre Cyr – Democratic 60%
___Christopher Robert Lauzon – Republican 38%
___Joe Van Nes – Unenrolled 2.3%
Congress Eighth District
_X_Stephen F. Lynch – Democratic 71%
___Robert G. Burke – Republican 29%
State Representative – Fifth Barnstable District
_X_Steven G. Xiarhos – Republican 62%
___Owen G. Fletcher – Democratic 38%
State Representative – Second Norfolk District
_X_Tackey Chan – Democratic 69%
___Sharon Marie Cintolo – Republican 31%
State Representative – Second Plymouth District
_X_John Robert Gaskey – Republican
___Sarah Hewins – Democratic Write-in
State Representative – Ninth Plymouth District
__Lawrence Peter Novak – Republican 30%
__X_Bridget M. Plouffe – Democratic 54%
___Jonathan Wilshire Gill – Independent, Unenrolled 15.8%
US President (7:10 AM UPDATE)
_X__Donald Trump – Republican Electoral Votes: 277
___Kamala Harris – Democratic Electoral Votes: 224
___Cornel West – Third Party
___Jill Stein – Third Party
___Chase Oliver- Third Party