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In Tuesday's primary election, which was hardly competitive, lawyer John Deaton was chosen to run against Senator Elizabeth Warren in November, and graduate student Evan MacKay reportedly declared his winner over incumbent Cambridge state Rep. Marjorie Decker.
While there have been mostly no opposing candidates in races for local and state offices, voters in predominantly Democratic-controlled Massachusetts had the chance to decide on Republican challengers and other local representatives.
As of seven a.m. Tuesday morning, nearly half one million residents had forged their ballots within the state's primary election, including for the Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat. Voters also selected a Republican candidate to run against Rep. Stephen Lynch, who represents parts of Boston and areas south of town.
Voters also selected three contested seats on the governor's council, about 30 contested seats within the state legislature and the Democratic candidate for clerk of the Supreme Court for Suffolk County.
According to the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, greater than 407,000 Democrats, 87,000 Republicans and three,000 Libertarians had forged their votes as of Tuesday morning.
John Deaton wins Republican primary for US Senate
Warren, the highest-ranking senator from Massachusetts, is running unopposed on this primary for her third term. Three Republicans – Ian Cain, John Deaton and Robert Antonellis – competed to challenge her in November.
Cain, Quincy's first black and openly gay city council president, announced his candidacy in April after registering as a Republican in late February. Deaton is a former U.S. Marine and cryptocurrency attorney who recently moved to Massachusetts.
Antonellis, an engineer and graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, said Any Republican running for office should support former President Donald Trump. Cain and Deaton is not going to vote for Trump, Antonelli's writes on his website.
At 8:42 p.m., the Associated Press wrote said Deaton won the Republican primary with 4 percent of the votes counted. By 9 p.m. he had won comfortably with 65 percent of the vote. Antonellis received 25 percent, while Cain received eight percent.
Only in his hometown of Quincy did Cain come out on top with 41 percent of the vote, ahead of Deaton's 39 percent. after To .
labyrinth According to reports agreed to 2 debates in October, after which Deaton challenged her to 5 debates on a single topic each.
“Only in America could someone like me be elected to take on one of Washington’s most entrenched elites,” Deaton said. told a crowd of his followers Tuesday.
Robert Burke wins Republican primary for eighth Congressional District
Lynch, who represents Easton, South Boston and parts of Plymouth and Norfolk counties within the state's eighth District, was elected to Congress in a special election in 2001.
Robert Burke, James Govatsos and Daniel Kelly competed for his challenger role.
Shortly after 11 p.m., AP officially declared Burke the winner of the race after 77.6 percent of the vote had been counted. At 11:12 p.m., Burke had 47.7 percent of the vote, Govatsos had 30 percent, and Kelly had 22.3 percent.
“I want to thank everyone who helped me in this primary,” Burke said in a social media post while waiting outside a polling place in Dedham shortly after 8 p.m.
Allison Cartwright declares victory for Suffolk County Superior Court Clerk
Boston City Councilwoman Erin Murphy and attorney Allison Cartwright Hundreds of hundreds of dollars raised and garnered distinguished endorsements for the position of Clerk of the State Supreme Court for Suffolk County.
The position primarily Admission of lawyers to the bar and disciplinary matters for lawyers. Incumbent Maura Doyle, who has held the seat for nearly 30 years, will not be searching for re-election.
Murphy was the more moderate candidate, with support from Lynch and former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn, WBUR reportedCartwright ran as a progressive selection and was endorsed by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Assemblywoman Ayanna Pressley. With no Republican within the race, the winner of Tuesday's Democratic primary is the presumptive winner in November.
At around 10:20 p.m., Cartwright declared his victory over Murphy in a video posted on social media.
“This is a victory for democracy, a victory for the independence of the courts and especially of our state’s highest court,” Cartwright said.
Other closely watched races within the Greater Boston area
In Somerville, state Rep. Erika Uyterhoeven defeated challenger Kathleen Hornby. approved by the Somerville Democrats. Uyterhoeven had the support of distinguished progressives equivalent to Pressley and Senator Ed Markey.
As of Tuesday evening, no official results were available within the race between MP Marjorie Decker of Cambridge and her challenger Evan MacKay. reported that MacKay, a democratic socialist, declared victory.
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