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PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
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Massachusetts state primary, Sept. 16
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Sonia Chang-Díaz (left) celebrated last night after winning the Democratic primary over incumbent Senator Dianne Wilkerson (right). (Boston Globe)
- Hecht wins Watertown primary
- Kerry wins primary decisively | Turnout light | Photos
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- Kennedy gets a warm welcome | Video
- Patrick says candidate forged his signature
PRIMARY RESULTS
Here are the unofficial results of the contested Democratic and Republican state primaries, held Sept. 16, 2008. Winners declared by the Associated Press are denoted by a check mark (
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US Senate (Democrats)
Seat held by: Kerry
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| John Kerry | 339,925 | 69% |
| Edward O'Reilly | 153,636 | 31% |
| 2,167 of 2,168 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
US House - 1st District (Democrats)
Seat held by: Olver
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| John Olver | 33,070 | 79% |
| Robert Feuer | 8,647 | 21% |
| 254 of 255 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
Governor's Council
1st District (Democrats)
Seat held by: Fiola
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Carole Fiola | 34,527 | 63% |
| Oliver Cipollini | 20,366 | 37% |
| 258 of 258 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
2nd District (Democrats)
Seat held by: Timilty
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Kelly Timilty | 33,226 | 66% |
| Robert Jubinville | 16,921 | 34% |
| 249 of 249 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
3rd District (Democrats)
Seat held by: Devaney
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Marilyn Devaney | 23,410 | 53% |
| John Doyle | 14,677 | 34% |
| Thomas Walsh | 5,719 | 13% |
| 257 of 257 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
4th District (Democrats)
Seat held by: Iannella
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Christopher Iannella | 29,335 | 57% |
| Stephen Flynn | 11,262 | 22% |
| Robert Toomey | 10,864 | 21% |
| 295 of 302 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
5th District (Democrats)
Seat held by: Manning
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Mary-Ellen Manning | 33,988 | 72% |
| Timothy Houten | 13,195 | 28% |
| 261 of 261 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
6th District (Democrats)
Seat held by: Callahan
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Michael Callahan | 45,477 | 73% |
| Roseann Trionfi-Mazzuchelli | 16,502 | 27% |
| 279 of 279 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
State Senate
2nd Bristol & Plymouth (Democrats)
Seat held by: Montigny
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Mark Montigny | 9,708 | 83% |
| Raimundo Delgado | 2,026 | 17% |
| 63 of 63 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
4th Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Marzilli, who decided not to seek re-election after being charged with groping a woman, though his name remains on the ballot.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Kenneth Donnelly | 11,969 | 54% |
| John Hurd | 8,713 | 40% |
| James Marzilli | 1,290 | 6% |
| 56 of 56 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
2nd Suffolk (Democrats)
Seat held by: Wilkerson
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Sonia Chang-Diaz | 9,051 | 51% |
| Dianne Wilkerson | 8,823 | 49% |
| 73 of 73 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
2nd Worcester (Democrats)
Seat held by: Edward M. Augustus Jr., Democrat of Worcester, who is not seeking re-election.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Michael Moore | 7,642 | 53% |
| Douglas Belanger | 6,697 | 47% |
| 47 of 47 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
Worcester & Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Robert A. Antonioni, Democrat of Leominster, who is not seeking re-election.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Jennifer Flanagan | 10,440 | 60% |
| Brian Knuuttila | 6,828 | 40% |
| 55 of 55 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
State House
Barnstable, Dukes & Nantucket (Democrats)
Seat held by: Eric Turkington, Democrat of Falmouth, who is running for Barnstable Register of Probate. Bumpas is on the ballot, but has withdrawn from the race.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Daniel Larkosh | 1,721 | 33% |
| Timothy Lasker | 1,321 | 25% |
| Roger Wey | 837 | 16% |
| David Moriarty | 744 | 14% |
| Catherine Bumpus | 642 | 12% |
| 12 of 12 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
2nd Bristol (Democrats)
Seat held by: John A. Lepper, Republican of Attleboro, who is not seeking re-election.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Bill Bowles | 1,202 | 50% |
| Kate Jackson | 1,199 | 50% |
| 11 of 11 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
6th Bristol (Democrats)
Seat held by: Sullivan
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| David Sullivan | 3,006 | 67% |
| Linda Pereira | 1,463 | 33% |
| 12 of 12 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
7th Bristol (Democrats)
Seat held by: Aguiar
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Kevin Aguiar | 2,549 | 76% |
| John Rodrigues | 814 | 24% |
| 12 of 12 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
5th Essex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Verga
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 3,724 | 47% |
| Tony Verga | 3,133 | 40% |
| Astrid afKlinteberg | 1,058 | 13% |
| 14 of 14 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
15th Essex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Campbell
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Linda Campbell | 2,478 | 56% |
| Christopher DiBella | 1,982 | 44% |
| 11 of 11 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
16th Essex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Lantigua
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| William Lantigua | 2,089 | 54% |
| Marcos Devers | 1,747 | 46% |
| 13 of 13 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
2nd Hampden (Democrats)
Seat held by: Mary S. Rogeness, Republican of Longmeadow, who is not seeking re-election.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Brian Ashe | 2,060 | 57% |
| Kateri Walsh | 1,535 | 43% |
| 13 of 13 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
11th Hampden (Democrats)
Seat held by: Swan
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Benjamin Swan | 1,220 | 55% |
| Chelan Brown | 519 | 23% |
| Lorenzo Gaines | 496 | 22% |
| 17 of 17 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
2nd Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Seat has been vacant since the Geoffrey D. Hall, Democrat of Westford, retired in April.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| James Arciero | 2,334 | 66% |
| Patricia Wojtas | 1,212 | 34% |
| 12 of 12 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
2nd Middlesex (Republicans)
Seat held by: Seat has been vacant since the Geoffrey D. Hall, Democrat of Westford, retired in April.
| Republicans | Votes | Vote % |
| Paul Avella | 1,221 | 90% |
| William Bunker | 134 | 10% |
| 12 of 12 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
3rd Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Patricia Walrath, Democrat of Stow, who is not seeking re-election.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Kate Hogan | 1,988 | 50% |
| Ellen Sturgis | 1,585 | 40% |
| Leonard Golder | 381 | 10% |
| 13 of 13 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
4th Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Seat has been vacant since Stephen LeDuc, Democrat of Marlborough, resigned to become assistant clerk magistrate at Marlborough District Court.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Danielle Gregoire | 2,006 | 72% |
| Matthew Giancola | 781 | 28% |
| 16 of 16 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
6th Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Richardson
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Pam Richardson | 1,778 | 38% |
| Chris Walsh | 1,639 | 35% |
| Dawn Harkness | 1,280 | 27% |
| 11 of 11 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
8th Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Paul J.P. Loscocco, Republican of Holliston, who is not seeking re-election.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Carolyn Dykema | 2,414 | 71% |
| Edward Mills | 978 | 29% |
| 12 of 12 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
22nd Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Greene
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| William Greene | 2,607 | 61% |
| James O'Donnell | 1,697 | 39% |
| 11 of 11 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
28th Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Smith
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Stat Smith | 3,131 | 55% |
| Wayne Matewsky | 2,604 | 45% |
| 19 of 19 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
29th Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Seat has been vacant since Rachel Kaprielian, Democrat of Watertown, resigned to become state registrar of motor vehicles.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Steven Corbett (write-in) | 318 | 6% |
| Julia Fahey (write-in) | 2,118 | 39% |
| Jonathan Hecht (write-in) |
3,006 | 55% |
| John Weisbuch (write-in) | 10 | 0% |
| 14 of 14 precincts reporting | Updated: 07:05 AM |
30th Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Natale
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| James Dwyer | 3,472 | 60% |
| Patrick Natale | 2,343 | 40% |
| 14 of 14 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
31st Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Paul C. Casey, Democrat of Winchester, who is not seeking re-election.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Jason Lewis | 4,111 | 66% |
| Michael Rotondi | 2,078 | 34% |
| 14 of 14 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
34th Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Sciortino, who is mounting a write-in campaign after failing to qualify for the ballot.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Carl Sciortino (write-in) |
2,658 | 55% |
| Robert Trane | 2,218 | 45% |
| 5 of 11 precincts reporting |
35th Middlesex (Democrats)
Seat held by: Donato
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Paul Donato | 3,482 | 60% |
| Patrick McCabe | 1,869 | 32% |
| James Caralis | 457 | 8% |
| 11 of 11 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
14th Norfolk (Democrats)
Seat held by: Peisch
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Alice Peisch | 3,284 | 81% |
| Lawrence Kaplan | 759 | 19% |
| 12 of 12 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
4th Plymouth (Democrats)
Seat held by: Frank M. Hynes, Democrat of Marshfield, who is not seeking re-election.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| James Cantwell | 1,023 | 52% |
| James Gilmore | 639 | 32% |
| Michael Maresco | 166 | 8% |
| Stephen Lynch | 153 | 8% |
| 5 of 12 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
9th Plymouth (Democrats)
Seat held by: Thomas P. Kennedy, Democrat of Brockton, who is running for State Senate.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Michael Brady | 1,513 | 39% |
| Robert Sullivan | 1,500 | 39% |
| Conor Yunits | 860 | 22% |
| 12 of 12 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
5th Suffolk (Democrats)
Seat held by: St. Fleur
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Marie St. Fleur | 1,443 | 67% |
| Roy Owens | 710 | 33% |
| 19 of 19 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
6th Suffolk (Democrats)
Seat held by: Allen
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Willie Mae Allen | 1,951 | 76% |
| Faustina Gabriel | 603 | 24% |
| 18 of 18 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
10th Suffolk (Democrats)
Seat held by: Rush
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Michael Rush | 3,373 | 74% |
| Pamela Julian | 1,209 | 26% |
| 18 of 18 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
4th Worcester (Democrats)
Seat held by: Jennifer Flannagan, Democrat of Leominster, who is running for State Senate.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Dennis Rosa | 3,028 | 54% |
| Susan Zephir | 2,543 | 46% |
| 15 of 15 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
7th Worcester (Democrats)
Seat held by: Republican Paul Frost
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Daniel Carpenter | 2,251 | 68% |
| Stephen Consilvio | 1,049 | 32% |
| 12 of 12 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
8th Worcester (Democrats)
Seat held by: Kujawski
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Paul Kujawski | 1,646 | 65% |
| Richard Preston | 874 | 35% |
| 13 of 13 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
12th Worcester (Democrats)
Seat held by: Naughton
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Harold Naughton | 3,970 | 68% |
| Stephen Kerrigan | 1,833 | 32% |
| 11 of 11 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
County offices
Barnstable County Commissioner (Democrats)
Seat held by: Lambros, and Mary LeClair, Republican of Mashpee, who is not seeking re-election.
- Town-by-town results
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- Number of winners: 2
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Sheila Lyons | 8,507 | 26% |
| Mary Pat Flynn | 7,978 | 24% |
| Lance Lambros | 7,845 | 24% |
| Thomas Bernardo | 4,267 | 13% |
| Gregory Milne | 4,143 | 13% |
| 67 of 67 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
Barnstable Register of Probate (Republicans)
Seat held by: Frederic P. Claussen, Republican of Barnstable, who is not seeking re-election.
| Republicans | Votes | Vote % |
| Anastasia Perrino | 5,352 | 59% |
| Priscilla Young | 3,647 | 41% |
| 67 of 67 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
Bristol Register of Probate (Democrats)
Seat held by: Robert Peck, Democrat from Dartmouth, who is not seeking re-election.
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Gina DeRossi | 13,655 | 40% |
| John O'Neil | 10,240 | 30% |
| John DeJesus | 7,025 | 21% |
| David Dennis | 3,226 | 9% |
| 175 of 175 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
Plymouth County Commissioner (Democrats)
Seat held by: Riorden, and Tim McMullen, Democrat of Pembroke, who is running for county treasurer.
- Town-by-town results
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- Number of winners: 2
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| John Riordan | 13,895 | 33% |
| Anthony O'Brien | 10,682 | 26% |
| Laurie Maker | 9,705 | 23% |
| Richard Zaccaro | 7,570 | 18% |
| 135 of 142 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |
Plymouth County Treasurer (Democrats)
Seat held by: O'Brien
| Democrats | Votes | Vote % |
| Thomas O'Brien | 17,713 | 64% |
| Timothy McMullen | 9,931 | 36% |
| 135 of 142 precincts reporting | Updated: 05:51 PM |