As voters in Commonwealth head to the polls today (or at least an estimated twenty-percent of them), most of the focus of the Massachusetts political establishment will be tightly trained on the open primaries for four of the six statewide constitutional offices. Data collected MassInc Polling Group shows that voters in Gateway Cities will play a huge part in who comes out on top of those races, especially in the hotly contested Democrat primaries for Governor and Attorney General.
As the top-of-the-ballot winners from today’s primary move on to battle it out in the general election, the remaining campaigns will need to take into serious consideration how Gateway Cities voted as they plot their electoral strategies for victory in November. The eventual success or failure of their campaigns may hinge on it, as it has in recent statewide races.
Further down the ballot, few races have garnered significant coverage. The absence of a significant amount of contested primaries for seats in the state legislature has become a recurring storyline in recent election cycles. That being said, with several races in Gateway Cities with open open seats and either challenges to incumbents or contested republican primaries, there is plenty of electoral action to motivate voters in our Commonwealth’s urban centers.
The Gateway Cities Innovation Institute has compiled a list of all contested races in Gateway Cities to highlight these important races. We will update this list with voting results tomorrow, so please make sure to check back to see how Gateway Cities voted in this important primary.
Winthrop Roosevelt
Director of Public Affairs
MassINC
Contested Primaries Races in Gateway Cities
(Candidates from both parties are included as a reference)
Attleboro
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex District
Senator in General Court
Dylan Hayre (D)
Sara Lynn Reynolds (D)
Brian A. Joyce (D)
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Richard J. Ross (R)
Second Bristol District
Representative in General Court
Paul R. Heroux (D)
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Jeffrey R. Bailey (R)
Bert J. Buckley (R)
Barnstable
First Barnstable District
Representative in General Court
Alexander R. Morash (D)
Ian P. Ryan (D)
Elisa Beth Zawadzkas (D)
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Timothy R. Whelan (R)
Brockton
Tenth Plymouth District
Representative in General Court
Paul L. Beckner (D)
Peggy Curtis (D)
Michelle M. DuBois (D)
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John F. Cruz (R)
Colleen R. Maloney (R)
Chelsea
Second Suffolk District
Representative in General Court
Daniel Joseph Ryan (D)
Roy A. Avellaneda (D)
Chicopee
First Hampden and Hampshire District
Senator in General Court
Timothy C. Allen (D)
James Chip Harrington (D)
Thomas A. Lachiusa (D)
Eric Philip Lesser (D)
Aaron L. Saunders (D)
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Debra A. Boronski (R)
Ninth Hampden
Representative in General Court
Edward W. Collins, Jr. (D)
Peter Murphy (D)
Jose F. Tosado (D)
Second Hampden and Hampshire District
Senator in General Court
Christopher J. Hopewell (D)
Patrick T. Leahy (D)
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Donald F. Humason, Jr. (R)
Everett
Twenty-Eighth Middlesex District
Representative in General Court
Wayne A. Matewsky (D)
Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr. (D)
Haverhill
First Essex District
Senator in General Court*
Kathleen A. O’Connor Ives (D)
Jessica L. Finocciaro (D)
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Shaun P. Toohey (R)
Second Essex District
Representative in General Court
Leonard Mirra (R)
Edward H. Watson (R)
Fourteenth Essex District
Representative in General Court
Diana DiZoglio (D)
Oscar Camargo (D)
Phil DeCologero (D)
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Rosemary Connelly Smedile (R)
Holyoke
Second Hampden and Hampshire District
Senator in General Court
Christopher J. Hopewell (D)
Patrick T. Leahy (D)
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Donald F. Humason, Jr. (R)
Lawrence
Second Essex and Middlesex
Senator in General Court*
Barbara A. L’Italien (D)
Pavel M. Payano (D)
Doris V. Rodriguez (D)
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Alex J. Vispoli (R)
Fourteenth Essex District
Representative in General Court
Diana DiZoglio (D)
Oscar Camargo (D)
Phil DeCologero (D)
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Rosemary Connelly Smedile (R)
Lowell
Eighteenth Middlesex District
Representative in General Court
Brian J. Donovan (D)
James Jim Leary (D)
Rady Mom (D)
David M. Ouellette (D)
Lynn
Eleventh Essex District
Representative in General Court
Brendan Crighton (D)
Charlie Gallo (D)
Aikaterini Panagiotakis Koudanis (D)
Malden
Thirty-Third Middlesex District
Representative in General Court
Neil C. Kinnon (D)
Steven Ultrino (D)
Methuen
First Essex District
Representative in General Court
Edward C. Cameron (D)
Robert W. Lavoie (D)
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James M. Kelcourse (R)
Fourteenth Essex District
Representative in General Court
Diana DiZoglio (D)
Oscar Camargo (D)
Phil DeCologero (D)
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Rosemary Connelly Smedile (R)
New Bedford
Ninth Bristol District
Representative in General Court
Christopher Markey (D)
Alan D. Garcia (D)
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Patrick J. T. Curran (R)
Peabody
Second Essex District
Representative in General Court
Leonard Mirra (R)
Edward H. Watson (R)
Twelfth Essex District
Representative in General Court
Beverley A. Griffin Dunne (D)
James Moutsoulas (D)
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Leah Cole (R)
Springfield
First Hampden and Hampshire District
Senator in General Court
Timothy C. Allen (D)
James Chip Harrington (D)
Thomas A. Lachiusa (D)
Eric Philip Lesser (D)
Aaron L. Saunders (D)
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Debra A. Boronski (R)
Ninth Hampden
Representative in General Court
Edward W. Collins, Jr. (D)
Peter Murphy (D)
Jose F. Tosado (D)
Eleventh Hampden District
Representative in General Court
Benjamin Swan (D)
Larry Lawson (D)
Westfield
Second Hampden and Hampshire District
Senator in General Court
Christopher J. Hopewell (D)
Patrick T. Leahy (D)
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Donald F. Humason, Jr. (R)
Worcester
Fifteenth Worcester
Representative in General Court
Mary S. Keefe (D)
Philip P. Palmieri (D)
Ralph Perez (D)
Sixteenth Worcester
Representative in General Court
Daniel M. Donahue (D)
Joshua Perro (D)
Seventeenth Worcester
Representative in General Court
Douglas A. Belanger (D)
Moses S. Dixon (D)
Michael J. Germain (D)
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Kate D. Campanale (R)