Like their fellow voters throughout the Commonwealth, Boston voters largely supported Gov. Maura Healey in her reelection bid in the Nov. 3 midterm election.
According to the city’s unofficial election results, Gov. Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll garnered just over 78 percent of the ballots cast in Boston (143,019 votes) to secure their second term, while their Republican rival, Mike Minogue, trailed with just under 18 percent of the ballot (32,772 votes). The Independent ticket of gubernatorial hopeful, Andrea James, and her running mate, Kayla Kittredge, ran a distant third, with under 4 percent of the ballots cast in Boston (6,725 votes).
Sen. Ed Markey, who beat out his GOP rival, John Deaton, to secure his third term in office, garnered more than 78 percent of the ballot in Boston (142,178 votes). Deaton trailed Markey with less than 16 percent of the ballot in Boston (28,471 votes) as Independent candidate Joe Tache finished third with around 4 percent of the ballot (7,727 votes) in a four-way race.
Andrea Campbell was supported by more than 81 percent of Boston voters (146,406 ballots cast citywide) in her successful reelection bid for a second term as the 45th attorney general of Massachusetts. Her GOP rival, Michael C. Walsh, garnered just over 18 percent of ballots cast citywide (32,960 votes).
Meanwhile, Massachusetts voters also weighed in on nine statewide ballot questions in this election.
Question 8, which would have repealed recreational cannabis sales to individuals over 18 throughout the Commonwealth, was shot down by nearly 79 percent of Boston voters (138,035 ballots cast citywide). In contrast, around 21 percent of Boston voters (37,358 ballots cast) supported the ballot question.
Question 4, which will allow same-day registration for Massachusetts voters on Election Day, was supported by nearly 74 percent of Boston voters (129,913 ballots cast). Just over 24 percent of Boston voters (46,820 ballots cast) rejected the ballot question.
Unlike voters throughout the Commonwealth who largely rejected the proposed measure, Question 3, which would have replaced political party primaries with a single all-party primary election, was supported by around 63 percent of Boston voters (111,501 ballots cast citywide). Nearly 37 percent of Boston voters (64,695 ballots cast) voted down this ballot question, however.