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Kennedy Wins State Senate Primary, Healey and Diehl for Governor

By Tom Marino | September 6, 2022
Last Updated: September 7, 2022

Robyn Kennedy has been declared the winner of the Democratic Party primary for the 1st senate district of Worcester. Kennedy received 5,182 votes, 53.71%, of the votes in the City of Worcester.

Across the district, Kennedy has 8,038 votes (55.7%) while Worcester Mayor Joe Petty 6,397 votes (44.3%) with 99 of votes counted as of 2:30 AM on Wednesday. No candidates ran in the Republican primary for the seat, but Kennedy will face an unenrolled candidate, Lisa Mair, in the general election in November for the seat held by state Senator Harriet Chandler, who announced her retirement earlier this year.

Kennedy delivered brief remarks Tuesday night, thanking staff, supporters and Petty, among others.

In the primary for the Democratic Party nominee for Massachusetts Governor, Attorney General Maura Healey is the only candidate in the race, although Sonia Chiang-Diaz appeared on the ballot. Chiang-Diaz withdrew in June, after the deadline for finalizing the ballot.

Healey received 11,252 votes (81.29%) in Worcester. The Associated Press declared Healey the winner of the statewide primary at 8:36 PM.

In the race for the Republican nomination for governor, Geoff Diehl received 1,973 votes in Worcester, 53.66% of the total while Chris Doughty received 1,685 votes, 45.83%. The Associated Press called the race for Diehl at 9:59 PM.

The City of Worcester reports that 18,077 voters cast ballot during Tuesday’s primary election, a turnout of 16.%. Worcester has 109,137 registered voters.

Many races have only partial vote totals reported in statewide races. If the Associated Press has declared a winner in a race, we have included that information.

The full results from the City of Worcester are below. This story will be updated with full statewide results as they become available.

City of Worcester Primary Results

Governor

Democrat

Maura Healey – 81.29%
Sonia Chiang-Diaz – 18.39%

The Associated Press declared Healey the winner of the statewide race at 8:36 PM.

Republican

Geoff Diehl — 53.66%, 1,973
Chris Doughty – 45.83%, 1,685

The Associated Press declared Diehl the winner of the statewide race at 9:59 PM.

Lieutenant Governor

Democrat

Kimberly Driscoll – 45.05%, 5,849
Eric. P. Lesser – 32.55%, 4,226
Tami Gouveia – 22.24%, 2,888

The Associated Press declared Driscoll the winner of the statewide race at 10:21 PM.

Republican

Kate Campanale – 66.38%, 2,381
Leag Allen – 33.20%, 1,191

Attorney General

Democrat

Andrea Campbell – 45.89%, 6,095
Shannon Erika Liss-Riordan – 37.79%, 5,019
Quentin Palfrey – 16.17%, 2,148

The Associated Press declared Campbell the winner of the statewide race at 9:48 PM.

Republican

James McMahon III – 98.98%, 3.017

Secretary of State

William Galvin – 68.53%, 9,433
Tanisha Sullivan – 31.37%, 4,318

The Associated Press declared Galvin the winner of the statewide race at 9:01 PM.

Republican

Rayla Campbell – 98.64%, 2,900

Treasurer

Democrat

Deborah Goldberg – 99.34%, 11,666

Auditor

Democrat

Diana DiZoglio 0 53.73%, 6,734
Christopher Dempsey – 46.02% – 5,768

The Associated Press declared DiZoglio the winner of the statewide race at 11:48 PM.

Republican

Anthony Amore – 98.70, 2,805

Representative in the US Congress

Democrat

James McGovern – 99.24%, 12,716

Republican

Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette – 98.85%, 2,842

Councilor

Democrat

Paul DePalo – 99.28%, 11,237

Republican

Gary Galonek – 98.93%, 2,767

Senator in General Court 1st District

Democrat

Robyn Kennedy – 53.71%, 5,182
Joseph Petty – 46.19%, 4,457

The Associated Press declared Kennedy the winner of the race at 12:28 AM.

Senator in General Court 2nd District

Democrat

Michael Moore – 98.95%, 2,538

Senator in General Court Worcester and Hampshire

Democrat

Anne Gobi – 99.46%, 1,282

Representative in General Court 13th  Worcester

Democrat

John Mahoney – 99.47%, 4,284

Representative in General Court 14th  Worcester

Democrat

James O’Day – 99.33%, 2,539

Representative in General Court 15th  Worcester

Democrat

Mary Keefe – 99.15%, 1,518

Representative in General Court 16th  Worcester

Democrat

Daniel Donahue – 99.44%, 1,946

Representative in General Court 17th  Worcester

Democrat

David LeBoeuf – 98.06%, 1,514

Republican

Paul Fullen  99.56%, 457

District Attorney

Democrat

Joseph Early Jr. – 99.04%, 12,021

Sheriff

Democrat

David Fontaine – 98.81%, 10,743

Republican

Lewis Evangelidis – 99.23%, 3,109

 

Image courtesy: Robyn Kennedy Campaign

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