US Senator Ed Markey won the Democratic Party’s Senate nomination in Massachusetts. With 96% of the vote counted, Markey had 64.9% of the vote, while Representative Seth Moulton received 35.1%.
Markey will face Republican John Deaton in the general election on Nov. 3. Deaton secured the Republican Party nomination without opposition.
Other election results in Massachusetts
Michael Minogue won the Republican Party nomination in the gubernatorial race. In the primary, with 94% of the vote counted, Minogue received 75.8% and Brian Shortsleeve received 24.2%. Minogue will face incumbent Democratic Governor Maura Healey in the general election.
In the House of Representatives elections, Dan Koh won the Democratic primary in Massachusetts’ 6th Congressional District. Moulton, who pursued the Senate nomination, did not seek reelection to his House seat. With 96% of the vote counted in the six-candidate primary, Koh placed first with 41.1%.
Koh will face Micah Quinney Jones, who secured the Republican Party nomination without opposition, in the general election.
In the 8th Congressional District, 13-term Democratic Representative Stephen Lynch won his party’s nomination by defeating Patrick Roath. With 94% of the vote counted, Lynch received 55.2% and Roath received 44.8%. Lynch will face Robert Gerald Burke, who secured the Republican Party nomination without opposition, in the general election on Nov. 3.
In the 1st Congressional District, incumbent Democratic Representative Richard Neal also defeated Jeromie Whalen. With 92% of the vote counted in the district, Neal received 53.7% and Whalen received 46.3%. With no Republican candidate in the district, Neal will face independent candidate Nadia Mileron in the general election.