Oh, who are we kidding? Of course, you heard. senator, defeated a Kennedy for the first time in Massachusetts.
You might have heard already, but Markey, the state's junior U.S. Sure, candidates were locked up in their homes for months, and even when they did emerge, they couldn't engage with voters in ways they normally might.īut participation wound up being high, with over 30% of registered voters taking part and setting a record for raw votes with over 1.5 million ballots cast either early, in person or on election day, or by mail through a reform that may be here to stay. The COVID-19 pandemic was not on the radar that day last fall, but it irrevocably changed the 2020 elections, and maybe all elections moving forward. Well, here we are, in the holiday weekend with the primary elections in the rear-view mirror and it turned out Lesser was correct - only in ways he probably never imagined. It would be, he said, the most "chaotic" day of the year. 8 primary, worried that having before the Labor Day holiday would coincide with vacations, parents prepping for back-to-school and moving day. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow, pushed for a Sept. Mermell conceded without seeking a recount, but said the experience left her with concerns about the process that must be ironed out before November. The count in Franklin lasted until after midnight and into Friday morning, with Auchincloss eventually declared the winner. Secretary of State William Galvin would end up in court obtaining an order authorizing the count to continue, and on Thursday, Newton, Wellesley and, lastly, Franklin wrapped up their ballot processing. Note to all: This is a development that bears monitoring for the general election, when even more balloting is expected to be done via mail. While those ballots were supposed to be transported to local precincts for counting, not all of the late-arriving ones made it. House seat being vacated by Joseph Kennedy III dragged on for more than two days after the polls closed with Newton City Councilor Jake Auchincloss and Jesse Mermell, a former Deval Patrick adviser and progressive business group leader, locked in a too-close-to-call contest atop a nine-candidate field.ĭelays stemmed from a new mail-in voting system that saw thousands of ballots arrive at some town halls on the day of the election, including some after 5 p.m.
The voting counting to determine the Democratic nominee for the U.S. The 4th Congressional District was one of two big races to watch on Tuesday night.
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