2022 MA Primary Results
Hump Day News compiles the results of the contested races we’ve been watching in Boston and statewide. The results are a snapshot of the percentage vote share as of 9:30am on 9/2/22, the morning after the primary election. The percentages of votes counted ranged in the upper 80s to mid-90s. All highlighted races are called except the Republican contest for Lieutenant Governor.
Governor
Healey won the primary when Sonia Chang-Diaz dropped out of the race. Chang-Diaz still receives 14.% of the vote — some of those are protest votes by voters unsatisfied with their options.
The Republican primary hinged on whether or not conservative Massachusetts voters were ready to move on from Trump. Diehl played up his Trump endorsement and Doughty tried to dunk on him for it. Looks like the MA GOP is not quite ready to turn the page.
Sonia Chang-Diaz (D): 14.5
Maura Healey (D): 85.5
Geoff Diehl (R): 55.5
Chris Doughty (R): 44.5
Secretary of State
Speaking of turning the page, challenger Tanisha Sullivan presented the state with an opportunity to move on from a quarter century of Bill Galvin. Sullivan tried to make the race about protecting voter rights and frame Galvin as an old warhorse that lacked a sense of urgency. MA didn’t buy it. A decisive win for the incumbent.
William Galvin (D, Incumbent): 69.8
Tanisha Sullivan (D): 30.2
Lieutenant Governor
Gouveia ran a spirited campaign, Mango Bango and all, but finishes a distant third. Driscoll and Lesser capitalize on their power bases in the east and west of the state, respectively, and the east wins. None of the candidates was the official running mate of Healey, so this was anyone’s race.
Leah Cole Allen wins along with her running mate Geoff Diehl.
Kim Driscoll (D): 47
Tami Gouveia (D): 20.3
Eric Lesser (D): 32.7
Kate Campanale (R): 47.9
Leah Cole Allen (R): 52.1
Attorney General
Shannon-Liss Riordan earned high-powered endorsements from the likes of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and funneled millions of her own wealth into the race. All for naught. Campbell was more dialed into the MA political machine. Palfrey dropping out and endorsing Campbell didn’t hurt either.
Andrea Campbell (D): 50.6
Shannon Liss-Riordan (D): 34
Quentin Palfrey (D): 15.5
Auditor of the Commonwealth
What’s a Boston Globe endorsement worth? Not a win for Dempsey. DiZoglio ran hard on her anti-NDA policy, while Dempsey’s Transparency Pledge didn’t gain enough traction with voters.
Chris Dempsey (D): 46.3
Diana DiZoglio (D): 53.7
State Senate 2nd Suffolk District
With a stuffed slate of candidates, voters were not without options. Wilkerson did well, despite a mixed record. James Grant was a phony candidate. There were not huge policy differences among the candidates, though Miranda probably campaigned harder on the housing crisis than any of them.
Miniard Culpepper (D): 15.4
Nika Elugardo (D): 27
James Grant (D): 2.7
Liz Miranda (D): 33.3
Dianne Wilkerson (D): 21.6
House of Rep. 15th Suffolk District
A very impressive win for Montaño. There were not huge differences in policy between the candidates, so this race was about who the voters took seriously. Montaño by a mile.
Richard Fierro (D): 9.5
Roxanne Longoria (D): 25.4
Sam Montaño (D): 58.8
Mary Ann Nelson (D): 6.4
Suffolk County District Attorney
A nasty race. Leaked documents brought up decades old sexual assault allegations, since categorized as “unfounded.” Win for Hayden, but there will be political and possibly legal repercussions for the candidate in view of the mystery around who leaked the documents.
Kevin Hayden (D, Incumbent): 53.6
Ricardo Arroyo (D): 46.4
Suffolk County Sheriff
A solid win for Tompkins. MA voters were not ready to move on from the incumbent.
Steven Tompkins (D, Incumbent): 59.1
Sandy Zamor-Calixte (D): 40.9
