Mattapoisett Primary Election results for Sept. 4, 2018

Sep 5, 2018

MATTAPOISETT – Twenty five percent of the town’s 4,829 registered voters – that’s 1,221 people - turned out at Old Hammondtown School to vote in a Sept. 4, election primary that saw several key positions unopposed or with no candidates at all.

On the Democrat side, unopposed incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Warren, of Cambridge, garnered 614 votes.

In the Democrat gubernatorial primary Jay Gonzalez, of Needham, and a former state Secretary of Administration and Finance, bested challenger Bob Massie, of Somerville, 386 votes to 159.

In the Lieutenant Governor primary, Quentin Palfrey, of Weston, and a former state Asst. Attorney General, bested comedian Jimmy Tingle, 343 votes to 200.

In the state attorney general primary, unopposed incumbent State Attorney General Maura Healey, of Boston, garnered 629 votes.

In the Democrat state Secretary of State primary, long-time incumbent William Galvin, of Boston, bested challenger Josh Zakim, of Boston, and a current Boston City councilor, 452 votes to 214.

In the state treasurer primary, unopposed incumbent Suzanne Bump of Easton, garnered 552 votes.

In the Representative in Congress primary, incumbent Sen. Bill Keating, of Bourne, a former Norfolk District Attorney, took 593 votes, compared to challenger Bill Cimbrelo, of Osterville, who got 79 votes.

In the councilor’s primary, unopposed incumbent Joseph Ferreira, of Somerset, garnered 516 votes.

In the senator in general court primary, unopposed long-time incumbent Mark Montigney, of New Bedford, took 593 votes.

In the representative in general court, unopposed long-time incumbent Bill Straus, of Mattapoisett, garnered 607 votes.

In the clerk of courts primary, unopposed incumbent Robert Creedon Jr., of Brockton, took 515 votes.

In the Register of Deeds primary, unopposed long-time incumbent John Buckley Jr. took 535 votes.

There was one write-in candidate on the Democrat side for Plymouth County District Attorney. Write-in candidate, John Bradley Jr., a former assistant district attorney in the Plymouth County District Attorney’s office, garnered 76 votes with his write-in campaign. Bradley needs 1,000 votes statewide in this primary to get on the Nov. 6, election ballot to run against his former boss, long-time incumbent Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz, R-Marshfield.

 There were also no candidates on the Democrat side for Plymouth County commissioner.

On the Republican side, in the Senator in Congress primary Geoff Diehl, of Whitman, a current state Representative, came out on top with 307 votes, compared to John Kingston, of Winchester, who took 136 votes, and Beth Lindstrom, of Groton, and a former state Director of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, who got 64 votes.

Meanwhile, incumbent Gov. Charles Baker, of Swampscott, bested challenger Springfield pastor Scott Lively, 315 votes to 209.

In the state Attorney General primary, James McMahon III, of Bourne, overcame challenger Daniel Shores, of Hingham, 352 votes to 103.

There were no contested primaries for nine seats. They include: Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, of Shrewsbury, who garnered 411 votes; newcomer Secretary of State candidate Anthony Amore, of Swampscott, who took 391 votes; state treasurer candidate Keiko Orrall, of Lakeville, who claimed 401 votes, state auditor candidate Helen Brady, of Concord, who received 386 votes.

Also, running unopposed were Representative in Congress Ninth District candidate Peter Tedeschi, of Marshfield, who garnered 406 votes; Councillor candidate Thomas Keyes, of Sandwich, who got 376 votes; incumbent Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz, of Marshfield, who garnered 393 votes; and Plymouth County Commissioner candidate Sandra Wright, of Bridgewater, who took 286 votes.

There were no Republican candidates for Senator in Congress, Plymouth County Register of Deeds, Plymouth County Clerk of Courts.

Meanwhile the Libertarian Party had just one candidate on its ticket, and that was Daniel Fishman for state auditor. Fishman received just one vote.

There were no ballot questions in this election primary.

The Massachusetts State Election will be held on Nov. 6, 2018.