MA Re-Elects U.S. Sen. Warren, Rejects Tip Wage Reform, Psychedelics

Updated 10:45 p.m.

MASSACHUSETTS — Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren has won a third term in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate race against Republican challenger John Deaton in a race the Associated Press projected shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m. on Tuesday night.

The AP has projected Vice President Kamala Harris as the winner against former President Donald Trump in the race for the state's 11 electoral college votes, while voters were split on the five statewide ballot initiatives.

Warren told supporters on Tuesday night that she is looking to continue her track record of "big wins" and reminding "people that government can be harnessed to work."

"Not just for the wealthy and well-connected," Warren said. "But that we can actually make government work for the people."

Warren said her priorities for her next six-year term include making childcare affordable for every family, raising wages of childcare workers, and having Washington D.C. partner with cities and towns to build 3 million more housing units nationwide.

"We need more housing for everyone and everywhere and I am going to go to Washington to fight for that housing," she said.

Warren said she will also work to cancel additional student debt and restore Roe vs. Wade abortion protection rights.

"No one should be crushed for the sin of wanting an education and not having the money to pay for it," Warren said. "We are going to end the days of people going bankrupt just for getting an education."

Massachusetts voters on Tuesday also voted in state and federal representative races, and five hotly contested ballot questions, as well as local and regional campaigns.

In apparent results in the ballot questions, voters supported increased authority for the state auditor over the state legislature, the elimination of the standardized MCAS as a high school graduation requirement, and an increased ability for rideshare drivers to unionize.

Voters were against the legalization of psychedelic drugs for medical purposes and a minimum wage proposal for tipped workers that opponents said could threaten the current system they prefer.

"Tipped workers and the independent restaurant community have triumphed," Massachusetts Restaurants United treasurer and owner of Brine in Newburyport Nancy Caswell said in a statement released Tuesday night. "We keep the power in the hands of individual servers and bartenders who work tirelessly day after day to service guests across the Commonwealth to the best of their abilities. And they will continue to be directly compensated for their good work because of this ballot question not passing."

Statewide Results:

33 percent reporting

Massachusetts Presidential Vote

562,053 Kamala Harris (Democrat)

319,771 Donald Trump (Republican)

6,946 Jill Stein (Green Rainbow)

U.S. Senate

517,757 Elizabeth Warren (Democrat)

330,102 John Deaton (Republican)

Ballot 1 (State Legislative Audit)

Yes 832,868

No 333,254

Ballot 2 (MCAS as Graduation Requirement)

Yes 701,835

No 485,028

Ballot 3 (Unionization of Transport Workers)

Yes 617,982

No 536,837

Ballot 4 (Medical legalization of Psychedelic Drugs)

No 676,341

Yes 506,710

Ballot 5 (Minimum Wage for Tipped Workers)

No 723,996

Yes 379,448