Incumbent Lynch Wins MA's 8th Congressional District Election: AP

MASSACHUSETTS — The polls are closed across Massachusetts and now it’s up to town clerks to count up the ballots in races ranging from state representatives to senators and the president.

That includes the race for the 8th Congressional District between Democratic Incumbent Stephen Lynch and Republican challenger Robert Burke.

Patch will have those results in this story as they come in throughout the night.

Easton was the first municipality in MA-8 to report vote totals, with 515 counted by around 8:40 p.m. on Tuesday night showing Lynch with a slight lead.

More votes have since come in, the Associated Press has called the race in favor of Lynch with only 39 percent of the vote counted.

That total at the time of the race being called is:

• Lynch — 112,959
• Burke — 46,875

The 8th Congressional District covers numerous wards in Boston; Easton, in Bristol County; Avon, Braintree, Canton, Dedham, Holbrook, Norwood, Quincy, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, Weymouth and some of Milton in Norfolk County; and Abington, Brockton, East Bridgewater, Hingham, Hull, West Bridgewater and Whitman in Plymouth County.

Lynch has represented the district since October 2001, when he was sworn-in after the death of then Rep. John Joseph Moakley.

His opponent, Robert Burke, cites immigration as his top issue.

"I’m excited to represent the biggest party in MA 8th: The Independents, Democrats, and Republicans who are tired of the Kamala-Lynch open border, and all the migrant aliens eating up +1B in state tax money for hotels," a statement on his website reads.

"Massachusetts tax money that should have gone to help our kids, our roads, our schools, & our veterans. Close the border, let’s get America’s house in order and take care of citizens first."