Burlington 2024 State Primary Results

UPDATE: U.S. Marine veteran, attorney and author John Deaton will challenge U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on the November ballot after he defeated two challengers in the state primary on Tuesday.

The Associated Press called the race for Deaton at about 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday with just three percent of the vote statewide after Deaton jumped out to a large early lead on Republican challengers Roberth Antonellis and Ian Cain.

As of 8:50 p.m., Deaton had 64.4 percent of the vote, with Antonellis at 28.2 percent and Cain at 8.5 percent, according to the AP.

Warren ran uncontested in the Democratic primary.

In the Governor's Council Third District race for the Democratic nomination, the race was called overnight. Mara Dolan won with 52.2% of the vote over Marilyn Petito Devaney's 47.8%, according to the AP.

Original story

BURLINGTON, MA — Polls closed Tuesday at 8 p.m. and votes are being counted for the state primary election determining candidates for federal, state, and local offices.

Voters across the state decided local state House and Senate races, plus races for Governor's Council, Clerk of Courts, Register of Deeds and other municipal offices in this year's cycle.

About 47% of ballots sent to voters had been returned by 7 a.m. Tuesday. There were 468,520 returned ballots, NBC 10 Boston reported.

Secretary William Galvin predicted voter turnout would be about 15%. Turnout is currently at 9.8%, according to NBC 10 Boston.

Most contested races between parties for state and federal offices, as well as Governor's Council, Register of Deeds and Clerk of Courts, do not occur until the November general election.

One contested race is among Republicans seeking to challenge U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren in November. Robert Antonellis, of Medford, Quincy City Councilor Ian Cain and former U.S. Attorney John Deaton are vying to face off against Warren.

The ballot is fairly thin across the state with the majority of state representative, state senator, and federal legislator elections uncontested at the primary level.

Early voting also began across the state on Aug. 24 and concluded Friday.

A full list of candidates running in the primary is available from the secretary of the commonwealth's website.

Check back with your Patch for statewide election results.

Patch Editor Scott Souza contributed to this story.