Framingham Primary Election Guide 2018

FRAMINGHAM, MA—The state primaries take place on Tuesday, Sept. 4, for all parties, with candidates vying for a slot on the Nov. 6 mid-term election ballot.

Massachusetts has incumbent Elizabeth Warren as the sole Democrat on the ballot for state senator, with Geoff Diehl, John Kingston and Beth Lindstrom on the ballot for the Republicans. Independents Shiva Ayyadurai, John Devine and Joshua Ford are also running for state senate. Scott D. Lively, from Springfield, is taking on Republican Governor Charlie Baker. Jay Gonzalez and Bob Maissie are on the ballot for Governor for the Democrats.

Attorney General candidates in the Republican camp are James R. McMahon and Daniel Shores.

Democrat Katherine M. Clark is uncontested for U.S. Congress for the Fifth District, which includes Natick. For the Republicans, John Hugo and Louis Kuchnir are battling it out for the Fifth District.

Incumbent Karen Spilka is uncontested for the democrats in the primary for State Senator in the Second Middlesex and Norfolk District, which includes Framingham. Richard Ross runs again for the Republicans in that same district. There are no contested races for state representative in any of the districts represented in Framingham.

Democrat Chris Walsh was in his fourth term in the Massachusetts House for the 6th Middlesex District when he died in May of this year from cancer. The death left no one officially running for the state representative seat, which has since become a write-in contest. Mary Kate Feeney, Maria Robinson, Mark Tilden and Mike Gatlin are running as write-in candidates on the Democrat ballot. Tom Blandford's campaigning as a write-in for the Republican ballot for a chance to run for the seat.

Find all sample ballots for Framingham candidates here.

Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sept. 4.

Polling locations:

Precinct 1 GEORGE P. KING ADMIN BLDG, 454 WATER STREET
Precinct 2 POTTER ROAD SCHOOL, 492 POTTER ROAD
Precinct 3 GEORGE P. KING ADMIN BLDG, 454 WATER STREET
Precinct 4 BROPHY SCHOOL, 575 PLEASANT STREET (VOTING IN THE GYM)
Precinct 5 WALSH MIDDLE SCHOOL, 301 BROOK STREET
Precinct 6 WALSH MIDDLE SCHOOL, 301 BROOK STREET
Precinct 7 BROPHY SCHOOL, 575 PLEASANT STREET (VOTING IN THE GYM)
Precinct 8 WESLEY UNITED PARISH CTR, 80 BEACON STREET (IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING)
Precinct 9 WESLEY UNITED PARISH CTR, 80 BEACON STREET (IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDING)
Precinct 10 KEEFE TECHNICAL SCHOOL, 750 WINTER STREET
Precinct 11 KEEFE TECH HIGH SCHOOL, 750 WINTER STREET
Precinct 12 MEMORIAL BUILDING, 150 CONCORD STREET
Precinct 13 MC CARTHY SCHOOL, 8 FLAGG DRIVE (VOTING IN THE GYM)
Precinct 14 MEMORIAL BUILDING, 150 CONCORD STREETz
Precinct 15 ST TARCISIUS PARISH CTR, 562 WAVERLY STREET
Precinct 16 WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL, 169 LELAND STREET (VOTING IN THE CAFETERIA)
Precinct 17 WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL, 169 LELAND STREET (VOTING IN THE CAFETERIA)
Precinct 18 ST TARCISIUS PARISH CTR, 562 WAVERLY STREET

Wednesday, Aug. 15, was the deadline to register to vote or to change enrollment either to another party or to "unenrolled," which means not affiliated with an party. Voters registered as Democratic, Republican, or Libertarian must vote the party ballot as they are registered. Voters who are unenrolled or enrolled in a political designation other than Democratic, Republican, or Libertarian, may choose a party ballot.

Click on this link to check your voter registration status, view specimen ballots and find your precinct and polling location.

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