Write-Ins For Chris Walsh's Seat: Framingham Primary Results 2018

FRAMINGHAM, MA—Voters turned out for the Massachusetts state primary election on Tuesday, Sept. 4, electing state representatives, state senators, councillors and other state positions.

The polls were open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

There were 8,894 votes cast, representing 21.72 percent of the city's 40,944 registered voters.

In the Fifth District, which includes Framingham, John Hugo took on Louis Kuchnir for U.S. Representative on the Republican ballot. 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.

Here are the unofficial results for Framingham, courtesy of the city's clerk's office.

REPUBLICAN BALLOT:

Senator In Congress

Jeff Diehl: 928
John Kingston: 536
Beth Joyce Lindstrom: 378

Governor

Charles Baker: 1324
Scott Lively: 613

Lt. Governor
Karyn Polito: 1494

Attorney General
James McMahon, III: 917
Daniel Shores: 640

Secretary of State
Anthony Amore: 1305

Treasurer
Keiko Orrall: 1263

Auditor
Helen Brady: 1259

Representative in Congress (Fifth District)

John Hugo: 629
Louis Kuchnir: 892

Representative in General Court (6th Middlesex District)

Thomas Blandford: 99
Mary Kate Feeney: 29
Michael G. Gatlin: 47
Maria D. Robinson: 22
Mark S. Tilden: 2

DEMOCRATIC BALLOT:

Senator In Congress

Elizabeth Warren: 6028

Governor

Jay Gonzalez: 3777
Bob Massie: 1583

Lt. Governor
Quentin Palfrey: 3159
Jimmy Tingle: 2291

Attorney General
Maura Healey: 6177

Secretary of State
William Francis Galvin: 4792
Josh Zakim: 1670

Treasurer
Deborah Goldberg: 5581

Auditor
Suzanne Bump: 5425

Representative in Congress (Fifth District)
Katherine Clark: 5597

Councillor (Second District)
Robert Jubinville:4954

District Attorney (Northern District)
Marian Ryan: 3478
Donna Patalano:2306

Clerk of Courts (Middlesex County District)
Michael Sullivan: 5211

Register of Deeds (Middlesex Southern District)
Maria Curtatone: 5151

Senator in General Court (Second Middlesex and Norfolk District)
Karen Spilka: 6088

Representative in General Court (Seventh Middlesex District)

Jack Patrick Lewis: 1065

Representative in General Court (6th Middlesex District)
Thomas Blandford: 2
Mary Kate Feeney: 535
Michael G. Gatlin: 792
Maria D. Robinson: 1911
Mark S. Tilden: 29

Representative in General Court (13th Middlesex District)

Carmine Gentile: 292

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