MA 5th Middlesex State Senate Election: Jason Lewis Declares Victory

MALDEN, MA — State Senator Jason Lewis declared victory in his reelection campaign to represent the Fifth Middlesex District in the Massachusetts State Senate on Tuesday.

Spanning Malden, Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Reading and parts of Winchester, the Fifth Middlesex District has seen a two-way race between Lewis, an incumbent Democrat, and Republican Ed Dombroski in recent months.

Hours after Lewis’s declaration on Tuesday, the Associated Press showed Lewis leading Dombroski by a margin of 28,196 votes to 13,260 votes as of 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, with votes counted in Winchester, Stoneham, Melrose and Malden. Lewis carried each of those communities individually, as noted by the AP.

Additional unofficial results released from the Reading Town Clerk's office on Tuesday night showed Lewis winning in Reading, as well.

Wakefield had not published its unofficial 2022 election results as of early Wednesday morning, though.

Lewis has served in the Senate since 2014 after previously serving in the state House of Representatives. Dombroski is a Wakefield Town Councilor and a family law attorney.

The candidates campaigned through this year’s election season, at times sparring over topics ranging from school funding to state tax policy.

Their in-person meetings included a debate last month in Wakefield.

Both Lewis and Dombroski were at locations around the Fifth Middlesex District on Tuesday, greeting voters and sharing final campaign messages as voting got underway.

Dombroski cast his ballot early in the day in Wakefield. Lewis voted in the early afternoon in his hometown of Winchester.

Lewis later addressed supporters at an election night party in Malden to deliver his victory message. Lewis thanked supporters for their help during his campaign and celebrated promising results for other Democratic candidates including gubernatorial candidate Maura Healey on Tuesday.

"It's going to be what looks like a great night for us here in Massachusetts," Lewis said.

"We're very excited with the results of the election tonight," he told Patch shortly after his announcement.

"I'm really looking forward to continuing to serve our communities," Lewis said. "We've got a lot of work still to be done and I'm looking forward to diving back in."

Lewis, who sponsored the tax proposal that became Question One on this year's Massachusetts ballots, left Malden shortly after his announcement on Tuesday to head to a gathering of "Yes on One" supporters in Boston.

Ballot Question One will create a 4% tax on income over $1 million if it passes. New tax revenue may be spent on transit and education uses, though it would be subject to the legislature’s appropriation process.

"Yes" votes led "no" votes by roughly 4% as of 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday with about 73% of statewide results reported, according to the Associated Press.

Patch has reached out to Dombroski for comment on the Fifth Middlesex District race.

READ: Massachusetts 2022 Election Results