Northborough Mirrors State Choices: 2018 Midterm Results

NORTHBOROUGH, MA—Northborough voters, and there were 7,684 of you this time around, also went with Charlie Baker for Massachusetts governor and Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senator, along with most of the state.

Of the 11,399, 7,684 represents 67.4 percent of the registered voters in town who cast ballots in the midterm election on Tuesday.

Voters welcomed back Danielle Gregoire for state representative, beating Republican challenger Paul Ferro, 2,283 to 1,412. Ballots cast for for Congressman Jim McGovern in Northborough were nearly double for that of Tracy Lovvorn. Statewide, McGovern took the race at 67 percent to Lovvorn's 33 percent.

More than 3,000 more voted "no" on ballot question number 1, which also failed by a wide margin statewide. The proposal limited how many patients could be assigned to each registered nurse in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The maximum number of patients per nurse would vary by type of unit and level of care. More than 70 percent voted "no" on ballot question number 1 statewide.

Ballot Question 3 concerned the country's first statewide referendum on transgender rights, passed in 2016 and signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker. The law added the term "gender identity" to the list of groups protected against discrimination in places like hotels or stores, a list that now includes race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex disability and ancestry. A "yes" vote kept the law "as is." Northborough voted "yes" 5,253 to 2,287. The ballot question passed by nearly 70 percent statewide.

Here's how Northborough voted:

U.S. Senator

Elizabeth A. Warren, D: 4305

Geoff Diehl, R: 3007

Shiva Ayyadurai, I: 256

Governor

Baker & Polito (Republican): 5597

Gonzalez & Palfrey (Democratic): 1893

Attorney General

Maura Healey (Democratic): 4960

James R. McMahon, III (Republican): 2562

Secretary of State

William Francis Galvin (Democratic): 5126

James R. McMahon, III (Republican): 2562

Treasurer

Deborah B. Goldberg (Democratic): 4739

Keiko M. Orrall (Republican): 2406

Jamie M. Guerin (Green-Rainbow): 217

Auditor

Suzanne M. Bump (Democratic): 4207

Helen Brady (Republican): 2601

Daniel Fishman (Libertarian): 346

Edward J. Stamas (Green-Rainbow): 141

Representative In Congress

James P. McGovern (Democratic): 5025

Tracy Lyn Lovvorn (Republican): 2474

Councillor

Marilyn M. Pettito Devaney (Democratic): 1358

Senator in General Court (Middlesex and Worcester)

James B. Eldridge (Democratic): 1147

Margaret W. Busse (Republican): 661

Senator in General Court (First Worcester District)

Harriette L. Chandler (Democratic): 4255

Representative In General Court (12th Worcester District)

Harold P. Naughton, Jr. (Democratic): 2752

Stanley P. Marcinczyk, Jr. (Unenrolled): 659

Representative in General Court (4th Middlesex)

Danielle W. Gregoire (Democratic): 2283

Paul R. Ferro (Republican): 1412

District Attorney

Joseph D. Early, Jr. (Democratic): 4981

Blake J. Rubin (Independent): 2164

Clerk of Courts

Dennis P. McManus (Democratic): 4694

Joanne E. Powell (Republican): 2515

Register of Deeds

Kate D. Campanale (Republican): 3142

Kathryn A. Toomey (Democratic): 3976

Question 1

Yes: 2138

No: 5416

Question 2

Yes: 5368

No: 2127

Question 3

Yes: 5253

No: 2287