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11:24 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7

Rady Mom will hold onto his Congressional seat in Lowell after eking out 68 more votes than challenger Tara Hong, and a total of 42% of votes cast in the race, according to unofficial results from the city’s elections office. Eight years ago, Mom was first elected to represent 18th Middlesex, becoming the first Cambodian American state lawmaker in the country.

GBH News’ Katie Lannan closely followed the race and the challenges Mom faced from recent UMass Lowell graduate Hong and School Committee member Dominik Lay, who respectively ended up with 39% and 14% of the vote.

11:16 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7

Leah Cole Allen has clinched the GOP nomination for Lt. Governor and will run alongside Geoff Diehl. Allen earned 52.3% of votes and her opponent Kate Campanale was close behind with 47.7% of the vote, according to the Associated Press.

12:48 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7

The live blog is closed for the night! Check back later for more primary results. Ballots continue to be tallied, and we'll be watching for the last races to be called.

12:36 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7

State Rep. Liz Miranda will be the next state senator for the 2nd Suffolk District, AP projects. Covering Jamaica Plain, Roxbury and Mattapan, the seat represents the heart of Black political Boston.

As of 12:26 a.m., she led with a plurality of the vote, taking 34% to fellow state Rep. Nika Elugardo’s 26%, former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson’s 23%, the Rev. Miniard Culpepper’s 15% and James Grant’s 3%.

12:13 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7

Steve Tompkins will hold onto the Suffolk County sheriff’s seat, and state Sen. Diana DiZoglio will be the Democratic nominee for state auditor, according to AP projections.

DiZoglio faced off against Chris Dempsey in the race to replace incumbent Auditor Suzanne Bump, who has held the job for three terms. DiZoglio netted 54% of the vote to Dempsey’s 46% as of 12:09 a.m.

Tompkins fended off a challenge from Sandy Zamor-Calixte, taking 60% of the vote as of 11:51 p.m.

12:03 AM WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7

Kevin Hayden bested Ricardo Arroyo to snag the Democratic nomination for Suffolk County district attorney, per AP. Hayden was appointed as the interim DA by Gov. Charlie Baker in January after Rachael Rollins vacated the office to become the U.S. attorney for Massachusetts.

With no significant GOP challengers, Hayden is all but assured to sail to victory in November. He led Arroyo 55% to 45% at 11:58 p.m.

The scandal-laden race saw long-closed investigations of sexual assault against Arroyo resurface as early voting began. Chaos engulfed Boston City Council, where Arroyo still serves as a city councilor, and barbs and a nonstop deluge of updates hit voters attempting to make their decisions in the final days of the race.

10:53 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

Robyn Kennedy appears on her way to claiming the Democratic nomination for Worcester’s 1st District State Senate seat.

With nearly 90% of the vote counted at 10:30 p.m., Kennedy held a 56% to 44% lead over Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty, according to the AP. At around 9 p.m., Petty conceded, saying there weren’t enough uncounted votes left for him to overtake Kennedy.

Kennedy, a former executive of the YWCA Central Massachusetts, will face Lisa Mair, an unenrolled candidate, in November’s general election. The winner will succeed former Senate President Harriette Chandler, who’s retiring.

At her watch party, Kennedy and her supporters celebrated as the results came in and Petty conceded. Kennedy pledged to be a bold, proactive leader in the senate who would prioritize fighting for care economy workers, such as nurses, teachers and day care workers.

“Just workforces that we’ve neglected, undervalued and underpaid for so long,” she said. “Investing in those workforces helps to lift up our communities.”

Worcester’s 1st District includes the city of Worcester and several surrounding communities in Central Massachusetts.

If Petty won, he said he probably would have stepped down as Worcester mayor. During his concession speech, he said he now plans to finish his mayoral term.

“It was a hard-fought race,” Petty said. “I’m grateful for the opportunity to have run. … I want to wish Robyn well.”

— Sam Turken

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Kim Driscoll beams during her victory speech Tuesday night, speaking with supporters in her bid for lieutenant governor from Salem, Mass.
Liz Neisloss GBH News

10:48 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

Kim Driscoll will take the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor, prevailing over Eric Lesser and Tami Gouveia, AP projects.

At 10:48 p.m., the five-term mayor of Salem led Lesser by 12 points, 47% to 35%, with Gouveia trailing behind at 18%.

The Republican race for LG is still too close to call. Geoff Diehl’s unofficial runningmate Leah Cole Allen leads Kate Campanale 52% to 48% as of 10:48 p.m., with Diehl projected to clinch the GOP nomination for governor.

10:19 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

Geoff Diehl will be the Republican nominee for governor, AP projects.

Diehl was backed by former President Donald Trump, facing off against moderate businessman Chris Doughty, who has never held public office. As of 10:14 p.m., Diehl led Doughty 56% to 44%.

9:59 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

Andrea Campbell, a former Boston city councilor, is projected to be the Democratic nominee for attorney general, per the AP. Campbell rose to prominence last year in her campaign to become the next mayor of Boston, eventually placing third.

Campbell and Shannon Liss-Riordan battled to succeed Attorney General Maura Healey, who herself is projected to secure the party’s nomination for governor tonight. Campbell led Liss-Riordan 48% to 36% at 9:59 p.m., with 25% of the vote reported. Quentin Palfrey lagged in a distant third at 16%, who dropped out of the race last Tuesday and backed Campbell.

9:21 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

Bill Galvin will have the Democratic nomination for his eighth term as secretary of state, according to projections from AP. As of 9:15 p.m., Galvin leads challenger Tanisha Sullivan 73% to 27%.

Galvin ran on his 27 years in office, saying that Massachusetts needs an experienced leader for the 2024 elections.

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Maura Healey gives a victory speech Tuesday night, Sept. 6, 2022. She’s projected to secure the Democratic nomination for governor.
Stephanie Leydon GBH News

9:06 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

Maura Healey will be the Democratic candidate for governor, according to AP. She is the heavy favorite to take the office come the general election in November. AP called the race for Healey with just 3% of the vote reported.

Healey was the only candidate left standing after state Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz, Harvard professor Danielle Allen and former state Sen. Ben Downing all dropped out.

Healey is expected to give a speech shortly.

8:41 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

Politicians: they’re just like us! (Watching “The Bachelorette” and snacking while waiting for election results.)

8:00 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

It’s 8 p.m., the polls have closed. (But not in Barnstable — those voters still have another four hours!)

We have 11 reporters out in the field covering Massachusetts’ most closely watched races. Follow along!

7:28 PM TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

Polls close in half an hour — everywhere except Barnstable.

A primary-day snafu will delay results in the Cape Cod town. The town’s vault, where its ballots are stored, refused to open this morning. Voting started three hours late after new ballots were hastily printed. State courts gave Barnstable voters until midnight to cast their ballots.

Roughly 4,000 votes were cast in Barnstable in 2018. If that holds true, any tight statewide races — like the attorney general or auditor — could be called later than expected if the margin is just a few thousand votes.