Westborough Votes More Than Double Last Midterm Election

WESTBOROUGH, MA—Westborough voters, and there were 7,912 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. In both cases for Westborough, the winner garnered nearly double the votes.

Of the 12,489, 7,912 represents 63 percent of the registered voters in town who cast ballots in the midterm election on Tuesday. In 2014, the last midterm election, of the 5,373 eligible voters in Westborough, 1,121 voted in the election, representing 21 percent.

Voters welcomed back Danielle Gregoire for state representative, beating Republican challenger Paul Ferro, 1,795 to 810. Ballots cast for longtime Congressman Jim McGovern in Westborough more than doubled for that of Tracy Lovvorn. Statewide, McGovern took the race at 67 percent to Lovvorn's 33 percent.

In Westborough, 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." Westborough voted "yes" 5,665 to 2,048. The ballot question passed by nearly 70 percent statewide.

Here's how Westborough voted:

U.S. Senator
Elizabeth A. Warren, D: 4826
Geoff Diehl, R: 2729
Shiva Ayyadurai, I: 251

Governor
Baker & Polito (Republican): 5463
Gonzalez & Palfrey (Democratic): 2287

Attorney General
Maura Healey (Democratic): 5547
James R. McMahon, III (Republican): 2222

Secretary of State
William Francis Galvin (Democratic): 5511
James R. McMahon, III (Republican): 1984

Treasurer
Deborah B. Goldberg (Democratic): 5282
Keiko M. Orrall (Republican): 2138
Jamie M. Guerin (Green-Rainbow): 203

Auditor
Suzanne M. Bump (Democratic): 4824
Helen Brady (Republican): 2308
Daniel Fishman (Libertarian): 292
Edward J. Stamas (Green-Rainbow): 140

Representative In Congress
James P. McGovern (Democratic): 5453
Tracy Lyn Lovvorn (Republican): 2289

Councillor
Marilyn M. Pettito Devaney (Democratic): 5925

Senator in General Court (Middlesex and Worcester)
James B. Eldridge (Democratic): 5014
Margaret W. Busse (Republican): 2466

Representative in General Court (4th Middlesex)
Danielle W. Gregoire (Democratic): 1795
Paul R. Ferro (Republican): 810

Representative in General Court (8th Middlesex District)
Carolyn Dykema (Democratic): 897

Representative in General Court (11th Worcester District)
Hannah Kane (Republican): 2938

District Attorney
Joseph D. Early, Jr. (Democratic): 5558
Blake J. Rubin (Independent): 1812

Clerk of Courts
Dennis P. McManus (Democratic): 5178
Joanne E. Powell (Republican): 2309

Register of Deeds
Kate D. Campanale (Republican): 2919
Kathryn A. Toomey (Democratic): 4450

Question 1
Yes: 2111
No: 5640

Question 2
Yes: 5807
No: 1837

Question 3
Yes: 5665
No: 2048

Photo Credit: Charlene Arsenault