Here are Boston’s unofficial 2020 election results
The city's results show former Vice President Joe Biden received over 82 percent of the vote, while President Donald Trump garnered 15.6 percent.
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Voters across Massachusetts went out to the polls in droves on Election Day, although turnout in Boston appeared Wednesday to not have eclipsed that of the two previous presidential elections as some speculated it could, city officials said.
Approximately 63.5 percent of registered city voters cast a ballot — slightly less than the 66.75 percent of voters who did so four years ago, and the 65.87 percent recorded in 2012, according to Mayor Marty Walsh.
“Boston yesterday beat the 2008 turnout,” Walsh told reporters. “So it wasn’t one of the highest. I guess if you average the last four presidential elections, we’re right in the average place.”
As a whole, Bay State voters surpassed the 3.3 million ballots cast in 2016, Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin said. He anticipated the final number to come in over 3.6 million as expected.
Walsh said city officials were still counting domestic mail-in ballots that were postmarked by Tuesday and will continue to do so through Friday. Overseas ballots can be counted through Nov. 13.
“These numbers that we have in Boston are not final,” Walsh said. “The work is still going on and every vote must be counted.”
Democratic nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden carried the vast majority of votes in Boston against Republican President Donald Trump, or about 82.5 percent to Trump’s 15.6 percent, unofficial results show. Democratic Senator Ed Markey saw a similar landslide with 82.7 percent of the city’s vote against Republican challenger Kevin O’Connor.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, of the 7th Congressional District, beat out Independent Roy Owens in Boston with just over 87 percent of the vote, while Congressman Stephen Lynch, of the 8th District, garnered 84.1 percent of ballots to be reelected over Jonathan Lott, of the Healthcare Environment Stability Party.
Boston voters also fell in line with the majority of voters across the state on Question 1 to approve expanding Massachusetts’ right-to-repair law. However, while most Bay State voters shot down the proposal for ranked choice voting in Question 2, voters in the Hub apparently wanted to see the effort carried out, with 61.7 percent casting their ballots in favor of the system.
Voters in the city also handedly backed two non-binding ballot questions.
Question 3 asked whether lawmakers should “vote in favor of legislation that would require Massachusetts to achieve 100 percent renewable energy use within the next two decades, starting immediately and making significant progress within the first five years while protecting impacted workers and business.” Question 4 asked whether representatives should vote to change state House of Representative rules to make all House legislative committee votes publicly available online.
Here are Boston’s unofficial results as of late Tuesday night:
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
STATEWIDE: Precincts reported: 255 of 255 100.00%
Ballots: 274,344
Undervotes: 1,092
Overvotes: 119
Double Votes: 0
BIDEN and HARRIS 225,368 | 82.51%
HAWKINS and WALKER 1,354 | 0.50%
JORGENSEN and COHEN 2,329 | 0.85%
TRUMP and PENCE 42,707 | 15.64%
Write-in 1,375 | 0.50%
Total 273,133 | 100.00%SENATOR IN CONGRESS
STATEWIDE: Precincts reported: 255 of 255 100.00%
Ballots: 274,344
Undervotes: 7,549
Overvotes: 34
Double Votes: 0
EDWARD J. MARKEY 220,778 | 82.76%
KEVIN J. O’CONNOR 44,783 | 16.79%
Write-in 1,200 | 0.45%
Total 266,761 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS SEVENTH DISTRICT
SEVENTH DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 189 of 189 | 100.00%
Ballots: 193,642
Undervotes: 10,689
Overvotes: 39
Double Votes: 0
AYANNA S. PRESSLEY 159,414 | 87.15%
ROY A. OWENS, SR. 21,928 | 11.99%
Write-in 1,572 | 0.86%
Total 182,914 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS EIGHTH DISTRICT
EIGHTH DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 66 of 66 | 100.00%
Ballots: 80,702
Undervotes: 7,866
Overvotes: 13
Double Votes: 0
STEPHEN F. LYNCH 61,310 | 84.19%
JONATHAN D. LOTT 10,719 | 14.72%
Write-in 794 | 1.09%
Total 72,823 | 100.00%COUNCILLOR SECOND DISTRICT
SECOND DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 32 of 32 | 100.00%
Ballots: 37,553
Undervotes: 10,150
Overvotes: 1
Double Votes: 0
ROBERT L. JUBINVILLE 26,792 | 97.77%
Write-in 610 | 2.23%
Total 27,402 | 100.00%COUNCILLOR THIRD DISTRICT
THIRD DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 37 of 37 | 100.00%
Ballots: 37,089
Undervotes: 7,356
Overvotes: 2
Double Votes: 0
MARILYN M. PETITTO DEVANEY 29,152 | 98.05%
Write-in 579 | 1.95%
Total 29,731 | 100.00%COUNCILLOR FOURTH DISTRICT
FOURTH DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 147 of 147 | 100.00%
Ballots: 147,112
Undervotes: 24,485
Overvotes: 18
Double Votes: 0
CHRISTOPHER A. IANNELLA, JR. 120,680 | 98.43%
Write-in 1,929 | 1.57%
Total 122,609 | 100.00%COUNCILLOR SIXTH DISTRICT
SIXTH DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 39 of 39 | 100.00%
Ballots: 52,590
Undervotes: 11,053
Overvotes: 10
Double Votes: 0
TERRENCE W. KENNEDY 40,670 | 97.94%
Write-in 857 | 2.06%
Total 41,527 | 100.00%SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT MIDDLESEX & SUFFOLK DISTRICT
MIDDLESEX & SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 14 of 14 | 100.00%
Ballots: 18,779
Undervotes: 3,426
Overvotes: 1
Double Votes: 0
SAL N. DiDOMENICO 15,085 | 98.26%
Write-in 267 | 1.74%
Total 15,352 | 100.00%SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT NORFOLK & SUFFOLK DISTRICT
NORFOLK & SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 32 of 32 | 100.00%
Ballots: 37,553
Undervotes: 7,880
Overvotes: 2
Double Votes: 0
MICHAEL F. RUSH 29,117 | 98.13%
Write-in 554 | 1.87%
Total 29,671 | 100.00%SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT FIRST SUFFOLK DISTRICT
FIRST SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 77 of 77 | 100.00%
Ballots: 77,425
Undervotes: 12,499
Overvotes: 6
Double Votes: 0
NICHOLAS P. COLLINS 63,788 | 98.26%
Write-in 1,132 | 1.74%
Total 64,920 | 100.00%SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT SECOND SUFFOLK DISTRICT
SECOND SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 70 of 70 | 100.00%
Ballots: 69,687
Undervotes: 8,401
Overvotes: 20
Double Votes: 0
SONIA ROSA CHANG-DÍAZ 60,520 | 98.78%
Write-in 746 | 1.22%
Total 61,266 | 100.00%SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT FIRST SUFFOLK & MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
FIRST SUFFOLK & MIDDLESEX DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 25 of 25 | 100.00%
Ballots: 33,811
Undervotes: 7,050
Overvotes: 7
Double Votes: 0
JOSEPH A. BONCORE 26,209 | 97.96%
Write-in 545 | 2.04%
Total 26,754 | 100.00%SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT SECOND SUFFOLK & MIDDLESEX DISTRICT
SECOND SUFFOLK & MIDDLESEX DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 37 of 37 | 100.00%
Ballots: 37,089
Undervotes: 6,665
Overvotes: 5
Double Votes: 0
WILLIAM N. BROWNSBERGER 29,891 | 98.26%
Write-in 528 | 1.74%
Total 30,419 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FIRST SUFFOLK DISTRICT
FIRST SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 14 of 14 | 100.00%
Ballots: 14,080
Undervotes: 2,303
Overvotes: 0
Double Votes: 0
ADRIAN C. MADARO 11,545 | 98.03%
Write-in 232 | 1.97%
Total 11,777 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT SECOND SUFFOLK DISTRICT
SECOND SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 7 of 7 | 100.00%
Ballots: 10,057
Undervotes: 1,659
Overvotes: 0
Double Votes: 0
DANIEL JOSEPH RYAN 8,264 | 98.40%
Write-in 134 | 1.60%
Total 8,398 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT THIRD SUFFOLK DISTRICT
THIRD SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 10 of 10 | 100.00%
Ballots: 20,822
Undervotes: 4,073
Overvotes: 2
Double Votes: 0
AARON M. MICHLEWITZ 16,489 | 98.46%
Write-in 258 | 1.54%
Total 16,747 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FOURTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
FOURTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 19 of 19 | 100.00%
Ballots: 24,777
Undervotes: 4,437
Overvotes: 0
Double Votes: 0
DAVID BIELE 20,015 | 98.40%
Write-in 325 | 1.60%
Total 20,340 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FIFTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
FIFTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 20 of 20 | 100.00%
Ballots: 14,259
Undervotes: 1,674
Overvotes: 2
Double Votes: 0
LIZ MIRANDA 12,412 | 98.64%
Write-in 171 | 1.36%
Total 12,583 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT SIXTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
SIXTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 19 of 19 | 100.00%
Ballots: 16,343
Undervotes: 2,032
Overvotes: 2
Double Votes: 0
RUSSELL E. HOLMES 14,125 | 98.71%
Write-in 184 | 1.29%
Total 14,309 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT SEVENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
SEVENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 13 of 13 | 100.00%
Ballots: 10,284
Undervotes: 1,255
Overvotes: 1
Double Votes: 0
CHYNAH TYLER 8,898 | 98.56%
Write-in 130 | 1.44%
Total 9,028 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT EIGHTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
EIGHTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 10 of 10 | 100.00%
Ballots: 13,231
Undervotes: 2,544
Overvotes: 0
Double Votes: 0
JAY D. LIVINGSTONE 10,526 | 98.49%
Write-in 161 | 1.51%
Total 10,687 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT NINTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
NINTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 13 of 13 | 100.00%
Ballots: 15,058
Undervotes: 2,356
Overvotes: 1
Double Votes: 0
JON SANTIAGO 12,528 | 98.64%
Write-in 173 | 1.36%
Total 12,701 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT TENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
TENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 15 of 15 | 100.00%
Ballots: 16,779
Undervotes: 3,704
Overvotes: 0
Double Votes: 0
EDWARD F. COPPINGER 12,822 | 98.07%
Write-in 253 | 1.93%
Total 13,075 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT ELEVENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
ELEVENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 19 of 19 | 100.00%
Ballots: 19,765
Undervotes: 2,410
Overvotes: 0
Double Votes: 0
ELIZABETH A. MALIA 17,159 | 98.87%
Write-in 196 | 1.13%
Total 17,355 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT TWELFTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
TWELFTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 15 of 15 | 100.00%
Ballots: 16,264
Undervotes: 2,365
Overvotes: 2
Double Votes: 0
BRANDY FLUKER OAKLEY 13,735 | 98.83%
Write-in 162 | 1.17%
Total 13,897 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT THIRTEENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
THIRTEENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 19 of 19 | 100.00%
Ballots: 18,160
Undervotes: 3,847
Overvotes: 3
Double Votes: 0
DANIEL J. HUNT 13,931 | 97.35%
Write-in 379 | 2.65%
Total 14,310 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FOURTEENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
FOURTEENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 17 of 17 | 100.00%
Ballots: 20,289
Undervotes: 2,709
Overvotes: 1
Double Votes: 0
ROB CONSALVO 17,271 | 98.25%
Write-in 308 | 1.75%
Total 17,579 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FIFTEENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
FIFTEENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 17 of 17 | 100.00%
Ballots: 16,680
Undervotes: 2,658
Overvotes: 0
Double Votes: 0
NIKA C. ELUGARDO 13,854 | 98.80%
Write-in 168 | 1.20%
Total 14,022 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT SEVENTEENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
SEVENTEENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 15 of 15 | 100.00%
Ballots: 15,703
Undervotes: 1,959
Overvotes: 1
Double Votes: 0
KEVIN G. HONAN 13,458 | 97.93%
Write-in 285 | 2.07%
Total 13,743 | 100.00%REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT EIGHTEENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT
EIGHTEENTH SUFFOLK DISTRICT: Precincts reported: 13 of 13 | 100.00%
Ballots: 11,793
Undervotes: 2,218
Overvotes: 0
Double Votes: 0
MICHAEL J. MORAN 9,380 | 97.96%
Write-in 195 | 2.04%
Total 9,575 | 100.00%REGISTER OF PROBATE SUFFOLK COUNTY
SUFFOLK COUNTY: Precincts reported: 255 of 255 | 100.00%
Ballots: 274,344
Undervotes: 53,130
Overvotes: 63
Double Votes: 0
FELIX D. ARROYO 169,780 | 76.77%
ALTHEA GARRISON 25,826 | 11.68%
MELISSA TYLER 24,268 | 10.97%
Write-in 1,277 | 0.58%
Total 221,151 | 100.00%QUESTION 1
STATEWIDE: Precincts reported: 255 of 255 | 100.00%
Ballots: 274,344
Undervotes: 19,998
Overvotes: 45
Double Votes: 0
YES 190,429 | 74.88%
NO 63,872 | 25.12%
Total 254,301 | 100.00%QUESTION 2
STATEWIDE: Precincts reported: 255 of 255 | 100.00%
Ballots: 274,344
Undervotes: 22,903
Overvotes: 54
Double Votes: 0
YES 155,123 | 61.71%
NO 96,264 | 38.29%
Total 251,387 | 100.00%QUESTION 3
QUESTION: Precincts reported: 64 of 64 | 100.00%
Ballots: 63,941
Undervotes: 8,356
Overvotes: 12
Double Votes: 0
YES 48,985 | 88.15%
NO 6,588 | 11.85%
Total 55,573 | 100.00%QUESTION 4
QUESTION: Precincts reported: 64 of 64 | 100.00%
Ballots: 63,941
Undervotes: 9,559
Overvotes: 2
Double Votes: 0
YES 50,068 | 92.07%
NO 4,312 | 7.93%
Total 54,380 | 100.00%
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