Residents turned out to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in the Commonwealth’s primary elections.
In total, according to the result tapes posted in Abbot Hall on Wednesday afternoon, 2,944 ballots were cast across all six precincts during early voting and on Sept. 3.
Three candidates sought the Republican nomination for U.S. senator: Robert Antonellis, Ian Cain, and John Deaton.
Deaton won his race in Marblehead with a commanding 480 votes. Antonellis received 128 and Cain received 54.
Deaton also won the statewide race and will face incumbent Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the general election.
In the Democratic Essex County clerk of courts race, incumbent Thomas Driscoll Jr. faced competition from James FX Doherty, but cruised to a win in Marblehead. He received 1,712 votes in town, compared to Doherty’s 324.
Eileen Duff and Joseph Gentleman III competed for the people’s vote in the Southern Essex register of deeds race on the Democratic ballot. Duff won 1,708 votes in Marblehead, while Gentleman won 320. Duff also won the district-wide election.
Many of the races were uncontested. On the Democratic ballot, Warren, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, state Sen. Brendan Crighton, and state Rep. Jenny Armini, all incumbents, ran unopposed. Terrence W. Kennedy also ran unopposed for Governor’s Council.
Warren, Moulton, and Armini each received more than 2,000 votes. Kennedy received 1,917 and Crighton received 1,987.
On the Republican ballot, Jonathan Edward Ring had no competition as he sought nomination for Southern Essex register of deeds. He received 508 votes.
Armini stressed the importance of turning out to vote in local elections, including during the primaries.
“There are two contested races, so there is a choice with the register of deeds and clerk of courts, and in those races, you are talking about the people who are taking care of the nuts and bolts of government at the very local level,” Armini said.
“Participating in an election is critically important, because you can still have your voice heard, you still make your view known,” she added.
Voters will return to the polls later this year on Nov. 5 to vote in the general election and decide between the winners of these primary elections.
