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After voters dismissed a slate of Republican challengers, Massachusetts will keep the same all-Democratic slate of constitutional officers when new four-year terms begin in January.
Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll cruised to reelection, claiming support from nearly 63% of statewide voters as of 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, according to Associated Press returns.
The AP also declared Attorney General Andrea Campbell victorious over Republican challenger Michael Walsh of Lynnfield. The Dartmouth Democrat, who has held the top state prosecutor post for the last four years, was leading Walsh 66% to 34% on Wednesday morning with about 81% of the vote counted.
Campbell, the first Black woman to serve as the state’s attorney general, thanked voters for believing in her in 2022 and again Tuesday.
“I am going to spend every single day of the next four years proving that belief was worth it,” Campbell said.
Secretary of State William Galvin, who is already the longest-serving secretary of state in Massachusetts history and the longest-tenured statewide elections official in the country, won his matchup against Wayland Republican Anne Brensley, the AP said late Tuesday. Galvin was leading Brensley roughly 71% to 28% with 81% of votes counted Wednesday morning.
Galvin, 76, was first elected secretary of state in 1994. He has said it is “improbable” that he runs for reelection again in 2030.
It was early Wednesday morning before the AP declared that Treasurer Deborah Goldberg would be the victor in her matchup against Belmont Republican Elizabeth Dionne. With 80% of votes counted Wednesday morning, the Brookline Democrat was leading with roughly 66% support, results showed. Goldberg was first elected treasurer in 2014.
Auditor Diana DiZoglio defeated Libertarian challenger Al Ozonoff, the AP said Tuesday night. The Methuen Democrat, who has generated a lot of support among Republicans and right-leaning voters who favor her attempted audit of the Legislature, took roughly 84% of the statewide vote.
No race had full results in by 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, but the AP’s counts showed that DiZoglio was leading the pack with more than 1.6 million votes counted so far. Galvin was close behind with about 1.5 million votes counted. Healey had the fewest votes counted Wednesday morning of any of the Democratic constitutional officers, roughly 1.36 million, according to AP tallies.
The Massachusetts Constitution splits the start dates of the constitutional officers’ new terms in two.
The new, four-year terms for Healey and Driscoll begin at noon on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2027. The new terms for Galvin, Goldberg, Campbell and DiZoglio start Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2027.
