SOUTH COAST Six South Coast communities had posted unofficial results from Tuesday's state election on their own websites by Wednesday morning, Nov. 4. The Associated Press had called the races for governor and U.S. Senate and seven of the nine statewide ballot questions, according to AP results published by WBUR, as of 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The AP called the governor's race for the Democratic ticket of Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kimberley Driscoll, and the Senate race for Sen. Edward J. Markey, a Democrat. It called Questions 1, 2, 4, 6 and 9 for yes and Questions 3 and 8 for no, and it had not called Questions 5 or 7. South Coast 360 does not call races itself; every call in this story is the AP's.
Freetown, New Bedford, Mattapoisett, Plymouth and Taunton have posted unofficial counts covering all of their precincts, and Wareham has posted a preliminary town-wide tally. The other 11 communities South Coast 360 covers had not posted unofficial results on their websites when South Coast 360 last checked, as listed below. Every figure in this story is unofficial until it is certified, and under state law, a mail ballot sent from inside the U.S. by Election Day must be accepted if it reaches the local clerk by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, the third day after the election, so totals can still change in every community.
Town by town tables for every race and question are on the South Coast 360 Election Center, updated as each community posts.
What the AP has called
In AP's statewide count, Healey and Driscoll had 1,472,525 votes to 817,553 for the Republican ticket led by Michael Minogue, listed on the ballot as Minogue and Oliver. In the Senate race, Markey had 1,498,575 votes to 762,076 for Republican John Deaton. WBUR's results page lists two of the three governor tickets and two of the four Senate candidates on the ballot. Those statewide counts are partial: WBUR's results data showed 85.28% of precincts reporting in the governor and Senate races and 84.31% to 84.82% on the questions in its 10:30 a.m. update.
WBUR's page already showed the AP's calls for Healey and Markey in its 9:05 p.m. Tuesday update. WBUR's results data time-stamps the question calls from 11:33 p.m. Tuesday, for Question 1, to 1:47 a.m. Wednesday, for Question 4.
| Question | Subject | AP call | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | Expand public records law | Called for yes | 1,986,099 | 324,430 |
| Question 2 | Allow state public defenders to unionize | Called for yes | 1,465,717 | 817,708 |
| Question 3 | Switch to "top-two" state primaries | Called for no | 903,003 | 1,419,489 |
| Question 4 | Allow Election Day voter registration | Called for yes | 1,311,440 | 1,011,638 |
| Question 5 | Alter state tax revenue limit | Not called | 1,098,398 | 1,196,050 |
| Question 6 | Create nature conservation fund | Called for yes | 1,400,413 | 899,024 |
| Question 7 | Allow smaller lots for single-family homes | Not called | 1,138,365 | 1,156,338 |
| Question 8 | Repeal recreational marijuana sales | Called for no | 569,199 | 1,767,796 |
| Question 9 | Uphold 2024 gun law | Called for yes | 1,572,265 | 773,368 |
Question 7, which would allow single-family homes on smaller lots, was the closest in the state: 1,156,338 no to 1,138,365 yes in AP's count, 17,973 votes apart by South Coast 360's subtraction. On Question 5, which would change the state's tax revenue limit, no led 1,196,050 to 1,098,398.
How the six communities voted
Every South Coast ballot listed three tickets for governor and lieutenant governor: Healey and Driscoll (Democratic), Minogue and Oliver (Republican) and James and Kittredge (Independent). The Senate candidates were Markey (Democratic), Deaton (Republican), Shiva Ayyadurai (Independent) and Joe Tache (Socialism and Liberation). For the other statewide offices, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell (Democratic) faced Michael C. Walsh (Republican), Secretary of State William Francis Galvin (Democratic) faced Anne R. Brensley (Republican), Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg (Democratic) faced Elizabeth Dionne (Republican) and Auditor Diana DiZoglio (Democratic) faced Al Ozonoff (Libertarian).
Freetown posted its complete unofficial count, all three precincts, at 9:02 p.m. Tuesday. Minogue and Oliver received 2,473 votes, Healey and Driscoll 1,674 and James and Kittredge 167. Deaton led Markey 2,235 to 1,855, with 109 for Ayyadurai and 70 for Tache. Walsh led Campbell 2,301 to 1,932 and Dionne led Goldberg 2,282 to 1,901, while Galvin led Brensley 2,129 to 2,082 and DiZoglio led Ozonoff 2,672 to 1,041. Freetown voters cast more yes than no votes on Questions 1, 2, 5 and 6 and more no votes on Questions 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9.
New Bedford's Election Commission posted the city's complete unofficial count, all 41 precincts, from a summary report run at 9:27 p.m. Tuesday. Healey and Driscoll received 13,505 votes, Minogue and Oliver 9,905 and James and Kittredge 1,212. Markey led Deaton 14,887 to 8,294, with 663 for Ayyadurai and 642 for Tache. Campbell, Galvin, Goldberg and DiZoglio each led in the city. New Bedford voted yes on Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 and no on Questions 3 and 8.
Mattapoisett posted complete unofficial totals for its two precincts, combined, in a file made at 11:39 p.m. Tuesday. Healey and Driscoll received 2,194 votes, Minogue and Oliver 1,798 and James and Kittredge 86. Markey led Deaton 2,272 to 1,680, with 72 for Ayyadurai and 29 for Tache, and the Democratic candidate led for every other statewide office. Mattapoisett voted yes on Questions 1, 2, 6 and 9 and no on Questions 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8.
Plymouth's Town Clerk posted an unofficial count for all 18 precincts on a sheet marked "Last updated 1:30 am 11/4/2026." The sheet says it "Does NOT include write-ins, handcounts, UOCAVAs or provisionals," meaning write-in votes, hand-counted ballots, military and overseas ballots and provisional ballots. Healey and Driscoll received 16,846 votes, Minogue and Oliver 14,130 and James and Kittredge 970. Markey led Deaton 17,314 to 13,157, with 817 for Ayyadurai and 418 for Tache. Plymouth voted yes on Questions 1, 2, 5, 6 and 9 and no on Questions 3, 4, 7 and 8.
Taunton's Elections Department posted the city's unofficial count, all 18 precincts, from a summary report run at 3:25 a.m. Wednesday. The city's results notice says election night results do not include hand count ballots, write-in votes or most provisional ballots. Healey and Driscoll received 9,877 votes, Minogue and Oliver 8,541 and James and Kittredge 838. Markey led Deaton 10,437 to 7,728, with 544 for Ayyadurai and 362 for Tache. Taunton voted yes on Questions 1, 2, 5, 6 and 9 and no on Questions 3, 4, 7 and 8.
Wareham's Town Clerk posted a preliminary town-wide tally, marked PRELIMINARY, with no breakdown by precinct. The file was created at 6:21 a.m. Wednesday and the town's alert announcing it went up at 6:25 a.m. In that tally, Healey and Driscoll received 5,081 votes, Minogue and Oliver 4,679 and James and Kittredge 404. Markey led Deaton 5,324 to 4,350, with 284 for Ayyadurai and 162 for Tache. Wareham voted yes on Questions 1, 2, 5, 6 and 9 and no on Questions 3, 4, 7 and 8.
| Contest | Freetown | New Bedford | Mattapoisett | Plymouth | Taunton | Wareham (preliminary) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor: Healey and Driscoll (D) | 1,674 | 13,505 | 2,194 | 16,846 | 9,877 | 5,081 |
| Governor: Minogue and Oliver (R) | 2,473 | 9,905 | 1,798 | 14,130 | 8,541 | 4,679 |
| Governor: James and Kittredge (I) | 167 | 1,212 | 86 | 970 | 838 | 404 |
| Senate: Markey (D) | 1,855 | 14,887 | 2,272 | 17,314 | 10,437 | 5,324 |
| Senate: Deaton (R) | 2,235 | 8,294 | 1,680 | 13,157 | 7,728 | 4,350 |
| Senate: Ayyadurai (I) | 109 | 663 | 72 | 817 | 544 | 284 |
| Senate: Tache (SL) | 70 | 642 | 29 | 418 | 362 | 162 |
| Attorney general: Campbell (D) | 1,932 | 15,317 | 2,328 | 17,932 | 10,756 | 5,549 |
| Attorney general: Walsh (R) | 2,301 | 9,021 | 1,709 | 13,585 | 8,125 | 4,521 |
| Secretary of state: Galvin (D) | 2,129 | 15,832 | 2,499 | 19,974 | 11,861 | 6,086 |
| Secretary of state: Brensley (R) | 2,082 | 8,285 | 1,517 | 11,455 | 6,958 | 3,936 |
| Treasurer: Goldberg (D) | 1,901 | 15,107 | 2,239 | 17,883 | 10,867 | 5,486 |
| Treasurer: Dionne (R) | 2,282 | 8,937 | 1,724 | 13,245 | 7,752 | 4,441 |
| Auditor: DiZoglio (D) | 2,672 | 18,047 | 2,866 | 22,755 | 13,443 | 7,028 |
| Auditor: Ozonoff (L) | 1,041 | 4,141 | 698 | 5,719 | 3,465 | 1,994 |
| Contest | Freetown | New Bedford | Mattapoisett | Plymouth | Taunton | Wareham (preliminary) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question 1 | 3,645 yes, 578 no | 19,575 yes, 4,417 no | 3,495 yes, 513 no | 27,387 yes, 4,056 no | 15,520 yes, 3,077 no | 8,500 yes, 1,454 no |
| Question 2 | 2,181 yes, 1,958 no | 14,920 yes, 8,765 no | 2,190 yes, 1,731 no | 18,072 yes, 12,902 no | 10,823 yes, 7,496 no | 5,818 yes, 4,019 no |
| Question 3 | 1,679 yes, 2,523 no | 9,847 yes, 14,131 no | 1,414 yes, 2,586 no | 12,408 yes, 19,080 no | 7,782 yes, 10,813 no | 4,249 yes, 5,696 no |
| Question 4 | 1,655 yes, 2,570 no | 12,654 yes, 11,080 no | 1,820 yes, 2,176 no | 14,689 yes, 16,747 no | 9,028 yes, 9,661 no | 4,583 yes, 5,401 no |
| Question 5 | 2,406 yes, 1,772 no | 12,774 yes, 10,635 no | 1,952 yes, 1,984 no | 16,240 yes, 14,735 no | 10,290 yes, 8,099 no | 5,391 yes, 4,441 no |
| Question 6 | 2,197 yes, 2,061 no | 13,210 yes, 10,172 no | 2,192 yes, 1,768 no | 17,578 yes, 13,576 no | 10,727 yes, 8,003 no | 5,711 yes, 4,176 no |
| Question 7 | 1,365 yes, 2,928 no | 12,481 yes, 11,018 no | 1,692 yes, 2,276 no | 13,173 yes, 17,957 no | 7,808 yes, 11,026 no | 4,629 yes, 5,466 no |
| Question 8 | 1,114 yes, 3,216 no | 6,249 yes, 18,218 no | 1,026 yes, 3,019 no | 7,084 yes, 24,949 no | 4,858 yes, 14,201 no | 2,183 yes, 7,972 no |
| Question 9 | 1,932 yes, 2,315 no | 14,037 yes, 10,379 no | 2,438 yes, 1,644 no | 19,417 yes, 12,693 no | 9,757 yes, 8,763 no | 5,299 yes, 4,902 no |
Where the posted towns and the state differ
By South Coast 360's count of the posted tallies, five of the six communities had more no votes than yes votes on Question 4, Election Day voter registration, which the AP called for yes; New Bedford was the exception. Freetown was the only one of the six with more no votes than yes votes on Question 9, the 2024 gun law, which the AP also called for yes, and the only one where the Republican candidates for governor and Senate received the most votes.
By the same count, the posted towns split differently on the two questions the AP had not called. No led Question 5 statewide, but five of the six communities had more yes votes than no votes. Mattapoisett was the exception, at 1,984 no to 1,952 yes, the closest count on any question in the six communities. On Question 7, five of the six had more no votes than yes votes, as the statewide count did, and New Bedford was the exception.
District races: one fully in, the rest waiting
Only one contested district race has every one of its precincts posted: the 1st Plymouth state representative district, which covers Plymouth Precincts 4, 6 to 12 and 14 to 18 and no other community. Michelle L. Badger, the Democratic incumbent, received the most votes in the unofficial count, 14,221 to 9,652 for David Michael Golden Jr., the Republican. That count comes from Plymouth's sheet, which leaves out write-ins, hand counts, military and overseas ballots and provisional ballots.
In every other contested district race, some communities are still out or the district reaches beyond the 17 communities South Coast 360 covers. Here are the posted counts, candidates in ballot order:
- U.S. House, 9th District: Bill Keating (Democratic, incumbent) and R. Tyler MacAllister (Republican). New Bedford 15,355 to 8,628, Mattapoisett 2,260 to 1,764, Plymouth 18,869 to 12,235 and Wareham's preliminary tally 5,687 to 4,255. Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Marion, Rochester and Westport have not posted, and the district reaches beyond the South Coast.
- U.S. House, 4th District: Jake Auchincloss (Democratic, incumbent) and Thomas Stalcup (Republican). Freetown 1,998 to 2,145 and Taunton 11,121 to 7,334. Dighton, Fall River, Rehoboth, Somerset and Swansea have not posted, and the district reaches beyond the South Coast.
- State Senate, 2nd Bristol and Plymouth: Mark C.W. Montigny (Democratic, incumbent) and Robert Scott McConnell (Republican). New Bedford 16,628 to 7,417 and Mattapoisett 2,425 to 1,567. Acushnet, Dartmouth and Fairhaven have not posted.
- State Senate, 1st Bristol and Plymouth: Michael J. Rodrigues (Democratic, incumbent) and Gabriel Boomer Amaral (Republican). Freetown 2,103 to 2,076. Fall River, Rochester, Somerset, Swansea and Westport have not posted.
- State Senate, Plymouth and Barnstable: Dylan A. Fernandes (Democratic, incumbent) and Kari Della MacRae (Republican). Plymouth 18,523 to 12,562. The rest of the district, Kingston, Pembroke, Plympton, Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee and Sandwich, is outside the South Coast.
- State representative, 2nd Plymouth: John Robert Gaskey (Republican, incumbent) and Sarah G. Hewins (Democratic). Wareham's preliminary tally 4,548 to 5,274. The district reaches beyond Wareham.
- State representative, 12th Plymouth: Kathleen LaNatra (Democratic, incumbent) and Eric J. Meschino (Republican). Plymouth Precincts 1, 2, 3, 5 and 13, 4,502 to 2,777. The rest of the district, all of Kingston and parts of Halifax, Middleborough, Pembroke and Plympton, is outside the South Coast.
- State representative, 3rd Bristol: Lisa M. Field (Democratic, incumbent) and Lawrence Joseph Quintal (Republican). Taunton's 10 precincts in the district, 6,734 to 5,000, the only part of the district South Coast 360 covers.
- State representative, 5th Bristol: Justin E. Thurber (Republican, incumbent) and Jamison D. Souza (Democratic). Taunton's four precincts in the district, 861 to 1,070. Dighton, Somerset and Swansea Precincts 1 to 3 have not posted.
- State representative, 6th Bristol: Carole A. Fiola (Democratic, incumbent) and Robert G. Anctil (Republican). Freetown Precinct 1, 668 to 692. Fall River has not posted.
- State representative, 7th Bristol: Alan Silvia (Democratic, incumbent) and Talos D. Farris (Republican). Its precincts on South Coast ballots are all in Fall River, and the city has not posted.
- State representative, 8th Bristol: Steven J. Ouellette (Democratic, incumbent) and Jesse W. St. Gelais (Republican). Freetown Precincts 2 and 3, 1,163 to 1,688, and New Bedford's two precincts in the district, 360 to 369. Acushnet, Fall River and Westport have not posted.
- State representative, 9th Bristol: Edward M. Pacheco (Democratic) and Chester M. Tam (Republican). New Bedford's three precincts in the district, 1,793 to 1,414. Dartmouth has not posted.
- State representative, 10th Bristol: Mark D. Sylvia (Democratic, incumbent) and Brendalee A. Smith (Republican). New Bedford's three precincts in the district, 1,228 to 859, and Mattapoisett 2,485 to 1,500. Acushnet, Fairhaven, Marion and Rochester have not posted.
- Bristol County district attorney: Seth Thomas Aitken (Republican) and Christopher Matthew Markey (Democratic). Freetown 2,274 to 1,899, New Bedford 8,438 to 15,440 and Taunton 8,309 to 9,962. Acushnet, Dartmouth, Dighton, Fairhaven, Fall River, Rehoboth, Somerset, Swansea and Westport have not posted, and the county also takes in towns outside the South Coast, such as Berkley, Raynham and Seekonk.
- Bristol County register of probate: Thomas Cleary Hoye Jr. (Democratic, incumbent) and Melanie Patenaude Layden (Independent). Freetown 2,095 to 1,667, New Bedford 15,265 to 6,896 and Taunton 12,609 to 5,171. The same nine South Coast communities and the county's other towns are still out.
- Plymouth County commissioner: Rhonda L. Nyman (Democratic) and Anthony Thomas O'Brien Sr. (Republican). Mattapoisett 2,171 to 1,690, Plymouth 17,175 to 13,360 and Wareham's preliminary tally 5,310 to 4,372. Marion and Rochester have not posted, and the county's other towns are outside the South Coast.
- Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School Committee, Berkley seat: Richard J. Spada Jr. (incumbent) and Jacqueline Machamer. Freetown 1,887 to 1,211 and Taunton 8,819 to 4,676. Dighton and Rehoboth have not posted, and the district's other member towns, including Berkley, Bridgewater, Middleborough and Raynham, are outside the South Coast. No candidate was printed for Freetown's seat, and the posted sheets show only a write-in total for it.
- Regional school committee, Bourne seat, on Wareham's ballot: David P. Sampson (incumbent) and Timothy N. Derby. Wareham's preliminary tally 5,158 to 2,189. Marion has not posted, and Bourne, Falmouth and Sandwich are outside the South Coast.
Unopposed on the ballot were Joseph C. Ferreira for Governor's Council, 1st District, Kelly A. Dooner for state Senate in the 3rd Bristol and Plymouth District, state representative candidates Christopher M. Hendricks (11th Bristol), Antonio F.D. Cabral (13th Bristol), Norman J. Orrall (12th Bristol) and Steven S. Howitt (4th Bristol), Bristol County Treasurer Christopher T. Saunders and County Commissioner John Thomas Saunders, and in Plymouth County, District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz, Register of Probate Matthew Joseph McDonough and County Treasurer Thomas J. O'Brien, along with several regional school committee members.
Who has not posted yet
Acushnet, Dartmouth, Dighton, Fall River, Marion, Rochester, Somerset, Swansea and Westport had not posted unofficial results on their town or city websites when South Coast 360 checked just after 10 a.m. Wednesday. Fairhaven and Rehoboth had not posted results when South Coast 360 last checked their sites, at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday. Marion's election page links to two unofficial results files, but neither was open to the public when South Coast 360 checked.
Some ballots are counted after Election Day on a set schedule: Freetown counts its eligible late mail ballots Friday, Nov. 6, at 5:05 p.m., and Fall River counts its outstanding absentee and early voted ballots in a public session Saturday, Nov. 7, at 9 a.m., as South Coast 360 reported Oct. 29 from the town's and city's notices.
What happens next
Taunton's notice lays out the steps after election night: the city updates its hand counts, write-ins and provisional ballots from Wednesday, Nov. 4, through Tuesday, Nov. 10, holds its post-election tabulation Thursday, Nov. 12, at 8:30 a.m. in City Council Chambers and has its Election Commission count ballots from overseas voters Friday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m. The city certifies the election Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 5 p.m. Other communities update and certify on their own notices and the state's schedule.
With Questions 5 and 7 still uncalled, South Coast 360 will report the AP's calls as they appear, add each community's numbers to the Election Center as it posts them and write about each district race once every community in it has posted its complete unofficial count.
Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.
Notes
Every town count comes from that community's own posted unofficial tally, listed below, as South Coast 360 saved it when it appeared between 9:08 p.m. Tuesday and 7:09 a.m. Wednesday, and we reopened each file Wednesday morning. The AP calls and statewide counts are the AP's, as WBUR's results pages and their data published them at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday. WBUR's page showed the governor and Senate calls by its 9:05 p.m. Tuesday update, and its data time-stamps the question calls between 11:33 p.m. Tuesday and 1:47 a.m. Wednesday, and South Coast 360 calls no race. The comparisons of the posted towns with the statewide count, the closest-count note and the 17,973-vote gap on Question 7 are our own reading of those figures and are labeled that way. Names and parties are as the ballots print them, district boundaries are from the 2021 state redistricting acts, and we checked each date and weekday against a calendar. Not heard: this story reports the counts and includes no candidate statements.
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- Acts of 2021, Chapter 83: state representative districtsFirst Plymouth consists only of parts of Plymouth; Second Plymouth is Carver, parts of Middleborough and Wareham; Twelfth Plymouth takes in Kingston and parts of Halifax, Middleborough, Pembroke, Plymouth and Plympton; Third Bristol is parts of Easton and Taunton. Read Nov. 4, 2026.
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