The Vineyard will be seeing some familiar faces in Boston after the midterm elections.
The Associated Press projected Sen. Ed Markey to be reelected one minute after polls closed Tuesday night. Gov. Maura Healey was also projected to retain her seat minutes after polls closed. After 11 pm, both candidates received more than 60 percent of the votes counted.
“Massachusetts, I’m so proud to be your governor. Thank you,” Healey said in a social media post.
It was a similar case for various incumbents statewide, like Attorney General Andrea Campbell and State Auditor Diana DiZoglio.
As unofficial results are gathered from across the Vineyard, down-Island shows a similar trend as the rest of the state.
Based on unofficial vote counts from Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, and Tisbury, Markey received 4,800 votes, trouncing his opponents. The next closest was Republican John Deaton, who received 1,466 votes.
The governor’s race was a similar case, with 4795 votes for Healey against the 1,573 votes Republican challenger Mike Minogue received and the 173 votes to Andrea James.
And for the ninth congressional district, which includes the Vineyard, Bill Keating is leading the race over his Republican challenger R. Tyler Macallister. The down-Island results show a 4985-1404 Keating lead. Including numbers shown in the Boston Globe, Keating is ahead 104,468-62,223, as of 11:34 pm, in the district.
State Sen. Julian Cyr and State Rep. Thomas Moakley both ran uncontested and are projected to be reelected. Dukes County Commission and Martha’s Vineyard Commission candidates also ran uncontested, although some candidates conducted write-in campaigns in an attempt to join the governmental bodies. Some MVC hopefuls launched write-in campaigns last month because of paperwork lapses.
Meanwhile, which ballot questions will pass is still too early to tell.
This is a developing story.
