Electoral History
| Democratic gubernatorial primary 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Deval Patrick | 452,229 | 49.57% | ||
| Democratic | Chris Gabrieli | 248,301 | 27.22% | ||
| Democratic | Tom Reilly | 211,031 | 23.13% | ||
| Democratic | Write-in | 787 | 0.08% | ||
| Democratic | Blanks | 14,054 | |||
| Majority | 203,928 | 22.35% | |||
| Turnout | 926,402 | ||||
| Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Deval Patrick | 1,234,984 | 55.6 | +10.66 | |
| Republican | Kerry Healey | 784,342 | 35.3 | -14.47 | |
| Independent | Christy Mihos | 154,628 | 6.9 | +6.2 | |
| Green-Rainbow | Grace Ross | 43,193 | 1.9 | -1.59 | |
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
| Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election 2010 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Deval Patrick / Tim Murray | 1,112,283 | 48.42 | –7.21 | |
| Republican | Charlie Baker / Richard R. Tisei | 964,866 | 42.00 | +6.67 | |
| Independent | Tim Cahill / Paul Loscocco | 184,395 | 8.03 | +1.06 | |
| Green-Rainbow | Jill Stein / Richard P. Purcell | 32,895 | 1.43 | –0.51 | |
| Write-in | All others | 2,600 | 0.11 | –0.01 | |
| Total votes | 2,297,039 | % | |||
| Blank | 22,924 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,319,963 | ||||
| Majority | 147,417 | 6.41 | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | –13.88 | |||
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