State Primary the day after Labor Day
The State Primary is Tuesday, September 4. Polling locations will be open from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. The deadline to vote by absentee ballot is August 31 at 5 p.m. Absentee ballots are available now. Visit www.sec.state.ma.us or www.boston.gov for more information
Below is a partial list of candidates on the ballot in the State Primary. Due to space constraints we've only listed the contested seats. You can view your complete ballot at www.sec.state.ma.us. Find out where you vote at www.boston.gov.
All information from the City of Boston.
Democrats
Governor
JAY M. GONZALEZ, Former Secretary of Administration and Finance
BOB MASSIE
Lieutenant Governor
QUENTIN PALFREY, Former Assistant Attorney General
JIMMY TINGLE
Secretary of State
STATE WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN, Present State Secretary; Candidate for Re?nomination
JOSH ZAKIM, Current Boston City Councilor
Representative in Congress for Seventh District
MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Candidate for Re?nomination
AYANNA S. PRESSLEY, Current Boston City Councillor at?Large
Representative in Congress for Eighth District
STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Candidate for Re?nomination Democratic
CHRISTOPHER L. VOEHL, Veteran
BRIANNA WU
Representative in General Court for Ninth Suffolk District
BYRON RUSHING, Candidate for Re?nomination
SUEZANNE P. BRUCE
JON SANTIAGO
Clerk of Courts Suffolk County-Civil Business
MICHAEL JOSEPH DONOVAN, Candidate for Re?nomination
KERBY ROBERSON
Register of Deeds Suffolk District
STEPHEN J. MURPHY, Present Register of Deeds
KATHERINE VICTORIA FORDE
District Attorney Suffolk District
EVANDRO C. CARVALHO
Current State Representative; Former Assistant District Attorney
LINDA G. CHAMPION
GREGORY D. HENNING Suffolk Assistant District Attorney
SHANNON McAULIFFE
RACHAEL S. ROLLINS Former Assistant District Attorney, Assistant United States Attorney
Republicans
Senator in Congress
GEOFF DIEHL, Current State Representative
JOHN KINGSTON
BETH JOYCE LINDSTROM, Former Director of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
Governor
CHARLES D. BAKER, Governor of Massachusetts
SCOTT D. LIVELY
Attorney General
JAMES R. McMAHON
DANIEL L. SHORES