Cape And Islands State Senate Primary Results: Lauzon Wins Barnstable

This story was last updated at 9:21 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 8.

CAPE COD, MA — Unofficial election results are in from the town of Barnstable, all but signaling a victory for Christopher Lauzon in the race for state senator.

The Associated Press is reporting Lauzon with a steady lead, and has yet to include his victory in Barnstable over Daralyn Heywood.

Here are the numbers, with 74 percent of the vote counted, according to the Associated Press.

• Daralyn Heywood - 3,296
• Christopher Lauzon - 5,027

Incumbent Julian Andre Cyr won't face a challenger in the primary, but there is competition on the Republican side of the ballot.

In this race, it wasn't be possible to count every vote by the end of the night.

State officials allowed Barnstable voters to go to the polls until midnight Tuesday following a delay in the start of voting early Tuesday morning.

Town spokeswoman Lynne Poyant said the town clerk's vault was locked and inaccessible early Tuesday morning. That prevented election officials from getting ballots and opening polls at the typical 7 a.m. start time.

Voting was up and running by about 11 a.m. in Barnstable, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Polls officially closed at midnight, according to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

"Polls are now closed in Barnstable. We thank the voters of Barnstable for their patience," the elections division of the secretary's office said.

"We also thank the neighboring town clerks who are pitching in tonight to help with the hand count of ballots in Barnstable, after finishing up in their own towns."

Check back with Patch throughout the night for results as they become available.