Cape And Islands DA Election Results: AP Calls Race For Higgins

This story was last updated at 9:07 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

BARNSTABLE COUNTY, MA — The Associated Press has declared Dan Higgins the winner in the Republican Primary race for Cape and Islands District Attorney.

Higgins was pulling away from John F. Carey for much of the night, and the AP called the race with 82 percent of the vote in.

There was a three-way race for the Republican nod. Melissa R. Alden, John F. Carey and Daniel Higgins were all vying to become the candidate on that side of the ticket.

Here are the totals with over 82 percent of the vote counted, courtesy of the Associated Press:

• Melissa Alden - 2,692
• John Carey - 4,714
• Daniel Higgins - 8,943

Higgins also won in Falmouth, according to unofficial votes. Here's how the locals voted:

• Higgins - 1418
• Carey - 754
• Alden - 333

No Democrat is challenging Robert Joseph Galibois.

In this race, it wasn't 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.