Chaprales Wins by 47 Votes, Keating Defeats Sutter in 9th Massachusetts District

Sutter conceded the race, calling Keating's campaign around 9 p.m., according to WATD.

Keating will face Republican Adam Chaprales, who defeated Christopher Sheldon by 47 votes for the Republican nomination. Sheldon is a Plymouth resident. Chapreles lives in Barnstable.

Keating told WATD from his primary night headquarters said that the next five weeks will be difficult ones.

“We’re hitting the streets, going back to DC office Monday, and we'll be there for parts of next five weeks," Keating said. "It will be a challenge to do the job there and still get out in the district."

Keating said his campaign will focus on what he's done over the past two years. "We’re telling people what we’ve done in this unbelievably difficult environment. We've created 10,000 jobs in this district."

He said the Thursday primary, rather than the traditional Tuesday “threw people off," and many did not know the primary was today. Across the state the turnout was about 13 percent.

Keating also said that the lack of local races kept people away.

Chaprales declined to speak to any reporters Thursday night. He said he would have a speech Friday.

Here are the unofficial results, according to Boston.com. They do not include results from Middleborough or Dartmouth.

Republican primary

City or town Precincts
reporting Adam
Chaprales Christopher
Sheldon Acushnet 3 of 3 58 143 Aquinnah 1 of 1 1 1 Barnstable 13 of 13 1,567 311 Bourne 6 of 7 405 298 Brewster 3 of 3 225 124 Carver 3 of 3 63 244 Chatham 1 of 1 533 239 Chilmark 1 of 1 10 11 Dartmouth 0 of 9 0 0 Dennis 5 of 5 562 175 Duxbury 6 of 6 211 559 Eastham 1 of 1 134 70 Edgartown 1 of 1 45 38 Fairhaven 6 of 6 121 197 Fall River 16 of 16 124 283 Falmouth 9 of 9 866 357 Gosnold 1 of 1 4 4 Halifax 2 of 2 29 171 Hanover 4 of 4 73 182 Hanson 0 of 3 0 0 Harwich 4 of 4 848 312 Kingston 4 of 4 74 283 Marion 1 of 1 57 151 Marshfield 7 of 7 213 459 Mashpee 5 of 5 340 209 Mattapoisett 1 of 1 84 211 Middleborough 0 of 6 0 0 Nantucket 1 of 1 116 85 New Bedford 36 of 36 235 456 Norwell 3 of 3 144 242 Oak Bluffs 1 of 1 54 50 Orleans 1 of 1 169 79 Pembroke 5 of 5 198 757 Plymouth 15 of 15 525 1,254 Plympton 1 of 1 18 77 Provincetown 1 of 1 18 10 Rochester 1 of 1 18 227 Rockland 6 of 6 70 196 Sandwich 6 of 6 894 231 Tisbury 1 of 1 36 23 Truro 1 of 1 24 11 Wareham 6 of 6 118 340 Wellfleet 1 of 1 41 18 Westport 5 of 5 81 206 West Tisbury 1 of 1 30 24 Yarmouth 7 of 7 1,089 204 Total 203 of 222 10,525 9,522

Democratic primary

City or town Precincts
reporting Bill
Keating Sam
Sutter Acushnet 3 of 3 200 604 Aquinnah 1 of 1 29 12 Barnstable 13 of 13 2,880 1,060 Bourne 6 of 7 927 183 Brewster 3 of 3 533 154 Carver 3 of 3 251 84 Chatham 1 of 1 713 189 Chilmark 1 of 1 89 50 Dartmouth 0 of 9 0 0 Dennis 5 of 5 937 241 Duxbury 6 of 6 479 112 Eastham 1 of 1 401 79 Edgartown 1 of 1 179 100 Fairhaven 6 of 6 507 1,237 Fall River 16 of 16 861 4,301 Falmouth 9 of 9 2,477 544 Gosnold 1 of 1 2 2 Halifax 2 of 2 224 59 Hanover 4 of 4 494 92 Hanson 0 of 3 0 0 Harwich 4 of 4 1,458 309 Kingston 4 of 4 615 126 Marion 1 of 1 302 150 Marshfield 7 of 7 1,103 194 Mashpee 5 of 5 555 120 Mattapoisett 1 of 1 403 353 Middleborough 0 of 6 0 0 Nantucket 1 of 1 455 68 New Bedford 36 of 36 1,852 4,842 Norwell 3 of 3 387 89 Oak Bluffs 1 of 1 240 148 Orleans 1 of 1 447 120 Pembroke 5 of 5 825 176 Plymouth 15 of 15 2,492 684 Plympton 1 of 1 111 22 Provincetown 1 of 1 465 80 Rochester 1 of 1 193 112 Rockland 6 of 6 540 100 Sandwich 6 of 6 1,133 224 Tisbury 1 of 1 211 113 Truro 1 of 1 203 74 Wareham 6 of 6 693 182 Wellfleet 1 of 1 288 127 Westport 5 of 5 352 1,260 West Tisbury 1 of 1 176 149 Yarmouth 7 of 7 1,506 434 Total 203 of 222 29,188 19,359