SUDBURY, MA — Sudbury voters favored Democratic candidates and split their decisions across 10 ballot questions in Tuesday's state election.
A total of 9,067 ballots were cast, representing 62 percent of Sudbury's 14,609 registered voters, according to unofficial results posted by the town on Wednesday. Voting for all six precincts took place at the Fairbank Community Center.
In the U.S. Senate race, Edward Markey received 6,468 votes in Sudbury. John Deaton received 2,156, Shiva Ayyadurai received 203 and Joe Tache received 87.
Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll received 6,551 votes, compared with 2,229 for the Republican ticket of Minogue and Oliver. The independent ticket of James and Kittredge received 194 votes.
Sudbury voters also backed Democratic incumbents in several statewide races:
U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark received 7,017 votes in the uncontested 5th Congressional District race. State Sen. James Eldridge received 6,487 votes, compared with 2,089 for Joseph Shea.
Ravi Simon received 6,951 votes in the uncontested race for the 13th Middlesex District seat in the state House.
Sudbury voters supported six of the 10 ballot questions. Question 1, which concerned public access to recent legislative and gubernatorial records, received 7,655 yes votes and 1,158 no votes.
Voters also supported collective bargaining rights for Committee for Public Counsel Services employees, Election Day registration and the proposed Nature for All Fund.
Sudbury rejected Question 3, which proposed replacing party primaries with a single all-party primary, by a vote of 5,567 to 3,271. Voters also opposed changing the state revenue limit and a measure addressing minimum lot sizes for some single-family homes.
Question 8, which proposed repealing laws governing recreational marijuana sales, was rejected with 6,905 no votes and 2,079 yes votes. Question 9, concerning changes to state firearms laws, received 7,193 yes votes and 1,777 no votes.
Voters also backed Question 10, a nonbinding measure concerning legislative leadership stipends, by a vote of 6,194 to 1,249.
The results remain unofficial and may change as eligible mail-in ballots are received and counted.
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