Election Results: Gentile Vs. Centurion In 13th Middlesex Race

This story was updated at 10:05 p.m. on Nov. 3

SUDBURY, MA — Results in a key race between incumbent Democratic state Rep. Carmine Gentile and Republican challenger Ingrid Centurion in the 13th Middlesex race are rolling in — and Gentile is in the lead.

At 11 p.m., Gentile was leading 67.77 percent to Centurion's 32.23 percent with 100 percent of results from Marlborough, Framingham and Sudbury. Wayland had not reported results as of midnight.

Gentile thanked voters and pledged to work on a host of issues.

"Now we go forward and continue the work to put the pandemic behind us, re-build our economy, pass the ROE Act preserving a woman's right to choose, Police Reform and Racial Justice, prevent thousands of evictions, help our small landlords, protect the most vulnerable among us, transition the Commonwealth to 100% renewable clean energy, provide excellent education for all our children regardless of their zip codes, the list goes on," Gentile told Patch via email.

Centurion, a Sudbury resident, cast her self as a business-friendly candidate. She also said she would "create transparency" in the state House — but said that she supports the Legislature's exemption from the state open records law, seen as an impediment to transparency.

But Gentile is popular in the 13th Middlesex district, holding frequent walk-in sessions for constituents. He hasn't faced a challenge in any election since the 2014 Democratic primary, and Centurion is the first Republican to run for the 13th Middlesex seat since 2014. Gentile also out-raised Centurion, ending September with about $30,000 on hand to Centurion's $15,000.

Gentile spent the day before Election Day at an event in Marlborough with U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer, and state Legislature colleagues Sen. Jamie Eldridge and state Rep. Danielle Gregoire.

"Go blue up and down the ballot!" Gentile tweeted on Monday.

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