Boston 2022 Primary Results: See Winners In Local Races

BOSTON, MA — Returns were slowly coming in Tuesday night after polls closed in the 2022 primary featuring statewide Democratic and Republican races, plus a slew of local races — including the bitter race for Suffolk County District Attorney.

Democratic primary voters in Boston on Tuesday were choosing between candidates to replace outgoing state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz — who was a gubernatorial candidate, but dropped out this summer — Suffolk County Sheriff and four state House seats.

In the heated Suffolk County District Attorney race, the Associated Press just before midnight Tuesday declared acting prosecutor Kevin Hayden the winner. He defeated District 7 Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo by about 5,000 votes after a month of controversy surrounding the two candidates.

Hayden took over for U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins after she was appointed to the federal prosecutor job, but the primary election will decide who gets the DA seat for the next term. Controversy began in August when the Boston Globe reported that Hayden had taken a campaign contribution from a transit cop accused of pointing his gun at a driver after a traffic incident.

Then reports of sexual assault investigations from 2005 and 2007 against Arroyo surfaced. An accuser came forward to tell the Boston Globe she stood by the allegations of coerced sex and manipulation she made against the city councilor. That caused prominent officials, including Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, to retract Arroyo endorsements. Arroyo then went to court seeking the release of police reports detailing an investigation in 2005, and has filed an ethics complaint against Hayden.

Arroyo conceded the race Wednesday morning.

Also at the county level, longtime Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins defeated former employee Sandy Zamor-Calixte in the Democratic primary.

In state House and Senate races, voters picked state Rep. Liz Miranda to succeed state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, and Christopher Worrell — brother of District 4 Boston City Councilor Brian Worrell — won a Democratic primary for Miranda's seat.

Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin — who is facing his own primary challenge in 2022 — forecast that over 1 million voters would head to the polls on Tuesday. But as of last Thursday, more than 31,000 had voted early and about 700,000 voters had requested mail-in ballots, Galvin said.

Turnout in Boston on primary day was just under 69,000 as of 6 p.m., according to the Boston Elections Department.

Here are the Boston city results and the status of statewide races:

Democratic Suffolk District Attorney

• Kevin Hayden — 36,948
• Ricardo Arroyo — 32,004

Democratic 2nd Suffolk State Senate

• Miniard Culpepper — 3,119
• Nika Elugardo — 5,569
• James Grant — 547
• Liz Miranda — 6,750
• Dianne Wilkerson — 4,532

Democratic 5th Suffolk State House

• Althea Garrison — 866
• Danielson Tavares — 1,266
• Christopher Worrell —1,658

Democratic 6th Suffolk State House

• Russell Holmes — 3,226
• Haris Hassan Hardaway — 1,041

Democratic 11th Suffolk State House

• Judith Garcia — 1,012
• Roberto Andres Jimenez-Rivera — 757
• Leo Robinson — 655

Democratic 15th Suffolk State House

• Richard Anthony Fierro — 679
• Roxanne Longoria — 1,751
• Samantha Montano — 3,924
• Mary Ann Nelson — 440

Democratic Suffolk County Sheriff

• Steven Tompkins — 38,513
• Sandy Zamor-Calixte — 11,206

Democratic Attorney General

• Andrea Campbell — Declared winner by Associated Press
• Shannon Liss-Riordan — Conceded to Campbell
• Quentin Palfrey (dropped out)

Democratic Auditor

• Christopher Dempsey —
• Diana DiZoglio — Declared winner by Associated Press

Democratic Governor

• Sonia Chang-Diaz (dropped out)
• Maura Healey — Declared winner by Associated Press

Republican Governor

• Geoff Diehl — Declared winner by Associated Press
• Chris Doughty —

Democratic Lieutenant Governor

• Kim Driscoll — Declared winner by Associated Press
• Tami Gouveia —
• Eric Lesser — Conceded to Driscoll

Republican Lieutenant Governor

• Leah Allen — Leading, but race not called as of Wednesday morning
• Kate Campanale —

Democratic Secretary of State

• William Galvin — Declared winner by Associated Press
• Tanisha Sullivan —