Worcester 2022 Election Results: CPA OK, Kennedy And LeBoeuf Ahead

WORCESTER, MA — Voters in Worcester have made several key choices in the 2022 midterm election, electing two well-known local Democrats to statewide office and opting to adopt a new tax surcharge to fund community projects.

Here's what happened in the biggest races in Worcester in 2022:

• Worcester voters adopted the Community Preservation Act, which means a 1.5 percent surcharge on property tax bills to fund items like buying open space, creating affordable housing and historic preservation. The CPA was targeted by the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce with a TV ad, but the "yes" side raised close to $50,000 to pass the measure.
• Incumbent state Rep. David LeBoeuf won a third term in a race against Republican and Worcester firefighter Paul Fullen. LeBoeuf carried the Worcester portion of the 17th Worcester state House district by a huge margin, but Fullen came out ahead in the Leicester portion of the district. "Thank you to everyone in the 17th Worcester for your support and overwhelmingly re-electing me as your state representative. The work continues tomorrow," LeBoeuf tweeted just before 10 p.m. Tuesday.
• In the marquee local race of 2022, Democratic nominee Robyn Kennedy won the state Senate seating Harriette Chandler is leaving at the end of the year. Kennedy defeated Worcester Mayor Joe Petty in the September primary, and faced a challenge from Berlin resident Lisa Mair on Tuesday.

Here are the preliminary results from Worcester only for contested races as of Tuesday night:

1st Worcester state Senate (Worcester only)

• Robyn Kennedy (D) — 19,235
• Lisa Mair (unenrolled) — 4,837

17th Worcester state House (includes Leicester)

• Paul Fullen (R) — 3,247
• David LeBoeuf (i)(D) — 4,672

Community Preservation Act

• Yes — 18,976
• No — 17,426

U.S. House 2nd District

• Jim McGovern (i)(D) — Associated Press called race for McGovern
• Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette (R) —

Worcester and Hampshire state Senate (Worcester results)

• Anne Gobi (D) — 3,167
• James Anthony Amorello (R) — 1,719

7th District Governor's Council

• Paul DePalo (D) —
• Gary Galonek (R) —

Worcester County Sheriff

• Lew Evangelidis (R) —
• David Fontaine (D) —

The following local candidates went unchallenged in 2022 and were reelected Tuesday (Worcester results only)

• State Rep. Mary Keefe (D) — 4,472
• State Rep. James O'Day (D) — 6,717
• State Rep. Dan Donahue (D) — 6,025
• State Rep. John Mahoney (D) — 10,237
• State Sen. Michael Moore (D) — 19,086 (includes Shrewsbury)
• Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early Jr. (D) —