Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2010

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2010

2006 ← November 2, 2010 → 2014

Nominee Deval Patrick Charlie Baker Tim Cahill Party Democratic Republican Independent Running mate Tim Murray Richard R. Tisei Paul Loscocco[1] Popular vote 1,108,404 962,848 183,933 Percentage 48.4% 42.0% 8.0%

Results by municipality

Governor before election Deval Patrick Democratic Elected Governor Deval Patrick Democratic

The Massachusetts gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Deval Patrick was re-elected to a second term.^[2] Also competing were the Republican Party nominee, businessman Charlie Baker; independent candidate and State Treasurer Tim Cahill; and Green-Rainbow Party nominee and physician Jill Stein. Party primaries were held on September 14, though all four candidates ran unopposed in their respective primaries.^[3] Tim Murray, who ran on a ticket with Patrick was re-elected Lieutenant Governor.

Candidates

Democrats

• Deval Patrick,^[4] incumbent Governor, first elected in 2006
• Grace Ross,^[5] 2006 Green-Rainbow nominee for Governor

On June 1, 2010, Ross withdrew from the race when she could not garner the amount of signatures needed to run,^[6] leaving Patrick as the only candidate in the primary race going into the June 5 Democratic State Convention. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray was again his running mate.

Republicans

• Charlie Baker,^[7] former secretary to Governors Weld and Cellucci and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim
• Christy Mihos,^[8] 2006 independent candidate for governor

Ahead of the April 2010 party convention, many Republican delegates preferred Harvard Pilgrim CEO Charlie Baker to be the Republican nominee,^[9] however, there was support for State Senator Bob Hedlund,^[10] former State Treasurer Joseph D. Malone^[11] (who declined to instead run for Congress), and former Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey.^[12] In early 2009, two "draft" websites appeared encouraging Baker^[13] and U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan^[14][15] to run for governor. Christy Mihos announced his bid for governor on April 25, 2009 as a Republican; in 2006 he ran as an independent. Baker announced his candidacy on July 8, 2009, and went on to win the nomination at the state Republican Party convention, freeing him of a primary challenge from Christy Mihos, with 89 percent of the vote.^[16] Richard R. Tisei was Baker's running mate.

Green-Rainbow Party

• Jill Stein, physician and co-chairperson of the Green-Rainbow Party, declared her candidacy on January 7, 2010.^[17] Her running mate was Richard P. Purcell, a surgery clerk and ergonomics assessor, of Holyoke.^[18]

Independents

• Tim Cahill, State Treasurer and Receiver-General.^[19] Cahill had won the 2006 treasurer's election as a Democrat, but changed his party to "unenrolled" (equivalent to "independent" in Massachusetts) so he could challenge Patrick in this election. Paul Loscocco, a former Republican State Representative, was his running mate. Loscocco announced that he would withdraw from the race on October 1, 2010, and endorse Republican candidate Charlie Baker.^[1] Loscocco formally remained on the ballot, however.^[20] Recently released e-mails suggest however, that Loscocco may have been enticed to leave the ticket. E-mails between Republican political consultants and Loscocco's top aide indicate that he would be offered a "substantive lifeline" in return for his defection.^[21]

Polling

Democratic primary

Poll source	Dates administered	Deval Patrick	Grace Ross
Suffolk University	February 21–24, 2010	59%	15%

Republican primary

Poll source	Dates administered	Charlie Baker	Christy Mihos
Boston Globe/UNH	July 15–21, 2009	27%	20%
Suffolk University	November 4–8, 2009	30%	33%
Suffolk University	February 21–24, 2010	47%	17%

General election

Poll source	Dates administered	Democratic nominee		Republican nominee		Green-Rainbow nominee	Independent nominee
		Deval Patrick	Grace Ross	Charlie Baker	Christy Mihos	Jill Stein	Tim Cahill
Rasmussen Reports	June 24, 2009	41%	––	36%	––	––	––
		40%	––	––	41%	––	––
Boston Globe/UNH	July 15–21, 2009	35%	––	41%	––	––	––
		30%	––	20%	––	––	30%
		40%	––	––	41%	––	––
		31%	––	––	18%	––	31%
Rasmussen Reports	August 20, 2009	35%	––	––	40%	––	––
Rasmussen Reports	October 22, 2009	34%	––	24%	––	––	23%
		34%	––	––	23%	––	23%
Suffolk University	November 4–8, 2009	38%	––	15%	––	––	26%
		36%	––	––	20%	––	26%
Rasmussen Reports	November 23, 2009	33%	––	28%	––	––	25%
		32%	––	––	26%	––	28%
Boston Globe/UNH	January 2–6, 2010	30%	––	19%	––	––	23%
		32%	––	––	19%	––	23%
Public Policy Polling	January 7–9, 2010	29%	––	27%	––	––	21%
		28%	––	––	21%	––	25%
Suffolk University	February 21–24, 2010	33%	––	25%	––	3%	23%
		34%	––	––	19%	3%	26%
Rasmussen Reports	March 8, 2010	35%	––	32%	––	––	19%
		34%	––	––	19%	––	30%
Rasmussen Reports	April 5, 2010	35%	––	27%	––	––	23%
		38%	––	––	15%	––	33%
Rasmussen Reports	May 10, 2010	45%	––	31%	––	––	14%
		––	27%	32%		––	16%
Suffolk University	May 25, 2010	42%	––	29%		8%	14%
Rasmussen Reports	June 21, 2010	41%		34%		––	16%
Boston Globe/UNH	June 17–23, 2010	38%		31%		2%	9%
Rasmussen Reports	July 22, 2010	38%		32%		––	17%
Statehouse News	August 29–31, 2010	34%		28%		4%	18%
Rasmussen Reports	September 1, 2010	39%		34%		––	18%
Rasmussen Reports	September 17, 2010	45%		42%		––	5%
Suffolk University / 7 News	September 16–19, 2010	41%		34%		4%	14%
Boston Globe/UNH	September 17–22, 2010	35%		34%		4%	11%
Western New England College	September 19–23, 2010	39%		33%		3%	16%
Rasmussen Reports	September 30, 2010	47%		42%		—	6%
Suffolk University 7 News	October 10–12, 2010	46%		39%		1%	10%
Public Opinion Strategies	October 11–13, 2010	35%		42%		2%	10%
Rasmussen Reports	October 18, 2010	47%		42%		—	6%
Western New England College	October 22, 2010	44%		36%		5%	8%
Boston Globe	October 24, 2010	43%		39%		2%	8%
Suffolk University/7News	October 25–27, 2010	46%		39%		2%	9%
Rasmussen Reports	October 27, 2010	46%		44%		—	6%
Western New England College	October 24–28, 2010	42%		37%		3%	11%
Results (for comparison)	[November 2, 2010]	[ 48.4% ]	[ 42.0% ]	[ 1.4% ]	[ 8.0% ]

Fundraising

As of October 31, 2010.^[22] Shading indicates candidate with the highest amount.

Candidate (Party)	Raised	Spent	Balance
Tim Cahill (I)	$570,345.01	$277,655.73	$292,689.28
Charlie Baker (R)	$736,877.30	$491,089.99	$245,787.31
Deval Patrick (D)	$606,991.19	$459,858.16	$147,133.03
Jill Stein (G)	$64,454.75	$22,068.50	$42,386.25

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2010[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Deval Patrick / Tim Murray	1,112,283	48.42	–7.21
	Republican	Charlie Baker / Richard R. Tisei	964,866	42.00	+6.67
	Independent	Tim Cahill / Paul Loscocco	184,395	8.03	+1.06
	Green-Rainbow	Jill Stein / Richard P. Purcell	32,895	1.43	–0.51
	Write-in	All others	2,600	0.11	–0.01
Total votes			2,297,039	%
		Blank	22,924
Turnout			2,319,963
Majority			147,417	6.41
	Democratic hold		Swing	–13.88

See also

• United States gubernatorial elections, 2010

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Loscocco declared he would drop out and endorse the Republican ticket. However, there was no way to drop out by that time, so he remains on the ballot and is formally still in the race.Bierman, Noah; Levenson, Michael; Ellement, John R. (October 1, 2010). "'I won't give in,' Cahill declares as he vows to stay in race". boston.com. http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/10/cahill_running_1.html. Retrieved October 5, 2010. 
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External links

• Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth - Elections Division
• Massachusetts Governor Candidates at Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions for 2010 Massachusetts Governor from Follow the Money
• Massachusetts Governor 2010 from OurCampaigns.com
• "2010 Massachusetts Gubernatorial General Election: Charlie Baker (R) vs Deval Patrick (D) vs Tim Cahill (i)". Pollster.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/15/10-ma-gov-ge-bvpvc_n_728439.html. Retrieved October 24, 2010.  (graph of multiple polls)
• Election 2010: Massachusetts Governor from Rasmussen Reports
• 2010 Massachusetts Governor Race from Real Clear Politics
• 2010 Massachusetts Governor's Race from CQ Politics
• Race Profile in The New York Times

Debates

• "Massachusetts Gubernatorial Debate". C-SPAN. September 24, 2010. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295340-1. 
• "The Massachusetts Gubernatorial Debate". WWLP. October 21, 2010. http://massachusetts.onpolitix.com/news/16806/video-gubernatorial-debate-on-22news. 
• "Final Mass. Governor’s Debate". BostonChannel. October 25, 2010. http://electionwire.wbur.org/2010/10/25/final-governors-debate. 

Campaign

• Charlie Baker for Governor^{[dead link]}
• Deval Patrick for Governor
• Tim Cahill for Governor^{[dead link]}