Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2010

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Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2010
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Nominee Deval Patrick Charlie Baker Tim Cahill
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Running mate Tim Murray Richard R. Tisei Paul Loscocco [2]
Popular vote1,108,404962,848183,933
Percentage48.4%42.0%8.0%
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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. [3]

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Contents

Party primaries were held on September 14, though all four candidates ran unopposed in their respective primaries. [4] Tim Murray, who ran on a ticket with Patrick, was re-elected Lieutenant Governor. As of 2018, this is the most recent election in which a Democrat was elected Governor of Massachusetts.

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Tim Murray American politician

Timothy Patrick "Tim" Murray is an American lawyer and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 71st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 2007 to 2013, when he resigned to become the head of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce. Murray previously served on the Worcester City Council from 1998 to 2001 and as the Mayor of Worcester from 2002 to 2007.

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Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared
Withdrew

Grace Ross is a Massachusetts activist. Ross was a Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 2010 until she withdrew from the race, citing a lack of signatures. Ross is also a former Green-Rainbow Party co-chair and was the 2006 Green-Rainbow Party nominee for Governor. She is from Worcester, Massachusetts.

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredDeval PatrickGrace Ross
Suffolk University February 21–24, 201059%15%

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared
Bill Weld American politician

William Floyd Weld is an American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician who served as the 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997 and the Libertarian Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2016 election, sharing the ticket with Gary Johnson. He is formally running to seek the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2020.

Paul Cellucci US politician

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Eliminated at convention
Christy Mihos American politician and businessman

Christy Peter Mihos was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts. He was an Independent candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 2006. He ran for the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, but did not receive enough votes at the Republican Convention to qualify for the primary ballot.

Declined
Kerry Healey American politician

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Massachusetts Senate

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Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredCharlie BakerChristy Mihos
The Boston Globe/UNH July 15–21, 200927%20%
Suffolk University November 4–8, 200930%33%
Suffolk University February 21–24, 201047%17%

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Declared

Independents and third parties

Independent

  • Running mate:Paul Loscocco, former Republican State Representative

Green-Rainbow Party

  • Running mate: Richard P. Purcell, surgery clerk and ergonomics assessor [20]

General election

Defection of Loscocco

On October 1, 2010, Loscocco announced that he would withdraw from the race and endorse Republican candidate Charlie Baker. [2] Loscocco formally remained on the ballot, however. [21] On October 7, Cahill filed a lawsuit against four former campaign aides, alleging that they conspired to undermine his candidacy and help Charlie Baker by arranging his defection. [22] Cahill claimed that e-mails between Republican political consultants and Loscocco's top aide suggested that Loscocco may have been enticed to leave the ticket by future job promises. [23] In response, Loscocco claimed that Cahill's top aide was coordinating strategy with the Patrick campaign and the Democratic Governors' Association and thus was never actually an independent effort. [24]

Lottery ad

Soon after Cahill filed suit against him, Adam Meldrum, Cahill's former campaign manager, alleged that Cahill colluded with the Massachusetts Lottery, which is overseen by the state treasurer's office, to run an ad favorable to him during the campaign. The ad, paid for by the Commonwealth, described the Massachusetts Lottery "the most successful state lottery America" and "consistently well-managed", echoing themes from Cahill's gubernatorial campaign. Both Cahill and Massachusetts Lottery Director Mark Cavanagh denied the allegations. [22] On October 18, e-mails released in conjunction with Cahill's lawsuit appeared to reveal that the campaign attempted to have the Lottery air a series of ads that praised the lottery's management. In the e-mails, Cahill's campaign media strategist Dane Strother told Meldrum to "Get the Lottery immediately cutting a spot and get it up...Needs to focus on the Lottery being the best in the country and above reproach." Two days later, Cahill's senior adviser Scott Campbell wrote, "I think the first thing is to figure out what/where/how we want to do this ... with Lottery people." [25]

On April 2, 2012, Cahill was indicted by a Grand Jury on charges that he used $1.65 million in Massachusetts State Lottery advertising to aid his campaign for governor. [26] On December 12, 2012, a mistrial was declared in the corruption case after the jury failed to reach a verdict on two counts of conspiracy. [27]

Polling

PollDatePatrick (D)Baker (R)Cahill (I)Stein (GR)
Rasmussen Reports June 24, 200941%36%––
The Boston Globe/UNH July 15–21, 200930%20%30%–
35%41%––
Rasmussen Reports October 22, 200934%24%23%–
Suffolk University November 4–8, 200938%15%26%–
Rasmussen Reports November 23, 200933%28%25%–
The Boston Globe/UNH January 2–6, 201030%19%23%–
Public Policy Polling January 7–9, 201029%27%21%–
Suffolk University February 21–24, 201033%25%23%3%
Rasmussen Reports March 8, 201035%32%19%–
Rasmussen Reports April 5, 201035%27%23%–
April 17 – Baker secures Republican nomination at convention; Mihos eliminated
Rasmussen Reports May 10, 201045%31%14%1%
Suffolk University May 25, 201042%29%14%8%
Rasmussen Reports June 21, 201041%34%16%–
The Boston Globe/UNH June 17–23, 201038%31%9%2%
Rasmussen Reports July 22, 201038%32%17%–
Statehouse News August 29–31, 201034%28%18%4%
Rasmussen Reports September 1, 201039%34%18%–
Rasmussen Reports September 17, 201045%42%5%–
Suffolk University / 7 News September 16–19, 201041%34%14%4%
The Boston Globe/UNH September 17–22, 201035%34%11%4%
Western New England College September 19–23, 201039%33%16%3%
Rasmussen Reports September 30, 201047%42%6%–
Suffolk University 7 News October 10–12, 201046%39%10%1%
Public Opinion Strategies October 11–13, 201035%42%10%2%
Rasmussen Reports October 18, 201047%42%6%–
Western New England College October 22, 201044%36%8%5%
Boston Globe October 24, 201043%39%8%2%
Suffolk University/7News October 25–27, 201046%39%9%2%
Rasmussen Reports October 27, 201046%44%6%—
Western New England College October 24–28, 201042%37%11%3%
Results (for comparison)[November 2, 2010][ 48.4% ][ 42.0% ][ 8.0% ][ 1.4% ]

Fundraising

As of October 31, 2010. [28] Shading indicates candidate with the highest amount.

Candidate (Party)RaisedSpentBalance
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 [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Deval Patrick / Tim Murray 1,112,283 48.42 –7.21
Republican Charlie Baker / Richard R. Tisei 964,86642.00+6.67
Independent Tim Cahill / Paul Loscocco 184,3958.03+1.06
Green-Rainbow Jill Stein / Richard P. Purcell32,8951.43–0.51
Write-inAll others2,6000.11–0.01
Total votes2,297,039
 Blank22,924
Turnout 2,319,963
Majority147,4176.41
Democratic hold Swing –13.88

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