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2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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election_name2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
countryMassachusetts
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
previous_year2006
election_dateNovember 2, 2010
next_election2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
next_year2014
turnout54.81% 1.42
image_sizex150px
image1File:Deval Patrick official photo (1).jpg
nominee1**Deval Patrick**
party1Democratic Party (United States)
running_mate1**Tim Murray**
popular_vote1**1,112,283**
percentage1**48.42%**
map_image
map_caption**Patrick:**
**Baker:**
**Cahill:**
**Tie:**
titleGovernor
before_electionDeval Patrick
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionDeval Patrick
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
image2File:Charlie Baker cropped (1).jpg
nominee2Charlie Baker
running_mate2Richard Tisei
party2Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2964,866
percentage242.00%
image3File:Timothy Cahill (3x4a).jpg
nominee3Tim Cahill
running_mate3Paul Loscocco
(withdrawn)
party3Independent
popular_vote3184,395
percentage38.03%

Baker:
Cahill: Tie:
(withdrawn) The 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Deval Patrick was re-elected to a second term.

Party primaries were held on September 14, though all four candidates ran unopposed in their respective primaries. Tim Murray, who ran on a ticket with Patrick, was re-elected Lieutenant Governor. This election is the only gubernatorial election since 1994 in which the two major parties did not have a woman on the gubernatorial ticket.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

  • Deval Patrick, incumbent Governor
Withdrew
  • Grace Ross, 2006 Green-Rainbow nominee for Governor

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredDeval PatrickGrace Ross
Suffolk UniversityFebruary 21–24, 2010**59%**15%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Tim Murray, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

  • Charlie Baker, CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and former Secretary of Administration and Finance
Eliminated at convention
  • Christy Mihos, independent candidate for governor in 2006
Declined
  • Kerry Healey, former Lieutenant Governor and nominee in 2006
  • Bob Hedlund, State Senator from Weymouth
  • Joe Malone, former State Treasurer (ran for U.S. Representative)
  • Michael Sullivan, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredCharlie BakerChristy Mihos
*The Boston Globe*/UNHJuly 15–21, 2009**27%**20%
Suffolk UniversityNovember 4–8, 200930%**33%**
Suffolk UniversityFebruary 21–24, 2010**47%**17%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Richard Tisei, Minority Leader of the Massachusetts State Senate

General election

Candidates

  • Charlie Baker, CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (Republican) :*Running mate: Richard Tisei, Minority Leader of the Massachusetts State Senate
  • Tim Cahill, State Treasurer and Receiver-General (Independent) :*Running mate: Paul Loscocco, former Republican State Representative
  • Deval Patrick, incumbent Governor (Democratic) :*Running mate: Tim Murray, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
  • Jill Stein, medical internist and co-chairperson of the Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party (Green-Rainbow) :*Running mate: Richard P. Purcell, surgery clerk and ergonomics assessor

Campaign

Defection of Loscocco

On October 1, 2010, Loscocco announced that he would withdraw from the race and endorse Republican candidate Charlie Baker. Loscocco formally remained on the ballot, however. 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. 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. 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.{{cite news| url=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2010/10/09/loscocco_says_patrick_aide_coordinated_with_cahill_camp/ |title=Campaign crossfire hotter still

Lottery ad

Main article: Tim Cahill corruption trial

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. 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."

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. 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.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political ReportOctober 14, 2010
RothenbergOctober 28, 2010
RealClearPoliticsNovember 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal BallOctober 28, 2010
CQ PoliticsOctober 28, 2010

Polling

PollDateDeval
Patrick (D)Charlie
Baker (R)Tim
Cahill (I)Jill
Stein (GR)Results (for comparison)
Rasmussen ReportsJune 24, 2009**41%**36%––
*The Boston Globe*/UNHJuly 15–21, 2009**30%**20%**30%**–
35%**41%**––
Rasmussen ReportsOctober 22, 2009**34%**24%23%–
Suffolk UniversityNovember 4–8, 2009**38%**15%26%–
Rasmussen ReportsNovember 23, 2009**33%**28%25%–
*The Boston Globe*/UNHJanuary 2–6, 2010**30%**19%23%–
Public Policy PollingJanuary 7–9, 2010**29%**27%21%–
Suffolk UniversityFebruary 21–24, 2010**33%**25%23%3%
Rasmussen ReportsMarch 8, 2010**35%**32%19%–
Rasmussen ReportsApril 5, 2010**35%**27%23%–
**April 17 – Baker secures Republican nomination at convention; Mihos eliminated**
Rasmussen ReportsMay 10, 2010**45%**31%14%1%
Suffolk UniversityMay 25, 2010**42%**29%14%8%
Rasmussen ReportsJune 21, 2010**41%**34%16%–
*The Boston Globe*/UNHJune 17–23, 2010**38%**31%9%2%
Rasmussen ReportsJuly 22, 2010**38%**32%17%–
Statehouse NewsAugust 29–31, 2010**34%**28%18%4%
Rasmussen ReportsSeptember 1, 2010**39%**34%18%–
Rasmussen ReportsSeptember 17, 2010**45%**42%5%–
Suffolk University /[7 News](7-news)September 16–19, 2010**41%**34%14%4%
*The Boston Globe*/UNHSeptember 17–22, 2010**35%**34%11%4%
Western New England CollegeSeptember 19–23, 2010**39%**33%16%3%
Rasmussen ReportsSeptember 30, 2010**47%**42%6%–
Suffolk University 7 NewsOctober 10–12, 2010**46%**39%10%1%
Public Opinion StrategiesOctober 11–13, 201035%**42%**10%2%
Rasmussen ReportsOctober 18, 2010**47%**42%6%–
Western New England CollegeOctober 22, 2010**44%**36%8%5%
Boston GlobeOctober 24, 2010**43%**39%8%2%
Suffolk University/[7News](7news)October 25–27, 2010**46%**39%9%2%
Rasmussen ReportsOctober 27, 2010**46%**44%6%—
Western New England CollegeOctober 24–28, 2010**42%**37%11%3%
*[November 2, 2010]****[ 48.4% ]****[ 42.0% ]**[ 8.0% ]**[ 1.4% ]*

with Christy Mihos

Poll sourceDates administeredDeval PatrickChristy MihosJill SteinTim Cahill
Rasmussen ReportsJune 24, 200940%**41%**––––
*The Boston Globe*/UNHJuly 15–21, 2009**31%**18%––**31%**
40%**41%**––––
Rasmussen ReportsAugust 20, 200935%**40%**––––
Rasmussen ReportsOctober 22, 2009**34%**23%––23%
Suffolk UniversityNovember 4–8, 2009**36%**20%––26%
Rasmussen ReportsNovember 23, 2009**32%**26%––28%
*The Boston Globe*/UNHJanuary 2–6, 2010**32%**19%––23%
Public Policy PollingJanuary 7–9, 2010**28%**21%––25%
Suffolk UniversityFebruary 21–24, 2010**34%**19%3%26%
Rasmussen ReportsMarch 8, 2010**34%**19%––30%
Rasmussen ReportsApril 5, 2010**38%**15%––33%

with Grace Ross

Poll sourceDates administeredGrace RossCharlie BakerTim Cahill
Rasmussen ReportsMay 10, 201027%**32%**16%

Fundraising

As of October 31, 2010. 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

By county

2010 United States gubernatorial election in Massachusetts (by county)CountyPatrick %Patrick #Baker %Baker #Others %Others #Total #
Barnstable43.8%47,124**47.0%****50,609**9.2%9,876107,609
Berkshire**70.3%****30,269**21.5%9,2668.2%3,52743,062
Bristol**46.3%****81,059**41.8%73,22011.8%20,724175,003
Dukes**57.6%****4,908**32.3%2,75710.1%8628,527
Essex43.2%116,360**47.5%****127,964**9.3%25,148269,472
Franklin**60.8%****17,068**24.4%6,83814.9%4,17028,076
Hampden**45.4%****62,816**39.5%54,65315.1%20,857138,326
Hampshire**58.4%****33,317**28.0%15,99413.6%7,75257,063
Middlesex**50.8%****283,221**40.6%226,2728.7%48,481557,974
Nantucket**50.7%****2,454**38.2%1,84611.1%5384,838
Norfolk43.80%119,806**43.81%****119,850**12.4%33,882273,538
Plymouth38.3%74,355**49.8%****96,592**11.9%23,105194,052
Suffolk**67.0%****125,961**24.9%46,8228.1%15,292188,075
Worcester41.4%113,565**48.2%****132,183**10.4%28,440274,188

;Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

  • Barnstable (largest municipality: Barnstable)
  • Essex (largest municipality: Lynn)
  • Norfolk (largest municipality: Quincy)
  • Plymouth (largest municipality: Brockton)
  • Worcester (largest municipality: Worcester)

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