The New York Times has a full roundup of all the major elections in Massachusetts, excepting the non-binding Question 5.
What's interesting is where the votes went. Not everybody voted for every race. In the statewide races, the run for governor garnered the most votes of all the races, a whopping 2,133,255. Charlie Baker (R) won with a plurality, at 1,041,640. However, the next three largest vote totals didn't go to any office--they went to ballot questions 2, 3 and 4. The Senate race just barely beat out Question 1, the poorly-worded question about the gas tax.
When you get down to it, I guess Massachusetts really is more interested in democracy than any particular political candidate. There's something comforting about that--we care about the process.
And Governor-elect Baker should be careful in how he governs and how long a leash he lets his lieutenant governor have. Leaving aside that the Massachusetts legislature still has a veto-proof Democratic supermajority, Mr. Baker garnered the fewest votes of any winning candidate despite his race getting the most votes--the only one who won a plurality instead of an outright majority. If any of the other statewide officials prove to be particularly popular during the next four years and Baker proves the opposite, he'll be a one-term governor.
And would I take any of them? William Galvin (D), longtime Secretary of State, would do well, but I think he's happy where he is. Maura Healey (D), Attorney General-elect, was Martha Coakley's Assistant DA and knows the office well, so she could be an up-and-comer herself. Accounts have been promising. Suzanne Bump (D), elected for her second term as Auditor, will probably have the lowest profile of the three. It kind of comes with the office. But I talked with her during her first run for the office, and she has both competence and charisma enough to stay a politician for as long as she wants. A jump from Auditor to Governor seems unlikely, but I would not put it past her--and the auditor job means you know where the money flows, moreso than most other elected jobs in the state.
Am I worried that Massachusetts is lurching to the right, like a newly-rised Republican zombie? Not in the slightest. Gay marriage will not be repealed, near-universal healthcare will continue, and our schools will continue to excel.
Actually, I do know one thing that would probably make Charlie Baker a very popular governor. If he pushes our legislature to get our roadways and bridges fixed, making potholes more like snowflakes in May than fall foliage in October, he'll probably be able to stay in office the rest of his natural life.
We lead the nation in education, medical care and potholes. If we drop any of the three, it better be the potholes or there will be hell to pay.