Election Day was Tuesday, and there was a strong turnout at the polls at Hopkinton Middle School’s Brown Gym. A total of 7,821 residents cast ballots (including early and absentee voting).

In the race for state representative for the 8th Middlesex District, Hopkinton voters went for Holliston Democrat James Arena-DeRosa over Millis Republican Loring Barnes, 4,814 to 2,733. Arena-DeRosa carried Holliston as well as Sherborn’s lone district by an even greater percentage, earning the right to take the seat vacated earlier this year by Carolyn Dykema.

Democrat James McGovern cruised to victory in the U.S. House District 2 race. McGovern beat Republican Jeffrey Sossa-Paquette 5,127 to 2,488 in Hopkinton and led by a similar percentage district-wide with 72 percent of the vote counted (according to The Associated Press).

Hopkinton backed Democrat Maura Healey for governor, 5,091 to 2,556 for Republican Geoff Diehl. Healy led by a similar percentage statewide with almost 64 percent of votes counted (via AP).

Regarding the ballot questions, Hopkinton voters opposed the new millionaire income tax increase in Question 1, 4,078 to 3,525, although the yes voters were leading by 5 percentage points statewide with 57 percent of the ballots counted. Question 2 (dental insurance) was a strong yes (74.7 percent) in Hopkinton as well as statewide. Question 3 (liquor sales) was a close yes (50.1 percent) for Hopkinton but was a no statewide by 9 percent with 57 percent of votes counted. Question 4 (driver’s licenses for immigrants) was a 55.3 percent yes in Hopkinton and was leading by slightly more narrow margin statewide with 57 percent of the votes counted.

Below are the unofficial results from Hopkinton.

State representative candidate James Arena-DeRosa (second from right) receives support from (from left) Amy Groves, Sandra Cipriani and Alessandro Arena-DeRosa (James’ son). PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

Supporting state representative candidate Loring Barnes are (from left) Jim Mirabile, Bill Muench and Kevin Lally. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

Town Clerk Connor Degan keeps things running smoothly. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

Hopkinton Police Sgt. Tim Brennan chats with former state Rep. Carolyn Dykema. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

Voters check in at the registration tables. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

Election workers keep things moving. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

Brown Gym is busy. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

Voters wait their turn. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO

Mary Morrissey (left) and Julia Kurys await ballots. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO