Volunteers wait for voters to arrive at Hopkinton Middle School’s Brown Gym on Tuesday. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
In a small turnout, Hopkinton voters supported incumbents as well as resident Muriel Kramer in Tuesday’s state primary election, although it wasn’t enough to carry Kramer to a win.
Kramer, the town’s former Select Board chair, was running in the Democratic primary for the vacant spot on the Governor’s Council from District 2. In the unofficial results released by Town Clerk Connor Degan late Tuesday night, she received 1,147 votes in Hopkinton. Tamisha Civil was next with 218, while Sean Murphy had 100 and David Reservitz picked up 95.
The Associated Press projected Civil, a community advocate from Stoughton, as the primary winner, with almost 39% of votes cast in the 37 cities and towns that comprise District 2. Murphy had just over 22%, a few hundred votes ahead of Kramer.
In the Nov. 5 election, Civil will face off against Republican Francis Crimmins, who was unopposed in his primary.
While that was the only contested race for Democrats, the Republicans’ only contested race was for U.S. Senator. Residents supported John Deaton with 300 votes. Robert Antonellis had 102 votes, and Ian Cain recorded 36.
Deaton, a former Marine and cryptocurrency attorney who lives in Bolton, will take on Elizabeth Warren, who is closing in on the end of her second term representing the state.
The town’s results include votes that were cast Tuesday at Hopkinton Middle School along with mail-in ballots and early in-person voting.
Great news! We don’t need Kramer at state level. She did enough damage in Hopkinton.