Unofficial Results Reported In Other Mass. Cities

More than a dozen cities across Massachusetts held preliminary elections Tuesday to narrow the field of candidates running for mayor or city council.

In Boston, the field of five major candidates for mayor was narrowed down to Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George. (Read more about Tuesday's outcomes in the preliminary mayoral race, and the preliminary city council races.)

Here's a look at some of the unofficial results in the other notable races around the commonwealth. (The state will certify the unofficial reports in the towns' and cities' elections in the coming weeks.)

Earlier On Election Day

In Somerville, Charlie Hyman ran the campaign of mayoral hopeful Cassesso. With so much focus on Boston's contest, he said it's frustrating how little coverage the race has gotten in the media.

"The Boston mayoral election has overwhelmed and overshadowed this important election, especially in regards to press coverage," Hyman said. "It just means that all the information that comes to voters, with very few exceptions, comes from the campaigns."

That sentiment resonates with Sisitsky, who's running to be Framingham's next mayor.

"Unfortunately, Framingham is covered by a regional paper that doesn't focus strictly on Framingham anymore," Sisitsky said.

In many of these cities, politicians have been urging voters to cast their ballots early in person or via mail. New election rules put in place during the pandemic allow voters to vote by mail for any reason. Those rules are set to expire later this year.

Yvette Lewis, of Hyde Park, cast her ballot into an outdoor drop-off box at the library in Mattapan on Monday. Lewis said she loves voting in person, but COVID has prompted her to use the mail-in system.

"I like to be in the [polling place] with everyone because you get that adrenaline," she said. "But since COVID I thought I would just use the ballot box."

Polly Griffin, who works for Quincy's election department on election logistics, said this year they have to manage additional considerations around health guidelines because the poll locations have students or events happening simultaneously.

"It was actually kind of easier for us to set up for the presidential last year because we didn’t have the factor of people being there," she said. "But this year, we kind of just created a COVID box, which basically just has some supplies and hand sanitizers, wipes, paper towels, masks, things like that. So if someone doesn’t have that, they can always put that on."