Bay Staters are braving the rain-soaked outdoors to get to the polls as Boston approaches 10% of registered voters casting ballots.
The city’s periodic updates had the turnout at 9.84% at noon, the most recent update about Tuesday’s primary election.
That included ballots from all 255 precincts, with about 80% of them counting early votes, too, as the rest of the early and mail-in ballots continued to be tabulated, so the actual noon number is presumably a bit higher.
Several of the most high-profile races of the day — contested races on one side or the other in primaries for governor, attorney general, secretary of state and auditor — are statewide.
But other notable races center on Boston, such as the 2nd Suffolk state Senate race, a seat that’s entirely in Boston and encompasses many of its neighborhoods that include large numbers of people of color. That race is a tough battle between a range of experienced politicians.
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WHITMAN, MA - September 6: Geoff Diehl, republican candidate for governor with his wife KathyJo Boss arrives at Town Hall to vote on September 6, 2022 in Whitman, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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WHITMAN, MA - September 6: Geoff Diehl, republican candidate for governor with his wife KathyJo Boss after voting at Town Hall to vote on September 6, 2022 in Whitman, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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WHITMAN, MA - September 6: Geoff Diehl, republican candidate for governor with his wife KathyJo Boss arrives at Town Hall to vote on September 6, 2022 in Whitman, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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WHITMAN, MA - September 6: Geoff Diehl, republican candidate for governor with his wife KathyJo Boss after voting at Town Hall to vote on September 6, 2022 in Whitman, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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WHITMAN, MA - September 6: Geoff Diehl, republican candidate for governor with his wife KathyJo Boss arrives at Town Hall to vote on September 6, 2022 in Whitman, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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WHITMAN, MA - September 6: Geoff Diehl, republican candidate for governor with his wife KathyJo Boss arrives at Town Hall to vote on September 6, 2022 in Whitman, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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WHITMAN, MA - September 6: Geoff Diehl, republican candidate for governor with his wife KathyJo Boss arrives at Town Hall to vote on September 6, 2022 in Whitman, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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WHITMAN, MA - September 6: Geoff Diehl, republican candidate for governor with his wife KathyJo Boss arrives at Town Hall to vote on September 6, 2022 in Whitman, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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WHITMAN, MA - September 6: Geoff Diehl, republican candidate for governor with his wife KathyJo Boss and Boss’ father Joe Boss after voting at Town Hall to vote on September 6, 2022 in Whitman, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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WHITMAN, MA - September 6: Geoff Diehl, republican candidate for governor with his wife KathyJo Boss arrives at Town Hall to vote on September 6, 2022 in Whitman, Massachusetts. (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Medfield, MA): Chris Doughty, Republican candidate for Governor, with his sons greets voters outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Medfield, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Medfield, MA): I voted stickers at a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Medfield, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Medfield, MA): Chris Doughty, Republican candidate for Governor, with his sons greets voters outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Medfield, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Medfield, MA): Chris Doughty, Republican candidate for Governor, greets voters outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Medfield, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Medfield, MA): Chris Doughty, Republican candidate for Governor, greets voters outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Medfield, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Medfield, MA): Chris Doughty, Republican candidate for Governor, greets voters outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Medfield, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Medfield, MA): Chris Doughty, Republican candidate for Governor, greets voters outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Medfield, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Boston, MA): Candidate for Suffolk County DA Ricardo Arroyo greets voters outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Roslindale, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Boston, MA): Candidate for Suffolk County DA Ricardo Arroyo greets voters outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Roslindale, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Boston, MA): Candidate for Suffolk County DA Ricardo Arroyo greets voters outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Roslindale, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Boston, MA): Candidate for Suffolk County DA Ricardo Arroyo greets voters outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Roslindale, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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(090622 Boston, MA): A poll worker fixes a vote here sign outside a voting place on Tuesday,September 6, 2022 in Roslindale, MA. (Staff Photo By Nancy Lane/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
But the most splashy of late is the deeply nasty race for Suffolk County district attorney, the top prosecutor for Boston and the bordering smaller northern cities Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop. Current DA Kevin Hayden and Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo have been bashing each other for weeks as scandals bog down both men and the vitriol billowing from the race permeates Boston politics.
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