ELECTION 2014 RESULTS

Here are the detailed results of federal and state elections held Nov. 4 across the region. A guide to politcal party abbreviations is at right. Incumbents are marked with an asterisk (*). Winners are marked in bold. Figures for Massachusetts and Vermont are the final, certified results from the secretary of state’s office in each state. New York results are unofficial and in many cases do not include absentee ballots.

After losing so much ground in the past decade that they risked becoming irrelevant in much of the region, Republicans came roaring back on Nov. 4, reclaiming some offices that had seemed out of reach since the Democratic sweeps of 2006 and 2008.
The GOP’s Charlie Baker won the governorship of Massachusetts, defeating Democrat Martha Coakley, while Republicans gained an undisputed majority in the New York state Senate for the first time since 2008. And in perhaps the biggest surprise of the election, underdog Republican Scott Milne came within 2,500 votes of toppling Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat who had been expected to coast to victory. Because Shumlin failed to garner 50 percent of the statewide vote, the election will now be settled by the Legislature in January; the governor is still expected to prevail there.
In a pair of congressional races in eastern New York that originally were expected to be close -- in the 19th and 21st districts -- the Republican candidates wound up winning easily. Across the state, Republicans picked up three U.S. House seats. That will give the party control of nine of New York’s 29 House districts -- up from just three after the 2008 election.
Despite the Republican gains, however, the three-state region largely retains its deep-blue tint. Democratic incumbents won re-election easily to every statewide office in New York, and the party won every statewide post except the governor’s race in Massachusetts and the lieutenant governor’s race in Vermont.
Although the GOP regained control of the New York state Senate, restoring a power base it had long held before 2008, Democrats expanded their already lopsided majority in the Assembly. And despite Republican gains in Massachusetts and Vermont, both states’ legislatures remain firmly in Democratic control.

 

MASSACHUSETTS

 

GoVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

Charles Baker and Karyn E. Polito (R) ..... 1,044,573 (48.4%)
Martha Coakley and Stephen Kerrigan (D)1,004,408(46.6%)
Evan Falchuk and Angus Jennings (UI) ......... 71,814 (3.3%)
Scott Lively and Shelly Saunders (i) ................ 19,378 (0.9%)
Jeff McCormick and Tracy Post (i) .................. 16,295 (0.8%)

U.S. SENATOR
Brian J. Herr (R) ........................................... 791,950 (38.0%)
* Edward J. Markey (D) ........................... 1,289,944 (62.0%)

ATTORNEY GENERAL
Maura Healey (D) .................................... 1,280,513 (61.7%)
John B. Miller (R) ..........................................793,821 (38.3%)

SeCRETARY OF STATE
David D’Arcangelo (R) ................................ 597,491 (28.9%)
Daniel L. Factor (GR) ...................................... 74,789 (3.6%)
* William Francis Galvin (D) ................... 1,395,616 (67.5%)

STATE TREASURER
Deborah B. Goldberg (D) ....................... 1,120,192 (55.2%)
Michael J. Heffernan (R) ............................. 828,894 (40.8%)
Ian T. Jackson (GR) .......................................... 81,907 (4.0%)

STATE AUDITOR
* Suzanne M. Bump (D) .......................... 1,146,987 (57.8%)
M.K. Merelice (GR) .......................................... 81,430 (4.1%)
Patricia S. Saint Aubin (R) ........................... 757,213 (38.1%)

 

Ballot Propositions

Question 1 -- Eliminate gas tax indexing
A Yes vote was to eliminate the requirement that the state’s gas tax be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index. Proponents said the gas tax should not increase without a specific vote of the Legislature.
Yes ........................................................... 1,095,229 (53.0%)
No .................................................................... 972,271 (47.0%)

Question 2 -- Expand the bottle bill
A Yes vote was to expand the state’s beverage container deposit law to cover non-alcoholic, noncarbonated beverages such as bottled water and sports drinks.
Yes .................................................................... 564,381 (26.5%)
No ............................................................ 1,561,591 (73.5%)

Question 3 -- Prohibit casinos
A Yes vote was to essentially repeal the 2011 law that allowed for casino gambling in Massachusetts.
Yes .................................................................... 845,880 (40.0%)
No ............................................................ 1,271,404 (60.0%)

Question 4 -- Mandate sick time for employees
A Yes vote was to require public and private employers with 11 or more employees to allow each employee to earn and use up to 40 hours of paid sick time per calendar year. Smaller employers would have to provide the same number of hours of unpaid sick time.
Yes ........................................................... 1,256,841 (59.4%)
No .................................................................... 859,621 (40.6%)

 

NEW YORK

GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Rob Astorino and Chris Moss (R, C, SC).. 1,470,642 (40.6%)
Steven Cohn and Bobby K. Kalotee (SA) ......... 4,626 (0.1%)
* Andrew Cuomo and Kathy C. Hochul (D, I, WE, WF).......................................................................... 1,951,247 (53.9%)
Howie Hawkins and Brian P. Jones (G) ........ 176,269 (4.9%)
Michael McDermott and Chris Edes (L) ........ 15,215 (0.4%)

STATE COMPTROLLER
Robert Antonacci (R, C, SC) .................... 1,287,469 (36.6%)
John Clifton (L) ................................................ 25,190 (0.7%)
* Thomas P. DiNapoli (D, I, WE, WF) ..... 2,114,829 (60.1%)
Theresa M. Portelli (G) .................................... 92,926 (2.6%)

ATTORNEY GENERAL
John Cahill (R, C, SC) ............................... 1,465,973 (41.6%)
Ramon Jimenez (G) .......................................... 76,697 (2.2%)
Carl E. Person (L) ............................................. 23,586 (0.7%)
* Eric T. Schneiderman (D, I, WE, WF) .. 1,957,144 (55.5%)

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE -- 19th District
(11 counties including Columbia and most of Rensselaer)
Sean S. Eldridge (D, WF) ............................... 67,024 (35.0%)
* Christopher P. Gibson (R, C, I) ............... 124,477 (65.0%)

U.S. representative -- 20th District
(Albany, Schenectady, southern Saratoga and parts of Montgomery and Rensselaer counties)
James M. Fischer (R, C) .................................. 75,491 (38.8%)
* Paul D. Tonko (D, I, WF) ........................ 118,993 (61.2%)
U.S. representative -- 21ST District
(11 counties including Warren, Washington and northern Saratoga)
Matthew J. Funiciello (G) .............................. 18.404 (11.3%)
Elise M. Stefanik (R, C, I) ............................ 89,764 (55.2%)
Aaron G. Woolf (D, WF) ................................ 54,567 (33.5%)

State Supreme Court Justice -- 3rd District
(Columbia, Rensselaer, Albany, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties)
Justin O. Corcoran (D, I) ............................. 100,429 (45.9%)
Lisa M. Fisher (R, C) .................................. 118,344 (54.1%)

State senatE

43rd district (Columbia County and parts of Rensselaer, Saratoga and Washington counties)
Brian F. Howard (D, WF) .............................. 31,010 (35.4%)
* Kathleen A. Marchione (R, C, I) ............... 56,474 (64.6%)

49th district (Fulton, Hamilton and parts of Herkimer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties)
* Hugh T. Farley (R, C, I, SC) ..................... 48,984 (63.3%)
Madelyn C. Thorne (D, WF) ......................... 28,341 (36.7%)

State Assembly

106th district (parts of Columbia and Dutchess counties)
* Didi Barrett (D, I, WF) .............................. 16,932 (50.2%)
Michael N. Kelsey (R, C) ................................ 16,795 (49.8%)

107th district (parts of Columbia, Rensselaer and Washington counties)
Philip J. Malone (D, WF) ............................... 13,681 (33.4%)
* Steven F. McLaughlin (R, C, I, SC) ........... 27,237 (66.6%)

108th district (parts of Albany, Rensselaer and Saratoga counties)
Carl R. Gottstein Jr. (R, C, LJ) .......................... 6,143 (26.6%)
* John T. McDonald III (D, I) ...................... 16,941 (73.4%)

112th district (parts of Saratoga and Schenectady)
Jared B. Hickey (D) ........................................... 9,909 (23.3%)
* James N. Tedisco (R, C, I, SC) .................. 32,547 (76.7%)

113th district (parts of Saratoga and Washington)
Steve Stallmer (R, C, I) ................................... 16,750 (47.3%)
Carrie Woerner (D, WF) ............................... 18,682 (52.7%)

 

 

VERMONT

Governor
Pete Diamondstone (LU) of Brattleboro ........ 1,673 (0.9%)
Cris Ericson (i) of Chester ................................ 1,089 (0.6%)
Dan Feliciano (L) of Essex ................................ 8,428 (4.4%)
Scott Milne (R) of Pomfret ........................... 87,075 (45.1%)
Bernard Peters (i) of Irasburg .......................... 1,434 (0.7%)
Emily Peyton (i) of Putney ................................ 3,157 (1.6%)
* Peter Shumlin (D) of East Montpelier ..... 89,509 (46.4%)

Lieutenant governor
Marina Brown (LU) of Charleston .................. 3,347 (1.7%)
Dean Corren (P, D) of Burlington ............... 69,005 (36.0%)
* Phil Scott (R) of Berlin ........................... 118,949 (62.1%)

U.S. Representative
Matthew Andrews (LU) of Plainfield ............... 2,071 (1.1%)
Mark Donka (R) of Hartford ........................ 59,432 (31.0%)
Cris Ericson (i) of Chester ................................ 2,750 (1.4%)
Randall Meyer (i) of Marshfield ....................... 1,685 (0.9%)
Jerry Trudell (E) of Charleston ........................ 2,024 (1.1%)
* Peter Welch (D) of Norwich ................... 123,349 (64.4%)
State treasurer
Murray Ngoima (LU) of Pomfret ................... 13,456 (8.0%)
* Beth Pearce (D) of Barre ........................ 124,119 (74.1%)
Don Schramm (P) of Burlington ...................28,990 (17.3%)

Secretary of state
* James C. Condos (D) of Montpelier ....... 126,427 (74.7%)
Ben Eastwood (P) of Montpelier .................. 24,518 (14.5%)
Mary Alice Herbert (LU) of Putney .............. 17,460 (10.3%)

Attorney general
Rosemarie Jackowski (LU) of Bennington ...... 7,342 (3.9%)
Shane McCormack (R) of Underhill ............ 69,489 (37.3%)
* William H. Sorrell (D) of Burlington ...... 109,305 (58.6%)

 

State SENATE

Bennington District (two seats)
Brian Campion (D) ...................................................... 6,273
Warren H. Roaf (R) ......................................................... 4,217
* Dick Sears (D) ........................................................... 7,905

Rutland District (three seats)
William Tracy Carris (D) ................................................. 7,362
Brian P. Collamore (R) ............................................... 9,275
Anissa DeLauri (D) .......................................................... 4,091
* Peg Flory (R) .......................................................... 10,213
* Eldred French (D) ........................................................ 5,651
* Kevin J. Mullin (R) .................................................... 9,932
Kelly Socia (VP) ................................................................ 1,528

 

State House

Bennington District 1 (towns of Pownal and Woodford)
* Bill Botzow (D) ............................................ 1,101 (81.6%)
James A. O’Connor (i) ,....................................... 249 (18.4%)

Bennington District 2-2 (two seats; town of Bennington)
Joann Erenhouse (D) ......................................................... 797
Kiah Morris (D) .............................................................. 873
* Mary A. Morrissey (R) .............................................. 1,241

Bennington District 4 (two seats; towns of Arlington, Manchester, Sandgate and Sunderland)
Steve Berry (D) of Manchester .................................... 1,295
* Cynthia Browning (D) of Arlington .......................... 1,404
Tony Dupont (R) of Manchester ...................................... 736
Judy Livingston (R) of Manchester ................................ 1,222

Bennington-Rutland District (towns of Dorset, Landgrove, Peru, Danby, Mount Tabor)
Mary Barrosse-Schwartz (D) of Dorset ............... 538 (34.6%)
* Patti Komline (R) of Dorset ........................ 1,018 (65.4%)

Rutland District 2 (two seats; Clarendon, Proctor, Tinmouth, Wallingford and West Rutland)
* Tom Burditt (R) of West Rutland .............................. 1,539
* Dave Potter (D) of Clarendon .................................... 1,526
Ted Schaft (L) of Proctor ..................................................... 414
Michael Stimpfel (D) of Clarendon .................................... 851

Rutland District 4 (town of Rutland)
Lori A. Mesli (D) .................................................. 578 (36.1%)
* Thomas P. Terenzini (R) ............................. 1,021 (63.8%)

Rutland District 5-1 (city of Rutland)
James P. Candon (D) ........................................... 494 (33.5%)
* Peter Fagan (R) .............................................. 981 (66.5%)

Rutland District 5-3 (city of Rutland)
John E. Mattison Jr. (R) ....................................... 299 (44.6%)
* Herb Russell (D) ............................................. 371 (55.4%)

Rutland District 5-4 (city of Rutland)
Sherri Durgin-Campbell (D) ............................... 433 (40.6%)
* Douglas Gage (R) ........................................... 633 (59.4%)

Rutland-Bennington District (Middletown Springs, Pawlet, Rupert, Wells and Tinmouth)
Robin Chestnut-Tangerman (P, D) of Middletown Springs .............................................................................. 886 (53.1%)
Valerie Legh Harriss (R) of Wells ....................... 784 (46.9%)

Rutland-Windsor District 1 (Bridgewater, Chittenden, Killington, Mendon)
* Anne L. Gallivan (D) of Chittenden ................ 725 (43.9%)
Job Tate (R) of Mendon .................................... 928 (56.1%)

Windham-Bennington District (Readsboro, Searsburg, Stamford, Dover, Somerset, Wardsboro, Whitingham)
Philip Gilpin Jr. (i) of Dover ............................... 159 (12.5%)
* John Moran (D) of Wardsboro ....................... 538 (42.2%)
Laura Sibilia (i) of Dover .................................. 577 (45.3%)

State’s ATTORNEY, BENNINGTON COUNTY
* Erica Albin Marthage (D) of Manchester .... 6,056 (59.4%)
Kevin A. Rambold (i) of Manchester .............. 4,146 (40.6%)

State’S ATTORNEY, RUTLAND COUNTY
* Marc D. Brierre (R) of Rutland Town ......... 9,007 (48.6%)
Rose Kennedy (D) of Rutland City ................ 9,506 (51.3%)

-- Compiled by Fred Daley