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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, September 4, 2026 Page 11 State Primary September 1, 2026 Preliminary Results MICHAEL ROGER MINOGUE BRIAN SHORTSLEEVE Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted Total Ballots LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (REP) SHAWN OLIVER Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted Total Ballots ATTORNEY GENERAL (REP) MICHAEL C. WALSH Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted Total Ballots SECRETARY OF STATE (REP) Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted Total Ballots TREASURER (REP) ELIZABETH DIONNE Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted Total Ballots AUDITOR (REP) Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted Total Ballots 10 5 0 0 15 24 9 0 0 33 27 7 0 1 35 18 4 0 1 23 35 8 0 0 43 33 13 0 0 46 20 2 1 1 24 32 5 0 0 37 37 20 0 0 57 31 8 0 0 39 24 3 0 2 29 14 6 0 1 21 16 8 1 2 27 26 10 0 0 36 62 23 0 1 86 15 5 0 0 20 19 10 0 1 30 53 21 1 0 75 34 15 0 5 54 58 8 0 0 66 15 5 0 0 20 24 5 0 0 29 24 5 0 1 30 10 6 0 0 16 48 7 0 0 55 28 10 0 0 38 16 11 0 1 28 753 239 3 17 1012 14 0 1 15 26 1 6 33 23 4 8 35 19 1 3 23 23 6 14 43 29 0 17 46 17 2 5 24 30 0 7 37 42 1 14 57 21 6 12 39 22 1 6 29 18 0 3 21 19 2 6 27 26 1 9 36 67 2 17 86 17 1 2 20 23 1 6 30 53 4 18 75 39 5 10 54 47 3 16 66 10 1 9 20 23 3 3 29 19 0 11 30 11 0 5 16 42 2 11 55 30 5 3 38 26 0 2 28 736 52 224 1012 14 0 1 15 29 0 4 33 27 1 7 35 21 0 2 23 27 1 15 43 30 0 16 46 21 1 2 24 34 0 3 37 43 1 13 57 26 1 12 39 22 0 7 29 19 0 2 21 24 0 3 27 30 0 6 36 68 1 17 86 18 1 1 20 26 0 4 30 56 1 18 75 42 0 12 54 49 2 15 66 15 0 5 20 25 0 4 29 22 0 8 30 12 0 4 16 47 0 8 55 33 1 4 38 27 0 1 28 807 11 194 1012 4 11 15 5 28 33 8 27 35 8 15 23 8 35 43 6 40 46 7 17 24 7 30 37 9 48 57 5 34 39 3 26 29 5 16 21 4 23 27 4 32 36 10 76 86 7 13 20 3 27 30 9 66 75 14 40 54 9 57 66 3 17 20 7 22 29 3 27 30 1 15 16 7 48 55 9 29 38 5 23 28 170 842 1012 12 0 3 15 24 2 7 33 29 0 6 35 20 0 3 23 23 1 19 43 26 0 20 46 20 0 4 24 31 1 5 37 41 1 15 57 25 0 14 39 19 0 10 29 18 2 1 21 22 0 5 27 23 0 13 36 64 0 22 86 14 1 5 20 22 0 8 30 52 0 23 75 40 0 14 54 41 4 21 66 11 0 9 20 24 0 5 29 20 0 10 30 12 0 4 16 44 0 11 55 27 0 11 38 25 0 3 28 729 12 271 1012 2 13 15 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FIFTH DISTRICT (REP) Total number of write-ins 2 Times Blank Voted Total Ballots COUNCILLOR SIXTH DISTRICT (REP) Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted Total Ballots 13 15 5 28 33 5 30 35 7 16 23 4 39 43 4 42 46 5 19 24 9 28 37 5 52 57 3 36 39 4 25 29 6 15 21 2 25 27 2 34 36 4 82 86 3 17 20 3 27 30 9 66 75 11 43 54 7 59 66 1 19 20 5 24 29 2 28 30 1 15 16 5 50 55 4 34 38 3 25 28 121 891 1012 4 29 33 4 31 35 7 16 23 1 42 43 3 43 46 3 21 24 8 29 37 7 50 57 3 36 39 3 26 29 6 15 21 2 25 27 2 34 36 4 82 86 4 16 20 2 28 30 8 67 75 10 44 54 7 59 66 2 18 20 5 24 29 5 25 30 1 15 16 5 50 55 6 32 38 3 25 28 117 895 1012 2 13 15 4 29 33 SENATOR IN GENERAL COURT FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (REP) Total number of write-ins 1 Times Blank Voted Total Ballots 14 15 4 29 33 2 33 35 7 16 23 1 42 43 3 43 46 3 21 24 6 31 37 4 53 57 2 37 39 3 26 29 6 15 21 1 26 27 2 34 36 2 84 86 3 17 20 2 28 30 7 68 75 10 44 54 6 60 66 1 19 20 5 24 29 3 27 30 1 15 16 5 50 55 5 33 38 2 26 28 98 914 1012 3 32 35 7 16 23 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT THIRTY-SECOND MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (REP) Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted Total Ballots REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT THIRTY-THIRD MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (REP) State Primary September 1, 2026 Preliminary Results 1 42 43 3 43 46 3 21 24 7 30 37 4 53 57 2 37 39 3 26 29 6 15 21 1 26 27 2 34 36 3 83 86 3 17 20 2 28 30 7 68 75 7 47 54 6 60 66 1 19 20 4 25 29 4 26 30 2 14 16 6 49 55 4 34 38 2 26 28 98 914 1012 2 1 84 86 29 30 3 113 116 Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted 7 Total Ballots 16 23 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT THIRTY-FIFTH MIDDLESEX DISTRICT (REP) JAMES C. SEIBEL Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted Total Ballots 13 0 2 15 DISTRICT ATTORNEY NORTHERN DISTRICT (REP) Total number of write-ins Times Blank Voted Total Ballots 24 1 8 33 19 0 16 35 2 41 43 3 43 46 3 21 24 8 29 37 3 26 29 6 15 21 1 26 27 2 34 36 3 17 20 8 67 75 7 47 54 6 60 66 4 25 29 3 27 30 4 51 55 4 34 38 2 26 28 76 605 681 33 2 22 57 18 1 10 0 20 39 10 20 10 0 6 16 127 4 84 215 3 12 15 REGISTER OF PROBATE MIDDLESEX COUNTY (REP) Total number of write-ins 2 Times Blank Voted Total Ballots 13 15 4 29 33 5 30 35 7 16 23 1 42 43 3 43 46 3 21 24 6 31 37 6 51 57 3 36 39 4 25 29 7 14 21 2 25 27 2 34 36 2 84 86 3 17 20 1 29 30 7 68 75 9 45 54 6 60 66 2 18 20 4 25 29 3 27 30 1 15 16 6 49 55 4 34 38 2 26 28 106 906 1012 4 29 33 2 33 35 6 17 23 1 42 43 3 43 46 2 22 24 6 31 37 4 53 57 2 37 39 4 25 29 6 15 21 2 25 27 2 34 36 2 84 86 3 17 20 3 27 30 7 68 75 8 46 54 6 60 66 1 19 20 4 25 29 3 27 30 1 15 16 7 48 55 6 32 38 3 25 28 100 912 1012 ELECTION | FROM PAGE 1 and Malden’s O’Malley. The 5th Middlesex District includes all of the cities of Malden and Melrose, all of the towns of Reading, Stoneham and Wakefield and the town of Winchester Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 8. Rep. Lipper-Garabedian’s 32nd Middlesex House District includes the entire city of Melrose and parts of Malden (Ward 5, Precincts 2 and 3A) and parts of Wakefield (Precincts 4, 5 and 6). Overall, with nearly all of the votes tallied late Tuesday night, Rep. Lipper-Garabedian received 12,671 votes (61.3%), Malden Councillor Carey McDonald, 5,763 votes (23.3%); and Malden Councillor Ryan O’Malley, 3,273 votes (13.2%). McDonald was the top vote-getter in the 5th Middlesex state Senate race in Malden with 2,874 votes to 2,227 votes for the overall winner, Lipper-Garabedian. O’Malley received 1,380 votes in Malden. Lipper-Garabedian has represented the 32nd Middlesex District in the House of Representatives since 2020 after previously serving on the Melrose City Council. McDonald was first elected Councillor-at-Large in 2021 and serves as chair of the council’s Finance Committee. This was his first campaign for state office. O’Malley was first elected Ward 4 Councillor in 2015 and is serving his sixth consecutive term. This was also his first campaign for a state elected post. In other local races, Melrose resident Leila Bhatti Migliorelli bested Malden resident John “Jay” Higgins in the 32nd Middlesex District state representative Democratic primary election, with a 5,772-2,303 vote margin, or 71.5-28.5 percent. Bhatti Migliorelli served on the Melrose City Council from 2020-2025, serving as president in 2024 and 2025. She has worked at Tufts University since 2006 and has served as senior director of stewardship and donor relations since 2021. The 32nd Middlesex District includes residents of Malden’s Ward 5 Precincts 2 and 3, all of Melrose and part of Wakefield. In the 33rd Middlesex District, Malden state Rep. Steven Ultrino was unopposed in the Democratic primary and received 3,480 votes. With no Republican challenger in November, he is poised for reelection to a seventh consecutive term. Rep. Ultrino was first elected to the Mass. House of Representatives in 2014. His 33rd Middlesex District includes Ward 2, Ward 3 Precincts 1 and 2, Ward 4, Ward 5 Precincts 1 and 3, Ward 6, Ward 7 Precincts 2 and 3 and Ward 8. State Rep. Paul Donato, also running unopposed, received 1,395 votes in the Malden Democratic primary and over 2,500 votes in Medford on his way to a 14th term in the 35th Middlesex District, which consists of parts of Malden (Wards 1, 3 and 7) and Medford (Wards 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8). Now at 85, Rep. Donato was first elected in 2000.

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