Thanks and good luck to everybody who entered my Fabulous Primary Prediction Contest!
I received 24 complete entries (plus a few partially completed ones). Here's the breakdown, from those complete entries, of who you picked. We'll see how smart y'all are in two weeks.
Congress
3rd District (GOP): Jon Golnik 83%, Thomas Weaver 17%
4th District (GOP): Sean Bielat 83%, Elizabeth Childs 17%, David Steinhof 0%
State Senate
1st Essex (Dem): Tim Coco 42%, Kathleen O'Connor Ives 8%, William Manzi 50%
1st Essex (GOP): Sam Meas 50%, Shaun Toomey 50%
2nd Essex (Dem): Edward Carroll 0%, Joan Lovely 17%, Mary-Ellen Manning 50%, John Slattery 33%
2nd Essex & Middlesex (GOP): Paul Adams 79%, Alex Vispoli 21%
Hampden (Dem): Melvin Edwards 12%, James Welch 88%
3rd Middlesex (Dem): Michael Barrett 4%, Alex Buck 0%, Mara Dolan 38%, Joe Kearns-Goodwin 58%, Joe Mullin 0%
3rd Middlesex (GOP): Greg Howes 33%, Sandi Martinez 67%
State House
24th Middlesex (Dem): Margaret Hegarty 67%, David Rogers 25%, Robert Paul Reardon 8%
25th Middlesex (Dem): Marjorie Decker 92%, Gayle Johnson 0%, Lesley Phillips 8%
15th Worcester (Dem): Frank Beshai 4%, Dianna Biancheria 4%, Mary Keefe 42%, Ralph Perez 0%, Kate Toomey 50%
Governor's Council
District 2 (Dem): Brian Clinton 12%, Robert Jubinville 29%, Patrick McCabe 4%, Bart Timilty 54%
District 3 (Dem): Marilyn Devaney 63%, Harry Margolis 8%, Charles Shapiro 29%
Register of Probate
Suffolk County (Dem): Patty Campatelli 12%, Sal LaMattina 88%