Massachusetts state Representative Dave DeCoste (R-Norwell) is no stranger to pulling off wins in tight elections, and this year was no different.
The pro-life Republican fended off Hanover selectman and Democrat Emmanuel Dockter in the Fifth Plymouth District, which includes all of Rockland, Norwell, and Hanover. DeCoste won the race by a 385-vote margin. He received 13,131 votes to Dockter's 12,746. That means DeCoste got 50.7 percent of the vote to his opponent's 49.3 percent.
U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) cruised to re-election in the 2020 general election on Tuesday night, but his Republican opponent indicated there may he might not be done with politics in his concession speech.
With 80 percent of votes counted, Markey had 66.6 percent support to Dover attorney Kevin O'Connor's 33.4 percent. This was O'Connor's first run for elected office.
