WESTFIELD — According to unofficial results, 19,821 voters — representing 66.69% of registered voters — cast their ballots in Westfield on Nov. 5.
Former President Donald Trump carried in Westfield, with 10,016 votes, to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 9,135 votes. The winner for the presidential election had not been named as of press time.
In the race for senator, John Deaton won over Westfield with 10,560 votes, to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s 8,770 votes. Warren won the state, however, with 60.3% of the vote, or 742,419 votes, in comparison to Deaton’s 39.7% or 489,565 votes.
Though Westfield favored Republican candidates for president and senator, the city’s majority selected incumbent U.S. Rep. Richard Neal with 10,198 votes. Nadia Milleron received 8,237 votes. As of press time, the winner for this race had not yet been determined.
State Rep. Kelly Pease, who has been serving the 4th Hampden District since 2020, was reelected to the seat, carrying the vote in every precinct of Westfield. Pease received 10,609 Westfield votes, while his challenger, Westfield City Councilor Bridget Matthews-Kane, received 7,045.
Incumbent Cheryl Coakley-Rivera won over Westfield with 10,095 votes, to challenger Bob Collamore’s 7,096. As of press time, the winner overall had not yet been announced.
Tara Jacobs ran unopposed for Governor’s Council and received 13.026 votes counted in her favor in Westfield.
Running unopposed, state Sen. John Velis received 15,345 votes in Westfield.
State Rep. Michael Finn, also running unopposed, received 1,006 votes.
Hampden County Clerk of Courts Laura Gentile received 13,465 votes – running unopposed.
While statewide results were not available as of press time for any of the questions on the ballot, the majority of Westfield voters, approximately 12,915, selected yes on question one. A yes vote gives the state auditor the power to audit the state Senate and House of Representatives on Beacon Hill. A no vote would make no change to the auditor’s authority. There were 5,623 note votes for this question.
Westfield voters also favored a yes vote on question two — which would eliminate the MCAS exam as a high school graduation requirement. Approximately 12,814 Westfield voters selected yes, with 6,502 voters opting for a no vote.
Question three, if passed, would allow drivers for rideshares, such as Uber and Lyft, form unions. In Westfield, no votes carried with 9,526, to a close 9,059.
A yes vote on question four would allow people over the age of 21 in Massachusetts to grow and use psychedelic substances and would create a commission to regulate them. A no vote would keep psychedelic substances illegal in Massachusetts. On question four, Westfield voters cast 11,594 no votes, and 7,454 yes votes.
The final statewide question on the ballot involved boosting the minimum wage for tipped workers in Massachusetts. A yes vote would increase the minimum hourly wage employer would have to pay a tipped worker to the full state minimum wage over a 5-year period. Businesses would then pool tips, and distribute them among workers who are not managers. A no vote would leave the law unchanged. In Westfield, a strong majority of 13,146 voters selected no, with 5,936 voters selecting yes.
Finally, ballot question six was an initiative by the Massachusetts Campaign for Single Payer Health Care, or Mass-Care, an organization that has worked to pass legislation establishing a single-payer system in Massachusetts for the past 15 years. This was a non-binding question, with the verdict being a suggestion to their representative, Pease, on whether to support a statewide single-payer health care system. In Westfield, 9,157 yes votes were cast, to 7,568 no votes.
