With the primaries called, incumbents Senator Ed Markey, Congressman Stephen Lynch, and State Senator Nick Collins remained party frontrunners, while Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue topped the conservative ticket.

Collins’ race was framed as a referendum on Mayor Michelle Wu’s influence. Collins and Wu have clashed over the years about whether a greater share of Boston’s tax burden should be shifted onto homeowners or commercial properties.

Wu’s candidate, Dorchester community organizer and lobbyist Latoya Gayle, was a political newcomer and the biggest challenge to Collins’ position since he first won the Senate seat in 2018. The two ran a competitive race, and it was too close to call until after 10 p.m. Collins secured the nomination by a narrow margin of 11 points.

“When you’re in a competitive race, it tests what you’re doing this for. People say, “What is motivating you to run?” That’s the first question you have to answer. To me, I love this city. I love this state. And I want to make sure that it has the type of representation that can represent everybody,” Collins said.

Outside the city, the race to watch was between Markey and 6th Congressional District Representative Seth Moulton. Markey secured a dominant 69% of the vote, despite many longtime Democratic lawmakers being primaried this year.

Moulton’s campaign leaned into Markey’s age and tried to reframe the House member as a progressive, despite his longtime opposition to the progressive policies Markey pioneered.

“Tonight is a testament to the power of the progressive movement of our nation,” Markey said. “It is a progressive movement fueled by young people demanding more from their leaders, and it’s your voices that are the ones we need to hear right now.”

In his concession, Moulton said Markey has his full support as the Democratic nominee. “We must stand united this November to protect our democracy and stand up to Trump. We entered this race as underdogs. I cannot be prouder,” he said.

Former aide to President Joe Biden, Dan Koh won the Democratic primary for Moulton’s now empty seat in the House.

Markey will face off against Republican John Deaton in November.

8th District Representative Stephen Lynch also beat out a young challenger, up 15 points over progressive Patrick Roath.

The longtime House Democrat was outspent and outflanked by Roath, who received support from both the editorial board of the Boston Globe, progressive organizing groups, and both the Boston Teachers Union and Massachusetts Teachers Association.

Lynch stayed the course, promoting his experience and track record working across the aisle. He will face Republican Robert Gerald Burke in the general, where the blue district is likely to vote lynch into his 14th term in office.

On the Republican ticket, former president of Abiomed Mike Minogue trounced challenger Brian Shortsleeve with 75% of the vote.

“As the political outsider in this race, my focus is what is in the best interest of our people, our entrepreneurs, and our businesses. I will be a public servant and a new kind of governor,” Minogue said in a statement Wednesday.

Minogue and Shortsleeve ran a contentious campaign, with the former refusing to debate before the primaries. Minogue’s campaign was largely self-funded, with $15.8 million in personal contributions, and he repeatedly touted that he had the resources to win both the primary and the general election.

Though President Donald Trump did not endorse either Republican candidate, Minogue’s support for the Trump administration has been a target of attack by Governor Maura Healey.

“Mike Minogue supports Donald Trump’s agenda that is raising your costs and killing Massachusetts jobs. He’s pro-ICE and anti-choice,” Healey said. “Donald Trump is gonna be president for two more years. Who your governor is right now matters more than ever.”

Minogue has been a longtime donor to the Trump Administration, but has walked back his support in the president’s second term. In July, he opposed Trump’s tariffs, said he was against cuts to the National Institute of Health, and that he did not believe Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was doing a “great job.”

The Healey-Driscoll Campaign has called on Minogue and GOP nominee for Lieutenant Governor Shawn Oliver to participate in two debates leading up to the midterms. The first will take place live on October 8.