Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2010

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Nominee	Deval Patrick	Charlie Baker	Tim Cahill
Party	Democratic	Republican	Independent
Running mate	Tim Murray	Richard R. Tisei	Paul Loscocco
Popular vote	1,108,404	962,848	183,933
Percentage	48.4%	42.0%	8.0%

Results by municipality

Governor before election

Deval Patrick
Democratic

Elected Governor

Deval Patrick
Democratic

The Massachusetts gubernatorial election of 2010 was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Deval Patrick was re-elected to a second term. Also competing were the Republican Party nominee, businessman Charlie Baker; independent candidate and State Treasurer Tim Cahill; and Green-Rainbow Party nominee and physician Jill Stein. Party primaries were held on September 14, though all four candidates ran unopposed in their respective primaries.Tim Murray, who ran on a ticket with Patrick, was re-elected Lieutenant Governor.

Ahead of the April 2010 Republican party convention, many delegates preferred Harvard Pilgrim CEO Charlie Baker to be the Republican nominee, however, there was support for State Senator Bob Hedlund, former State Treasurer Joseph D. Malone (who declined to instead run for Congress), and former Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey. In early 2009, two "draft" websites appeared encouraging Baker and U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan to run for governor. Christy Mihos announced his bid for governor on April 25, 2009 as a Republican; in 2006 he ran as an independent. Baker announced his candidacy on July 8, 2009, and went on to win the nomination at the state Republican Party convention, freeing him of a primary challenge from Christy Mihos, with 89 percent of the vote.Richard R. Tisei was Baker's running mate.

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