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  MA Governor
RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Massachusetts > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline January 01, 2010 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 02, 2010 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 2010 - 06:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2015 - 12:00pm
ContributorJ.R.
Last ModifiedRBH December 01, 2010 07:55pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2006
NameDeval L. Patrick Votes1,234,984 (55.64%)
Term01/03/2007 - 01/03/2011 Margin450,642 (+20.30%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2014
NameCharles D. Baker, Jr. Votes1,044,573 (48.40%)
Term01/03/2015 - 01/03/2019 Margin40,165 (+1.86%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 14, 2010 MA Governor - D Primary
Deval L. Patrick
D 358,145
Sep 14, 2010 MA Governor - R Primary
Charles D. Baker, Jr.
R 218,656
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
01/16/2008 11/02/2010
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Deval L. Patrick 25 13 3 5
Charles D. Baker, Jr. 6 ------
Leaning Call: Deval L. Patrick (93.02%)
Weighted Call: Deval L. Patrick (99.85%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

04/05/2010 10/27/2010

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name (I) Gov. Deval L. Patrick Charles D. Baker, Jr. Treasurer Tim Cahill Councilman Jill Stein (W) Others  
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Green-Rainbow Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 1,112,283 (48.42%) 964,866 (42.01%) 184,395 (8.03%) 32,895 (1.43%) 2,600 (0.11%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -147,417 (-6.42%) -927,888 (-40.39%) -1,079,388 (-46.99%) -1,109,683 (-48.31%)  
Predict Avg.49.81% 30.91% 13.22% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2009 00/00/2009 00/00/2009 00/00/2010 --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (21 from 7 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg43.48%-- 40.23%-- 5.87%-- 1.17%-- 0.00%--  
Rasmussen Reports 
10/27/10-10/27/10
46.00% 1.0 44.00% 2.0 6.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
University of New Hampshire 
10/17/10-10/22/10
43.00% 8.0 39.00% 5.0 8.00% 3.0 2.00% 2.0 0.00% --
Western New England University 
10/16/10-10/21/10
44.00% 5.0 36.00% 3.0 8.00% 8.0 5.00% 2.0 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/16/10-10/16/10
47.00% -- 42.00% -- 6.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Suffolk University 
10/10/10-10/12/10
46.00% 5.0 39.00% 5.0 10.00% 4.0 1.00% 3.0 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/28/10-09/28/10
47.00% 2.0 42.00% -- 6.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Western New England University 
09/19/10-09/23/10
39.00% -- 33.00% -- 16.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% --
University of New Hampshire 
09/17/10-09/22/10
35.00% 3.0 34.00% 3.0 11.00% 2.0 4.00% 2.0 0.00% --
Suffolk University 
09/16/10-09/19/10
41.00% -- 34.00% -- 14.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/15/10-09/15/10
45.00% 1.0 42.00% -- 5.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
09/01/10-09/01/10
44.00% 6.0 42.00% 10.0 8.00% 9.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
KRC Communications Research 
08/29/10-08/31/10
34.00% -- 28.00% -- 18.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
07/25/10-07/27/10
39.00% -- 32.00% -- 17.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Opinion Dynamics (FOX) 
07/23/10-07/26/10
30.00% -- 25.00% -- 16.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
07/22/10-07/22/10
38.00% 3.0 32.00% 2.0 17.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
University of New Hampshire 
06/17/10-06/23/10
38.00% -- 31.00% -- 9.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
06/21/10-06/21/10
41.00% 4.0 34.00% 3.0 16.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Suffolk University 
05/20/10-05/23/10
42.00% -- 29.00% -- 14.00% -- 8.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
05/10/10-05/10/10
45.00% 10.0 31.00% 4.0 14.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Western New England University 
04/11/10-04/15/10
34.00% -- 27.00% -- 29.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
04/05/10-04/05/10
35.00% -- 27.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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Apr 07, 2010 09:00am General Politically, [Deval] Patrick’s back in the game  Article Monsieur 
Mar 29, 2010 05:00pm Oops [Tim] Cahill camp sends fundraising letter on state e-mail system   Article Monsieur 

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