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2010Final results

2010 election for Massachusetts Governor

Governor · Massachusetts

Deval Patrick (D) won with 48.4% of the vote, defeating Charlie Baker (R) by 6.4 points.

Deval PatrickDemocrat · winner
48.4%1,112,283
Charlie BakerRepublican
42.0%964,866
Tim CahillIndependent
8.0%184,395
1.4%32,895
2,297,039 votes

Source: English WikipediaUpdated Oct 5, 2026, 4:05 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010

Races before and after

EvenR+3.51998R+4.82002D+20.32006D+6.42010R+1.92014R+33.52018

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The candidates