Election Results: Markey vs. Deaton for U.S. Senate Massachusetts

Good evening and welcome to 22 News at 530. I'm Claire Overton. And I'm Ciara Speller. 22 News is your local election headquarters. More than one million people in Massachusetts have already cast their ballots as voters decide races for governor, Congress, as well as nine ballot questions. From the polls to the final results, 22 News is providing team coverage from across the region with everything you need to know. Let's check in first with 22 News reporter Areta Odaya. She's live in Boston tonight with a closer look at the race for U.S. Senate. Yeah, that's right. Incumbent Democrat Ed Markey is set to join Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and Governor Maura Healey here in Boston's Back Bay as those ballots roll in tonight. Markey, an 80-year-old Malden native, is seeking his third term to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate. He is among the longest-serving members of Congress, and he's been a huge proponent of Medicare for All and the Green New Deal. Markey's age has been a sticking point for voters wondering if the incumbent still has fuel to serve another six-year term. Well, Markey has said multiple times throughout his campaign. campaign that if he was reelected for another term, that it would be his last. He beat Representative Seth Moulton in the primaries, and now he faces Republican nominee John Deaton, a 59-year-old Marine veteran and attorney from Bolton. There are also two other candidates on the ballot, independent Shiva Ayyadurai, an entrepreneur and engineer, making his third run for the Senate seat. and Socialist, Joe Taché, who is a youth worker based in Boston, but is from Philadelphia. Now again, it's not just Markey who's going to be here at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. Governor Moore Healey will also be joining him. She is up against Republican Mike Minogue. He's hosting a party over in Burlington.