From left to right, Massachusetts Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker during the 2018 Dorchester Parade | Photo courtesy of the Massachusetts Governor OfficeIncumbent Governor, Charlie Baker, and his partner Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito have been re-elected to lead the Spirit of America for a second term.
Republicans Baker and Polito defeated Democrat Jay Gonzalez, who conceded around 9:30 p.m. on election day, Tuesday, November 6th, 2018. The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m., just as polls closed.
Charlie Baker was first elected to the office on November 4, 2014. From 2004 to 2009, he served as a selectman of the Town of Swampscott, Massachusetts, where he resides.
Polito was elected on the Republican ticket with Baker on November 2014. From 2001 to 2011 she was the State Representative of her hometown, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
