Election 2014

Election

2014

Flanked by his wife Lauren (left) and running mate Karyn Polito, Charlie Baker addressed supporters early Wednesday morning at the Seaport Boston Hotel. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Arriving wearing a Martha Coakley/Steve Kerrigan button, but leaving with it in hand, Governor Deval Patrick voted at the Milton Council On Aging Senior Center in Milton. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Lauren and Charlie Baker greeted a supporter before casting their votes in Swampscot. (Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)

Martha Coakley greets supporters before she casts her vote at the West Medford fire station. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff)

Kevin Coogan holds signs about Question 3 out side of an Everett polling station. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff)

Maria Moscaritolo votes at the Sammy Gentile Memorial Recreation Center in Everett. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff)

The West Medford Fire Station is busy in the early hours of voting. (Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff)

Voters fill the gym at North Andover High School. (John Blanding/Globe Staff)

The two year old neice of Gail Huff, Annalee Stuhl of Milford, dances with balloons as her cousin Ayla Brown sings with her band at Scott Brown’s election night party at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester. (Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff)

Scott Brown gives encouragement and thanks to a volunteer manning the phones an hour before the polls close at his Manchester headquarters. (Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff)

Lazarus Morrison (left) with his wife Grace Fobert and their daughter Hazel Morrison gathered at Pockets Billiards Club in East Boston as part of a group hoping to repeal the casino law. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

Charlie Baker waits for results with daughter Caroline and wife Lauren in their room at the Seaport Boston Hotel. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)

Supporters of Martha Coakley wait in the ballroom at the Fairmont Copley Hotel for results to come in after the polls closed. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

The Everett High School Crimson Tide Marching Band performs for supporters from Everett United and the community who joined Wynn gaming representatives as election returns come in on the Question 3 casino law at the Election Party at Everett High School. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)

Charlie Baker supporters react as a speaker warms up the crowd at his election night party in Boston. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Political supporters and their signs create shadows as they greet voters arriving at North Andover High in North Andover. (John Blanding/Globe Staff)

A crowd watched a TV monitor for results at Charlie Baker’s party at the Seaport Boston Hotel. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)

Supporters cheer at Seth Moulton's election night party at the Salem Waterfront Hotel & Suites in Salem. (John Blanding/Globe Staff)

Tisei supporter Alicia Persia (left) of Lynn and Lorraine Carmichael of Peabody watch the election results at the Kowloon Restaurant in Saugus. (Matthew J. Lee)

Ed Markey, with his wife Dr. Susan Blumenthal Markey, thanks his supporters during his victory speech at The Fairmont Copley Plaza. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Richard Tisei, candidate for the 6th Congressional District, talks to the media after giving his concession speech. He lost to Democratic candidate Seth Moulton. (Matthew J. Lee)

Martha Coakley supporters watch encouraging returns showing a dead heat with Charlie Baker with 74% of returns in at the Fairmont Copley Hotel. (John Tlumacki/Globe Staff)

Charlie Baker supporters watch a race too close to call on a TV monitor with election results coming in at the Seaport Boston Hotel. (David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)

Scott Brown supporters at his election night party at the Radisson Hotel in Manchester, N.H. cheer incoming results that show him pulling ahead even though many media outlets had already declared him the loser in the race for a New Hampshire senate seat. (Joanne Rathe/Globe Staff)

Joseph Catricala (left) John Rogers (center) and Elizabeth Fitzgerald get the disapointing results of their Casino Repeal efforts while at Pockets Billiards Club in East Boston. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

Supporters from Everett United and the community join Wynn casino gaming representatives in celebration as election returns come in on Referendum Ballot Question 3. (Barry Chin/Globe Staff)

Brock Cordeiro reacts as the returns come in at Charlie Baker's election night party in Boston. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Bob Mullen, Martha Coakley's next-door neighbor in Medford, and Safanya Searcy, look for Coakley results by town. (Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)