By Christopher Haraden

A total of 5,491 Hull voters headed to the polls during Tuesday’s state election, choosing to re-elect the incumbents in the contests for governor, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, Attorney General, treasurer, auditor, and Secretary of State, among others. The town’s two delegates to Beacon Hill – Representative Joan Meschino and Senator Patrick O’Connor – were unopposed.

Click here for Hull’s vote totals from Tuesday’s election

Hullonians chose the Democratic ticket of Maura Healey and Kim Driscoll over Republican Michael Minogue and Shawn Oliver (who suspended his campaign but was still on the ballot), 3,282 to 2,037. Local voters also supported the re-election of Senator Edward Markey, Rep. Stephen Lynch, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, Secretary of State William Galvin, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, and Auditor Diana DiZoglio. Hull also chose Rhonda Nyman over Anthony O’Brien for an open seat on the Plymouth County Commission, reflecting the overall result in the 27 municipalities countywide.

Of the nine ballot questions, two remained undecided at presstime – Question 5, which would…

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