Jake Auchincloss, a Newton city councilor and Marine veteran who pitched himself as a centrist choice in a crowded progressive field, won the Fourth Congressional District’s Democratic primary, the Associated Press said early Friday morning, more than two days after polls closed.
Auchincloss, 32, declared victory over Brookline’s Jesse Mermell after the last of the district’s 34 cities and towns reported results in the nine-way primary to succeed Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III.
A Mermell campaign spokesman did not immediately say if Mermell had plans to concede. “We appreciate the long hours put in to counting the votes and will have more to say after we have a chance to review,” he said in a statement.
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See the full results from the Fourth Congressional District's Democratic primary race.
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