Voter turnout was strong in Cambridge and Somerville for Tuesday’s general election, with Somerville’s electorate just barely edging out Cambridge’s: Preliminary results for the cities show that while 45,226 out of 70,722 registered voters cast ballots in Cambridge, for a 64 percent turnout, 35,233 out of 54,672 registered voters cast ballots in Somerville, for 64.4 percent.

In Somerville, preliminary results were available at 9:32 p.m. Tuesday, while Cambridge’s Election Commission released preliminary results at 1:52 a.m. Wednesday. Using those results – lacking write-ins, hard to read ballots and oversea and other  absentee ballots – and figures from New York Times reporting of 97 percent of votes tallied statewide, it is possible to get a sense of how the cities voted compared with each other and voters from across Massachusetts.

In candidate races, incumbents are marked with an asterisk. Elections in which there was no challenger are not shown here.

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Ballot questions

When it came to statewide ballot questions, Cambridge voters were significantly more interested in limiting how many patients could be assigned to each registered nurse (but the question failed to pass); far more energetic in seeking a citizens commission to undo the Supreme Court finding called Citizens United, which gives corporations the same Constitutional rights as human beings to make campaign contributions (a measure that passed statewide); and even more supportive of retaining protections for trans people in public places (another win statewide).

Nursing

Issue	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
Set nursing levels	16,890	37.3	14,267	26.1	743,642	29.8
Let hospitals decide	25,632	56.7	19,418	35.5	1,754,128	70.2

Citizens United

Issue	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
Undo Citizens United	38,055	84.1	30,032	54.9	1,767,944	71.5
Keep Citizens United	5,061	11.2	4,136	7.6	704,571	28.5

Protecting trans people

Candidate or issue	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
Keep trans protections	38,980	86.2	30,517	55.8	1,705,749	68
End trans protections	4,414	9.8	3,886	7.1	802,267	32

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Governor

When it came to electing a governor, Cantabrigians were strongly in favor of unseating Republican Charlie Baker in favor of Democrat Jay Gonzalez. But statewide, Gonzalez got only around a third of the vote, the opposite of how Cambridge voted.

Candidate	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
Charlie Baker* (R)	15,144	33.5	12,162	22.2	1,683,967	66.6
Jay Gonzalez (D)	29,123	64.4	22,353	40.9	844,377	33.4

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U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative

Cambridge also showed U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren more love than Somerville or voters statewide – but she’s a member of the home team for us. U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark was also returned to office easily over Republican John Hugo. Of the 33,973 residents of Cambridge able to cast a ballot in this race, she captured more than 60 percent of the vote.

Candidate	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
Elizabeth Warren* (D)	40,500	89.6	30,340	55.5	1,555,966	60.7
Geoff Diehl (R)	3,289	7.3	3,638	6.7	921,969	35.9
Shiva Ayyadurai (I)	897	2	802	1.5	86,822	3.4

Candidate	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
Katherine Clark* (D)	20,526	60.4			223,027	76
John Hugo (R)	1,389	4.1			70,615	24

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Other races

Attorney General

Candidate	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
Maura Healey* (D)	41,322	91.4	31,381	57.4	1,771,153	70.2
James McMahon (R)	2,904	6.4	3,064	5.6	750,367	29.9

Secretary of State

Candidate	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
William F. Galvin* (D)	38,041	85.1	29,296	53.6	1,798,849	71
Anthony Amore (R)	2,627	5.8	2,552	4.7	637,211	25.2
Juan Sanchez (I)	2,865	6.3	2,320	4.2	96,013	3.8

Auditor

Candidate	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
Suzanne Bump* (D)	35,688	79	27,319	50	1,533,738	62.2
Helen Brady (R)	3,031	6.7	3,088	5.6	761,642	30.9
Daniel Fishman (L)	2,049	4.5	1,505	2.8	104,593	4.2
Edward Stamas (I)	1,927	4.3	1,621	3	64,806	2.6

Treasurer

Candidate	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
Deborah Goldberg* (D)	38,018	84.1	28,985	53	1,687,021	67.8
Keiko Orrall (R)	2,992	6.6	3,000	5.5	713,788	28.7
Jamie Guerin (I)	2,096	4.6	1,798	3.3	88,318	3.5

Governor’s Councilor

Candidate	Cambridge votes	Cambridge percent	Somerville votes	Somerville percent	Statewide votes	Statewide percent
Terrence Kennedy*	38,819	85.8	29,986	54.8
Vincent L. Dixon	2,220	5	1,956	3.6