(Graphic cropped/rearranged/reduced — apologies to the artist)
For the first time since Mike Dukakis left office 16 years ago, Massachusetts has a Democrat for a governor. And he isn’t a classic Boston-style pol, either. He’s Deval Patrick, our first black governor.
As the map shows, Patrick’s victory was by a wide margin, but not in our town. It’s hard to read, but Patrick had 46% to Republican Kerry Healey’s 45%.
I expected Healey to win, actually, because Hopkinton is mostly a GOP town. It’s home to EMC2 Corp. co-founder Richard Egan, who occasionally hosts Dick Cheney at his home.