Marjorie Decker remains the incumbent state representative of the 25th Middlesex District after Thursday’s recount.
Cambridge election officials spent eight hours at the Russell Youth Community Center recounting votes after Decker’s challenger Evan Mackay filed for a recount last Friday, the Boston Globe reported Thursday.
MacKay, who uses they/them pronouns, initially declared victory the night of Sept. 3 after they had a 40-vote lead over Decker. Decker advanced with her own 41-point lead, according to unofficial results on Wednesday.
Decker did not pick up any more votes, with three votes tossed, which kept the margin at 41, the Globe wrote.
“I just wanted to say to all of you how grateful I am for your confidence in me and the confidence in the work that we do together,” Decker said to supporters, the Globe wrote. “I’m excited to continue serving our community.”
Decker will not face a challenger for her seat in November.
Ballots from all 15 precincts were counted, the newspaper reported. Volunteer election “observers” and the candidate’s attorneys were in the room to watch the counters.
Decker, her son and her husband met with supporters at the community center, while MacKay did not attend the recount, according to the Globe.
Decker served 14 years on the Cambridge City Council before she was elected to the Legislature.
She worked as a teacher and then was executive director of the Equal Justice Coalition before joining the City Council in 1999. Gun safety, tackling climate change, labor and worker rights and maternal health and reproductive rights are among her areas of focus, according to her website.
A Cambridge resident, MacKay is also a pro-democracy organizer and a Harvard teaching fellow, according to their profile on Ballotpedia.
They also are a Cambridge LGBTQ+ Commissioner and the former president of the Harvard Graduate Students’ Union, according to their campaign website.
