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Elections 2014

By Shunella Grace Lumas, Byung-Hoon Min, Zorigoo Tugsbayar, and Y. Kit Wu

Votes Coming In - Members of the Harvard-Cambridge community come and go at the polling station in the lobby of Quincy House Tuesday afternoon. By Tiana A Abdulmassih

IOP on Election Night - Under the lights of the Institute of Politics, students and non-students alike congregate in anticipation of the 2014 election results. By Y. Kit Wu

IOP on Election Night 2 - Under campaign banners and helium balloons, students and non-students alike congregate at the Institute of Politics in anticipation of the 2014 election results. By Y. Kit Wu

Joe Kennedy III - U.S. Rep. Joe P. Kennedy III talks to a supporter as he attends Martha M. Coakley’s watch party at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. By Zorigoo Tugsbayar

Maura Healey Elected Attorney General - Maura Healey '92, the newly elected Attorney General, celebrates her election at the Oval Room in the Fairmont Copley Plaza on Wednesday night. By Byung-Hoon Min

Maura Healey Elected Attorney General - Maura Healey '92, the newly elected Attorney General, celebrates her election at the Oval Room in the Fairmont Copley Plaza on Tuesday night. By Byung-Hoon Min

Edward Markey Poster - Edward J. Markey was elected U.S. Senator from Massachusetts with an overwhelming margin. By Zorigoo Tugsbayar

Ed Markey Policy - Edward J. Markey lays out his policies with a focus on energy policy in front of his supporters at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. By Zorigoo Tugsbayar

Baker poster - By Shunella Grace Lumas

Coakley Chant - A Coakley supporter chants for the Democratic candidate for governor to win as Coakley took the lead for a brief time. By Zorigoo Tugsbayar

Clark Rally - U.S. Rep. Katherine M. Clark rallies up Coakley supporters after preliminary results showed the Democratic candidate taking the lead. By Zorigoo Tugsbayar

Baker's lead slipping - Although ultimately victorious, Baker did not seize the win easily. His lead momentarily slipped Tuesday night much to the despair of his supporters at the watch party in Seaport Hotel. By Shunella Grace Lumas

Lt. Governor Address - The Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor Steve Kerrigan tells the crowd to hold fast as election results trickle in at the Coakley headquarters. By Zorigoo Tugsbayar

Karyn Polito - Karyn Polito, winner of the Lieutenant Governor Massachusetts position, greets the crowd shortly after Charlie D. Baker '79 was announced as the gubernatorial winner. By Shunella Grace Lumas

Charlie Baker Elected Massachusetts Governor - Charles D. Baker '79 celebrates after narrowly winning the Massachusetts gubernatorial election early Wednesday morning. The race fluctuated between the two candidates throughout the night, at one point with vote differences in the mere hundreds. By Shunella Grace Lumas

Coakley Loss - A Coakley supporter looks dejected at the election results at the Fairmont Copley Plaza. By Zorigoo Tugsbayar

Disappointed Supporters - Supporters were disappointed after it became clear that Charles D. Barker '79 would become the next governor of Massachusetts. By Zorigoo Tugsbayar

Coakley Non-appearance - Martha M. Coakley did not appear at her watch party in the Fairmont Copley Plaza leaving many supporters and staffers disappointed. By Zorigoo Tugsbayar

Voters across the country turned up to vote in the 2014 midterm elections resulting in Republicans to take control of the U.S. Senate and winning a large number of state gubernatorial elections.

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