State Senator Nick Collins of South Boston declared victory against Mayor Michelle Wu-backed challenger Latoya Gayle in a closely watched Democratic primary Tuesday night, while a race between first-time candidate Daniel Lander and incumbent state Senator William Brownsberger was too close to call in the early hours after polls closed, the campaigns said.
The results left unresolved the question of how influential Wu would prove to be in two hotly contested state Senate primaries where she had waded in against Beacon Hill opponents.
Brownsberger, without conceding, said Tuesday night he “might have lost,” but later told supporters who had gathered
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