What to know about the Mass. state primary results

We have a slate of candidates for the November election.

There were some expected results, including Attorney General Maura Healey’s victory march through a largely uncontested Democratic primary for governor. And conservative firebrand Geoff Diehl closed the deal on the Republican side, though opponent Chris Doughty showed a little pluck toward the end of that race, nabbing some high-profile endorsements and garnering enough votes to keep things close for about an hour after polls closed.

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If Healey defeats Diehl, as polls and pundits suggest she will, her victory would make history in Massachusetts. She would be both the first woman and openly gay person elected governor in the state, and potentially the first lesbian to hold the office of governor in the U.S.

Other races brought some surprises, including Andrea Campbell’s victory over Shannon Liss-Riordan for the Democratic nomination for attorney general.

Liss-Riordan has spent gobs of her own money in the race, and netted some valuable endorsements from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, among others. But Campbell got a boost late in the campaign when the third person in the race, former Assistant Attorney General Quentin Palfrey, dropped out of contention and backed her bid.