Leigh Davis will run on the Democratic party line in November to fill the 3rd Berkshire House seat being vacated by William "Smitty" Pignatelli.

 

At just after 10:30 on Tuesday evening, with 97 percent of the votes counted, the Associated Press called the Democratic primary for Davis, a member of the Great Barrington Select Board.

 

She had 56 percent of the votes, well ahead of her nearest challenger, Patrick White, who had 37 percent. Jamie Minacci was running a distant third with 6 percent of the votes that were in.

 

Davis in November will face Lenox Select Board member Marybeth Mitts, who is running as an independent to serve South County in the House of Representatives on Beacon Hill.

 

Pignatelli, of Lenox, served the district for more than 20 years.

 

The other major contested election on the ballot for Berkshire County voters on Sunday was the race for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.

 

The AP called that race early in the night, projecting that John Deaton of Swansea will carry the GOP banner into November's election against incumbent Elizabeth Warren.

 

As of 11 p.m., Deaton had 65 percent of the vote with 73 percent of the ballots counted. Robert Antonellis of Medford had 26.2 percent. Quincy's Ian Cain had just 9 percent.

 

According to the unofficial returns from Pittsfield, Deaton had 409 votes out of 591 ballots cast in the GOP Senate primary on Tuesday.

 

Warren, who was running unopposed for the Democratic nomination, sent out a news release at just after 9 p.m. Tuesday night saying she had agreed to two October debates against her Republican challenger.