Wareham voters on Tuesday narrowly favored Democrat Kamala Harris over Republican Donald Trump in the presidential contest, solidified Republican John Gaskey’s bid to succeed the late Susan Williams Gifford in the state Legislature and narrowly favored Democrat Joe Pacheco in a race that, as of this writing, was too close to call to succeed retiring state Sen. Marc Pacheco (no relation to the candidate).

With more than 13,000 votes cast – more than half of them through early voting and mail-in ballots – tallying the total was delayed into the early morning hours on Wednesday. Town Clerk Lisa Johnson noted that the large number of write-in votes complicated the vote-counting process.

On the five state-wide referendum questions, Wareham’s votes were largely in line with the statewide outcomes: Allowing the state auditor to audit the Legislature, eliminating the MCAS test as a high school graduation requirement, opposing the limited legalization of some psychedelics, and opposing changing the way tipped workers are compensated.

The one break with statewide results came on Question 3. Wareham voters narrowly rejected a bid to allow ride-share drivers – such as those working for Uber and Lyft – to unionize. Statewide, the effort was successful.

The unofficial tally released by the town clerk has town voters:

– Favoring Harris over Trump, 6,411 - 6,254.

– Casting 8,599 votes for Gaskey and 1,110 write-in votes, presumably for challenger Sarah Hewins. With no Democrat officially on the ballot, Democrat Hewins launched a write-in campaign after Gaskey defeated incumbent Gifford in the Republican primary in September. The broadly popular Gifford, who did not vigorously contest the primary challenge, succumbed to cancer in October.

– In the race to fill retiring State Senator Pacheco’s seat, favored Democrat Joe Pacheco over Republican Kelly Dooner, 5,879 - 5,801. Throughout the sprawling multi-town district, the count was tied at about 47% each as of this writing.

Wareham Week will update election information online and in Thursday’s Nov. 7 edition of the print paper.