56-44%
Mary Loser ran 2% points better than her November showing but the turnout really hurt her.
With only 40% of the voters bothering to show up, even a lopsided 84-16% margin out of Orleans wasn’t enough to make up the difference.
That’s why she lost.
Another dirty little secret, is just about all the state’s newspapers endorsed Mary. Shows you just how much “clout” they have. Or don’t