STATE SENATE PRIMARY ELECTION TODAY

The primary election to determine who will be the Democratic and Republican nominees to succeed longtime state senator Robert Hedlund is today. 
The Democratic candidates are Joan Meschino, a former Hull selectman, and current Hingham Selectman Paul Gannon.
On the Republican side, the candidates are former Hull resident Stephen Gill, who is now a Scituate attorney, and former Hedlund legislative director Patrick O'Connor, who is also Weymouth's council president. 
Polls at the Memorial School on Central Avenue are open until 8 p.m.