With catch-up time dwindling, Lynch’s competitors are holding on until the bitter end.

Needham native Jacques—who bills herself as the solidly pro-choice, liberal alternative—has taken an aggressive tone in her bid, drawing criticism for negative campaigning. Still, her campaign is maintaing that tone, and the faith that it will work for Jacques.

“Senator Jacques has been meeting with voters and talking about the key difference between herself and the other candidate. She’s pro-choice,” said Angus McQuilken, Jacques’s spokesperson.

Other campaigns have targeted Lynch’s character, but “We’re running a campaign based on issues,” said McQuilken. “Steve Lynch has a 100 percent anti-choice voting record... and a B-rating from the [National Rifle Association].”

Faced with the statistics that the majority of the district’s pro-choice voters have favored Lynch in polls, McQuilken said that those voters don’t know of Lynch’s pro-life stand. But McQuilken maintained a stoic optimism, saying that tomorrow Jacques will be holding “a really rocking victory party.”

Joyce, from the suburb of Milton, trails Jacques, and has shifted tactics of late, stepping away from the personality politics that marked his early campaign.

“We are basically making thousands of phone calls,” said Joyce’s spokesperson, Doug Ruben, adding that the focus is on voter turnout.