Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex Democratic primary election results. The Globe is tracking the results from the 2026 Massachusetts State Senate 2nd Essex Democratic prim

Voters in Idaho and Massachusetts face contrasting gun-related ballot questions that highlight the national tension between firearm freedoms and restrictions

LEOMINSTER – Democratic Rep. Natalie Higgins will defend her seat representing the 4 th Worcester District, which encompasses the city of Leominster, against Republican Josh W. Bowdridge in the upcoming Nov.

Ballot Question 8 would repeal the law legalizing the sale and recreational use of marijuana. Ryan Dominguez, who leads the campaign against the ballot question, and lead supporter Bertha Madras debate the issue.

Deehan here with Spill of the Hill, my column unraveling Massachusetts politics. Few Massachusetts lawmakers have any competition in this year's election, but voters can still voice their dissatisfaction with the Legislature through the long list of ballot questions they need to weigh in on. Why it matters: The initiative process lets citizens act when lawmakers won't. Since so few have the opportunity to vote against an incumbent, voters can...

Recent polling showing incumbent Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, a Democrat, leading her Republican rival Mike Minogue by double digits isn’t tracking with the GOP’s own figures. A new Republican National Committee (RNC) survey shows a much tighter matchup with the election just over a week away. Polls conducted and released last week by UMass Amherst/WCVB-TV and Suffolk University/The Boston ...

Far left leaders Michelle Wu, Ayanna Pressley and the weak MassGOP are unlikely allies this year in a bid to reject the all-party primary system ballot question — facing off against former Govs. Charlie Baker and Deval Patrick. Question 3 would scrap the current party primary system for statewide and federal elections that for now at least guarantees the lowly GOP has a candidate in the ...

With the likelihood of Democrats flipping control of the House and possibly taking the Senate, members of the state’s congressional delegation have transferred roughly $2.5 million from their campaign accounts and political action committees to colleagues and candidates running across the country.