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

Massachusetts State Senate Hampden, Hampshire & Worcester Democratic primary election results. The Globe is tracking the results from the 2026 Massachusetts State Senate Hamp

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...

Roughly a week before voters decide the Massachusetts governor’s race, the two candidates were locked in a classic battle.

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.

We all have places in nature we love: a neighborhood park where our children chase butterflies and climb trees, a family farm where we buy fresh produce, or a community trail to hike. These places help make the Commonwealth home,