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PJ and Megan Lutz canvas for President Biden outside a polling center at the Bicentennial Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire on Tuesday. Biden supporters launched the successful write-in campaign as a result of the President's name not appearing on the New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot. CLARE ONG/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

For canvassers, New Hampshire primary bears deeper connection with democracy

Siena Griffin January 24, 2024
Canvassers from across the country headed to New Hampshire for this year’s first-in-the-nation primary to make a stand for their chosen candidates on Tuesday.
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips speaks to supporters at a primary night event in Manchester, New Hampshire. Rep. Phillips came in second in the New Hampshire Democratic primary behind a successful write-in Biden campaign on Tuesday. MATTHEW EADIE/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Democratic challengers will stay in race after Biden wins New Hampshire primary

Matthew Eadie January 24, 2024
President Joe Biden won New Hampshire’s Democratic primary on Tuesday, despite not officially having his name on the ballot, requiring voters to write-in the president’s name in a landslide Democratic primary.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks to supporters during a primary election watch party in Concord, New Hampshire. Haley came in second in the New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday to former President Donald Trump. MOLLY POTTER/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Trump wins tight New Hampshire primary, Haley vows to continue

Matthew Eadie January 24, 2024
In a surprisingly close New Hampshire Republican primary on Tuesday, Donald Trump defeated Nikki Haley to take one step closer to the Republican nomination for president, while Haley remained determined to stay in the race ahead of more primary elections in the coming weeks.
A person holding a Biden flag stands on a traffic light. MEGHAN SCOTT/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Boston celebrates Joe Biden’s presidential win

Lauryn Allen November 9, 2020

Boston residents filled the city’s streets in celebration after news of former Vice President Joe Biden’s election as the 46th president of the United States broke on Saturday morning. 

Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the Cancer Moonshot initiative at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Biden addresses nation as president-elect

Daniel Kool November 8, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States Saturday following four days of uncertainty during which President Donald Trump threatened legal action as key states’ final tallies trickled in.
Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Boston erupts in joy, relief after Biden named nation’s 46th president

Daily Free Press Staff November 7, 2020
Cheering and chanting as cars driving by honked in solidarity, hundreds of supporters of president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris gathered near the Boston Common Saturday afternoon to celebrate the results of the 2020 presidential election.
DAILY FREE PRESS ELECTION 2020 LIVE BLOG

DAILY FREE PRESS ELECTION 2020 LIVE BLOG

Daily Free Press Staff November 3, 2020
Daily Free Press Election 2020 Liveblog
On the Nov. 3 ballot this year, Massachusetts residents can vote for the Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative. If approved, this voting system will be implemented in primary and general elections for state executive officials, state legislators, federal congressional seats and certain county offices starting in 2022. GRAPHIC COURTESY OF PETER J. YOST VIA WIKIPEDIA

Ranked-choice voting to be on November ballot

Inyeong Kim July 20, 2020
The Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative will be an item on the Nov. 3 ballot in the Commonwealth this year.
Polling station in Concord, New Hampshire. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, voting may look different this year for high-risk voters in Massachusetts if a bill allowing the use of mail-in ballots passes in the state’s Senate. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

A look at current Mass. politics amid pandemic and partisan turmoil

Jane Avery June 11, 2020
From the pandemic to the 2020 Presidential Election, Massachusetts politics is in for a change this fall. Here's the political breakdown for the state.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren embraces a supporter during her visit to Cambridge, where she voted in the Massachusetts primary Tuesday morning. VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Biden collects wins on Super Tuesday, Warren loses home state

Angela Yang March 4, 2020

Super Tuesday drew to a close in Massachusetts with former Vice President Joe Biden emerging victorious. The candidate took 33.7 percent of votes with 80.5 percent of precincts reporting, earning 31 delegates...

Green Party candidate and party co-founder Howie Hawkins is one of four candidates running for the party’s nomination in the 2020 election. COURTESY OF HOWIE HAWKINS

Green presidential candidates run alongside red and blue

Angela Yang March 4, 2020

One of the largest ever Democratic fields in a presidential primary election has saturated the 2020 candidate pool with blue. But also vying to win the White House this year are a handful of even more...

A polling station at Jackson/Mann K-8 School in Allston. Massachusetts was one of 14 states that voted on Super Tuesday. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Local Super Tuesday voters share polling booth thoughts

Angela Yang March 4, 2020

Sen. Elizabeth Warren returned home to Cambridge to cast her vote for president on a balmy Super Tuesday morning. Across the river in Boston, citizens filed into their local polling stations to do the...

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