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Mass. Sen. Elizabeth Warren finished fourth in the New Hampshire presidential primary election Tuesday. She will be on the ballot in Mass. on Super Tuesday on March 3. VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. voter participation dialogue reignites in wake of New Hampshire primary

Allison Pirog February 13, 2020
New Hampshire set a state party record Tuesday for voter turnout in a Democratic presidential primary. Massachusetts's turn to vote comes soon, and the question of turnout hangs in the air.
Emerson College releases a mayoral election poll, showing Mayor Martin Walsh to be leading ahead of Tito Jackson by 31 percent. PHOTO BY ISABELLA CARATTINI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Recent poll puts Walsh in the lead of mayoral race

Shannon Larson September 22, 2017

  Should mayoral candidate Tito Jackson and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh advance in the preliminary, it would take a perfect storm to brew in the city for Jackson to dethrone incumbent Walsh this...

PHOTOS BY (clockwise, from top left) ABBY FREEMAN/ DFP FILE PHOTO, OLIVIA NADEL/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF, KELSEY CRONIN/ DFP FILE PHOTO, COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Mass., Boston leaders react to election results

Daily Free Press Staff November 13, 2016

By Miguel Hernández Mercado and Dave Sebastian In the aftermath of an election that left the Republican Party in control of both the White House and Congress, several Massachusetts and Boston leaders...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a February campaign stop in Boston. Clinton has raised millions of dollars more in donations from Massachusetts supporters than Republican candidate Donald Trump. PHOTO BY KELSEY CRONIN /DFP FILE PHOTO

Clinton leads Trump in Mass. presidential campaigning

Dave Sebastian September 26, 2016

All candidates who ran or are running in the 2016 presidential election have raised a total of over $25 million in Massachusetts up until the end of August, with $13 million going to Democratic nominee...

With almost $4 million in campaign funds, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker might be running for re-election in 2018. PHOTO BY MIKE DESOCIO/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Gov. Baker fundraises $4 million for potential 2018 bid

Steven Barry September 22, 2016

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s campaign account currently has a balance of almost $4 million acquired from fundraising, the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance reported Sept....

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday that Boston will host nine early voting sites for the November 2016 presidential election. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Early voting sites to come to Boston for 2016 election

Dave Sebastian April 12, 2016

In an effort to provide flexibility for voters, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Friday nine early voting sites for the November 2016 presidential election as a part of the Early Voting Initiative,...

Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo speaks at a conference in 2011. Massachusetts lawmakers voted Thursday to eliminate term limits for the Speaker of the House. PHOTO BY GLENN KULBAKO/FLICKR

Mass. House votes to eliminate term limits for Speaker of the House

Caroline Lord February 2, 2015

The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted in favor of a proposal Thursday to eliminate term limits for the Speaker of the House, a position currently held by Robert DeLeo, who’s serving his fourth...

Steven Grossman greets a supporter after winning the gubernatorial endorsement at the Democratic State Convention in June. PHOTO BY FELICIA GANS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Candidates prepare for primary election, Coakley takes lead in gubernatorial race

Felicia Gans September 9, 2014

The action is heating up in the race to fill Massachusetts' gubernatorial office, soon to be vacated by two-term Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a Democrat and the first African-American governor of...

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