With early voting already underway, Democratic Gov. Maura Healey has a commanding lead over Republican challenger Mike Minogue, while U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is “poised to make it 2-for-2,” according to a new poll. Healey holds a 57%-32% advantage over Minogue, the millionaire former biotech executive making his first bid for elected office, in the new UMass Amherst poll. Independent ...

Candidates for governor and Senate were busy over the weekend speaking to voters in Massachusetts.

WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller talks to Andrew Mikula, who supports ballot Question 7, and Adam Chapdelaine, who opposes the measure that would change zoning for single-family homes.

Massachusetts U.S. House District 6 Republican primary election results. The Globe is tracking the results from the 2026 Massachusetts U.S. House District 6 Republican primar

GOP rival Mike Minogue won the two debates by a country mile over Democratic Gov. Maura Healey — according to two Herald online polls. After Thursday’s debate, readers used their one click to declare him the winner 95% to 5%. More than 2,400 votes were cast. In the first debate, he came in ahead 90% to her 10%. More than 4,200 votes were tallied. Is this an upset in the making? The Herald ...

Ahead of early voting starting Saturday, Massachusetts voters can find candidates who align with their views through a free, nonpartisan quiz platform built entirely from politicians’ own words. MassVoter.com lets users select their city or town to view every race and ballot question on their ballot. According to the website, voters can take a short quiz for each race, choosing from answers ...

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin confirmed his office was the recipient of an envelope with "suspicious mail" late Friday morning.