Massachusetts residents have cast their votes in the 2026 Election for governor, U.S. Senate, state Legislature, Congress and other key races. Bay State residents were also called upon to decide. record-tying nine ballot initiatives. Below is a roundup of those races. Governor Democratic Gov. Maura Healey faced Republican Mike Minogue, a millionaire former medical device executive who made his ...

WBZ-TV's Jon Keller sat down with political experts Gin Dumcius and Katie Lannan to discuss the results of this year's elections in Massachusetts.

Democrats dominated Massachusetts in 2026, but affordability and demands for change could reshape the 2028 election.

Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin joined WCVB's "On the Record" to discuss Election Day, voter turnout and the record-tying slate of ballot questions.

Just days after more than 85% of Bay State voters overwhelmingly approved a bill widening access to public records, Democrats who control Beacon Hill are actively considering ways to derail it. Bills now before the state House and Senate point the way to the coming debate. And public statements by a top Senate leader indicate that the ballot question voters approved on Election Day could be in ...

Advocates say broader voter outreach could have flipped the result, and they're already looking toward future reforms.

Massachusetts voters have rejected Ballot Question 7 on single family home zoning by a slim margin, the AP projected Friday, nearly three days after the election.

Opponents narrowly defeated a ballot measure to reduce minimum lot sizes statewide to spur housing production across Massachusetts, the Associated Press says. The big picture: The results preserves Massachusetts' 351 cities and towns ability to control the residential landscape in their communities, but shows voters are desperate for more housing stock. "The fact that this proposal came so close demonstrates the growing recognition that...

The proposal aimed to encourage more affordable starter homes by allowing single-family houses on smaller lots across much of Massachusetts. The post Voters reject Question 7 on statewide minimum lot sizes appeared first on Boston.com.

The last time MassLive chatted with Daniel Darris-O’Connor, he was just the youngest member of Billerica’s Select Board, following through on an interest in politics and policy that had taken hold at a young age. Just about a year later, Darris-O’Connor, 19, has parlayed that interest into a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. On Election Day, the rising Democratic star scored ...