2022 election

There’s a shifting narrative on COVID-19 restrictions across the country among Democratic officials and candidates

A Wisconsin lawmaker who has won praise from former President Donald Trump for his attempts to illegally reverse President Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin has filed paperwork to run for governor

The Department of Homeland Security warns that unsubstantiated claims of fraud that have haunted the U.S. since the 2020 election could return for the upcoming midterms.

Former President Donald Trump is stepping up his election-year effort to dominate the Republican Party with a Saturday rally in Arizona.

Possible candidates for Massachusetts governor have already stockpiled millions at the start of the election year. The two Democratic names with the deepest bank accounts have yet to say whether they’re running. They are former Boston mayor and current U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh and state Attorney General Maura Healey. Walsh began the year with $5.1 million in his...

It had all the traditional trappings of a day on the presidential campaign trail. There was a fundraiser, time spent schmoozing with local activists, two holiday parties, a speech and a visit to a local bakery, where Mike Pence posed for pictures and bought a slice of cake for a driver who was celebrating her birthday while ferrying his staff….

Just about every conversation about the now wide open Massachusetts governor’s race starts out with the same question: Will Attorney General Maura Healey get in? Boston University Professor Tom Whalen expects she will: “She’s the giant in the political field. Of the Democrats, she’s the best possible choice they have.” Despite the three Democrats already in the field —...

There was Bill Weld and Paul Cellucci back in the early 90s. Then Cellucci and Jane Swift, Mitt Romney and Kerry Healey, and more recently Charlie Baker and Karyn Polito. Unlike the Democrats, Republican candidates for governor have built a tradition of teaming up early with running mates and then successfully selling themselves to voters as a ticket. And while…

U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, a Democrat, announced his reelection campaign on Friday for New Hampshire’s 1st Congressional District and the start of a 14-community road trip across the state this weekend. Pappas is seeking a third term in the House. “New Hampshire has been through so much in the past two years, but through it all the spirit and...

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has long been linked to a potential Democratic campaign for governor, but Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito’s announcement Wednesday that they will not seek the office next year did not push Healey into a declaration of her own. In an interview on Bloomberg TV Wednesday, Healey would not answer if she...

Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito announced they won’t be seeking reelection in 2022, setting up what could be an intense campaign for the state house.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be hoping his supporters are in a giving mood on Tuesday night when he holds a pre-Thanksgiving fundraiser at Davio’s in Boston’s Seaport as he continues to raise campaign cash while deflecting questions about his political future. The Italian steakhouse soiree is being hosted by former state lawmaker and Baker administration official Carlo Basile,...

Gov. Charlie Baker’s approval rating is moving in a positive direction as he weighs whether to seek a third term in 2022, with 56% of residents indicating that they support the job Baker is doing and 69% saying Massachusetts is the same or better off than it was prior to the governor taking office in 2015, according to a new…

Governor Ned Lamont filed paperwork Monday to begin the process of running for re-election next year. Even though Lamont has filed paperwork to begin the process of running for re-election, this isn’t him actually announcing his re-election bid. Much of Lamont’s time as Connecticut’s 89th governor has been spent dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. The state’s first positive case...

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Geoff Diehl for governor of Massachusetts, as well as candidates in New Hampshire.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker didn’t seem too troubled Wednesday by the news that former President Donald Trump had endorsed his potential opponent in the 2022 governor’s race. Trump weighed in on the race Tuesday, saying he was endorsing Republican candidate Geoff Diehl, a co-chair of his 2016 campaign. Diehl announced his candidacy on July 4, and several Democrats have also…

Sue O’Connell sat down with Democrat and former Massachusetts State Sen. Ben Downing to talk about his campaign for governor in next year’s race.

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage registered Thursday to run for governor in the state once again.

Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage registered Thursday as a candidate for governor in the state once again. LePage, a Republican governor from 2011 to 2019, has long hinted that he might challenge Democratic Gov. Janet Mills in 2022. LePage and Mills were frequent rivals when LePage was governor and Mills was the state’s attorney general. The Maine Ethics Commission website stated...