Governor

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will give his final State of the Commonwealth address Tuesday at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Political expert Sue O’Connell explains what we can expect in his speech.

The top staff investigator for the House Jan. 6 panel was fired from his position at the University of Virginia by the state’s new GOP attorney general.

Maura Healey would be considered a frontrunner in the race.

The race for governor is wide open after incumbent Charlie Baker announced last year that he would not seek a third term

Sources with direct knowledge have told NBC10 Boston political reporter Alison King that Democratic Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey has decided to run for governor and an announcement is expected Thursday. Healey, 50, was first elected the state’s attorney general in 2014 after years working under former Attorney General Martha Coakley as chief of the office’s Civil Rights Division, its…

TikTok environmental activist “Trash Boy” is trying to pick up 500,000 pieces of trash. Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis has been known for picking up trash on the road for decades. What happens when you bring these two together for trash cleanup?

Next year’s lineup of candidates for governor of Massachusetts is still taking shape, and the current focus is on whether Attorney General Maura Healey and former Boston Mayor Martin Walsh will get in the race. During a visit to Springfield Monday to highlight federal infrastructure investments, a reporter asked Walsh about speculation that he may be weighing a run...

Attorney General Maura Healey has picked up her fundraising pace this month with at least one event last week and two more planned this week as her fall timeline for a decision on whether to run for Massachusetts governor in 2022 rapidly comes to a close. Healey, a two-term Democrat who political strategists view as a potential early front-runner for…

All eyes are on Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and whether she’ll run for governor. What would it mean if she entered the race?

Decrying gridlock in Washington and a love for what he can do in his current job, Gov. Chris Sununu said he won’t be challenging Sen. Maggie Hassan in 2022 and will instead run for reelection.

Chris Sununu announced Tuesday that he will not run for U.S. Senate in 2022 and will instead seek a fourth term as New Hampshire governor.

Chris Sununu announced Tuesday that he will not run for U.S. Senate in 2022 and will instead seek a fourth term as governor of New Hampshire. “My responsibility is not to the gridlock and politics of Washington,” Sununu said. “It’s to the citizens of New Hampshire.” He said ultimately he felt he could accomplish more as governor than as...

The 17-year-old son of Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin twice tried to cast a ballot on Election Day even though he is not yet eligible to vote, election officials confirm to News4. He was unsuccessful in his attempt to vote. News4 is not naming Youngkin’s son because he is a minor and has not been charged with a crime. Fairfax...

Voting in the California gubernatorial recall election closes Tuesday night, and mail-in ballot turnout is high in areas likely to be in favor of Gov. Gavin Newsom. Whoever becomes (or stays) governor of the Golden State will have some big decisions to make, including appointing a replacement if aging Sen. Dianne Feinstein were to leave office (Feinstein, 87, has publicly...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is reportedly “not feeling well” and has begun isolating until he can get tested for COVID-19.

In her first public address as she prepares to take over for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo following his resignation this week, the Lt. Governor said she pledges to listen first.

This week, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul stressed that she and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whom she will replace in two weeks, were not close and there would be turnover in her office.

President Joe Biden traveled a few miles across the Potomac River on Friday evening to stump for former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, who is in a crucial race to retake his old job. It was Biden’s first in-person campaign event appearance since becoming president — one in which an estimated 3,000 supporters gathered in a park in Arlington, some without masks,...

Former state Rep. Geoff Diehl, the co-chair of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign in Massachusetts, announced his campaign to replace Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on the Fourth of July.

Former two-term Republican Gov. Paul LePage, who liked to compare himself to former President Donald Trump, formally announced Monday that he’s launching a campaign for a third term. LePage has not been shy about criticizing his successor, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, over fiscal policies and her actions during the coronavirus pandemic. “Maine faces several challenges and we must work...