Primary

Polls close Tuesday in Massachusetts, with candidates hoping to win their parties’ nominations.

Many voters chose mail-in or early voting in Worcester, but many also braved the rain to reach the polls in person Tuesday.

There are 20 new polling locations in the City of Boston, in an effort to increase voting accessibility.

The Massachusetts primary elections are being held Tuesday, with several big positions in the Bay State up for grabs in 2022. Tuesday’s primaries will decide who will be on the ballot come November’s general election, as voters choose who they want as their next governor, as well as other high-ranking offices. “We’re hoping that despite the rain, voters will...

Republicans hoping to hold on to the Massachusetts governor’s office are choosing between a Donald Trump-backed candidate and a more moderate businessman in Tuesday’s primary election. Massachusetts is just the latest blue state to feature a top-of-the-ticket contest between a conservative candidate endorsed by Trump and a more centrist opponent. In recent primaries in Maryland and Connecticut, GOP voters...

Primary candidates for several Massachusetts state offices were out in force Monday making their final pitch to voters. There hasn’t been a lot of suspense for the state’s top job on the Democratic side as Maura Healey is running unopposed for governor. But a feisty race for the Republican nomination has been playing out all summer.

Early in-person voting for next week’s primary came to a close in Massachusetts Friday, and voters like Sara Erkal made sure to beat the deadline. “I do like early voting,” said the Cambridge resident. “I think it makes it a little bit more accessible, I think we should all have a day off to be able to go and...

Voters head to the polls Tuesday for Massachusetts’ primary.

Massachusetts residents are headed to the polls Saturday to vote early in the state primaries, and for the first time they can do it on a weekend.

Election monitors have been appointed in Windham, Bedford and one ward in Laconia for the Sept. 13 New Hampshire primary after problems were found in vote counting or the administration of elections in November 2020, the attorney general’s office said. The office said in a news release Monday that the monitors are appointed to work with election officials and review…