Senate race

After serving for 23 years as a popular U.S. senator, Maine Republican Susan Collins appears to be in trouble. “When I first moved here, I was a huge Susan Collins fan, but I’m incredibly disappointed in her in the last couple of years,” said Kristen Dalton of South Berwick. The latest poll, released by Colby College Tuesday, shows Collins...

In a race that features few policy differences, the debate was very much about scoring points with voters.

In a tight race between well-known candidates who closely align on the issues, pundits say the bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate between Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy III will come down to personality versus policy. “It’s a clash of the titans. This is really the clash of the titans,” Suffolk University Political Research Center...

Sue O’Connell sat down with Kevin O’Connor, a lawyer running in the 2020 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts.

Anyone following the US Senate race between Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy knows the race has evolved since it began last September when Kennedy had a 14-point lead in the first poll.  Boston University Professor Tom Whalen says, “I think it has definitely tightened.” And as the polls have narrowed, the race has grown increasingly heated with the most...

The competition is heating up between Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy.

While the coronavirus crisis and economic downturn have been a central focus of the U.S. Senate race, social justice issues have also become a priority. Massachusetts voters say the issue of Black Lives Matter will play a role when it comes time to vote for either Ed Markey or Joe Kennedy III.

Planned Parenthood Action Fund said Tuesday that Collins “turned her back” on women. It cites her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court as well as other judicial nominees who oppose abortion. Collins was honored by Planned Parenthood as recently as 2017 as “an outspoken champion for women’s health.” Collins is facing the toughest reelection bid of her…

Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Joe Kennedy III both joined a discussion on the refugee cap.

Democratic Congressman Joe Kennedy III announced on Saturday that he’s jumping into the 2020 Senate race.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren promised fellow Massachusetts Democrats at their annual state convention Saturday that in her quest for the White House, she’ll keep fighting on the issues that first propelled her into Senate. Defeating President Donald Trump is critical, Warren said, but the party needs to talk about what’s broken in the country, from racism to the growing gap...

Rep. Joe Kennedy III wants Elizabeth Warren to be president. She’s backing his would-be opponent in the Massachusetts Senate race. That did little to dissuade Kennedy from crossing state lines Thursday to campaign in New Hampshire for Warren, whom he has known since he was her student at Harvard Law School.

Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday that he will run for the U.S. Senate, becoming the immediate front-runner in a crowded Democratic field vying for the right to challenge Republican incumbent Cory Gardner. He made his announcement via a video message in which he blasted Washington lawmakers over soaring prescription drug prices, the failure to act on climate change...

Republican candidate Roy Moore rode his horse to the polls as he’s done in past elections to cast his ballot in the U.S. Senate race. Moore was accompanied by his wife Kayla Moore as he expressed confidence in a win Tuesday night.

Beto O’Rourke leaves room for voters to decide for themselves what he is and what he could be. He’s Bobby Kennedy and Barack Obama. He’s nothing new. He’d be a great vice president. He’s a man whose candidacy will be a melted candle in a matter of months. He’s exactly what this nation needs.

Kicking off a swing through New Hamsphire, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke called for an end to what he sees as “racist voter ID laws.” O’Rourke, 46, is scheduled to visit all 10 of New Hampshire’s counties between Tuesday and Thursday of this week. The campaign’s first stop was a meet and greet at Keene State College Tuesday. It was...

Democratic presidential contender Beto O’Rourke will make his first trip to New Hampshire this week since announcing his campaign. O’Rourke, 46, is scheduled to visit all 10 of New Hampshire’s counties between Tuesday and Thursday of this week, according to Politico’s David Siders. Details on the stops have not been announced.

Like other Asian American politicians, Lily Qi had to navigate cultural land mines on issues such as affirmative action, efforts to diversify public school magnet programs and protections for undocumented immigrants, all of which have provoked tension in the broader Asian American community.

Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is the apparent winner in the Arizona Senate race, narrowly defeating Republican Rep. Martha McSally, according to an NBC News projection. Sinema is the first Democratic senator elected in Arizona in 30 years. McSally conceded the race in a video statement on her Twitter account Monday evening. Read More