Senate race

If he is elected, Raphael Warnock will be the first Black senator from Georgia in the state’s history.

Millions of Georgia residents have already cast their ballots for Tuesday’s Senate runoff races, but according to a recent poll, Gen Z and Millennials are lagging other age groups. NBCLX’s political storyteller Noah Pransky explains what this tells us about the election that will determine control of the U.S. Senate and our country’s next two years.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., spoke optimistically to reporters on Friday about the results of the Senate race on Election Day.

The Senate contest between incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon is the costliest political race in Maine history. The two candidates and their allies together have spent more than $120 million on television advertising alone, but neither had an edge in the polls ahead of Election Day.

The four-way, ranked-choice battle for U.S. Senate happening in Maine this year is the most expensive political race in Maine history and one of the most closely watched across the country this year. With two weeks to go until Election Day, Sen. Susan Collins is facing her “fiercest challenge” yet, according to Andrew Rudalevige, professor of government at Bowdoin...

Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Edward Markey and Republican challenger Kevin O’Connor sparred on everything from mask-wearing to the Green New Deal in their first and only scheduled debate Monday. The matchup was hosted by GBH News with each candidate in a different studio at the station — a last minute logistical change the station said was needed to help...

Democrat Sara Gideon sought to link Republican Sen. Susan Collins, of Maine, with President Donald Trump during their first debate Friday night, and she demanded several times that Collins say whether she’ll vote for him — a dare Collins wouldn’t take. Collins, who has said she didn’t vote for Trump four years ago, brushed off the question, saying voters...

Several primary races are taking place in Massachusetts Tuesday but one of the most closely watched is between incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and challenger Congressman Joe Kennedy III.

At least two new polls show Ed Markey ahead by 10 or more points in the 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.

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.

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...

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

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...

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...