Question 6 Explained: The Nature for All Fund and Subsection (g)
The measure raises no taxes and polls at 67 percent. Its final subsection lets the Legislature decline to fund it, and supporters confirmed at a hearing that this was the intent.
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Question 2 Explained: Collective Bargaining for CPCS Employees
Question 2 has the softest support on the ballot, and the poll that measured it described a bar advocate pay raise the measure does not contain. Bar advocates are not covered at all.
Question 1 Explained: Public Records for the Legislature and Governor
Massachusetts is the only state where all three branches claim exemption from the public records law. The question is not whether Question 1 passes. It is what the policy-development exemption swallows.
Massachusetts District Attorney Primary Results 2026
Four district attorney races were contested. In three counties the September primary decides who exercises charging discretion for the next four years, because nobody else filed.
Wu’s Three State Senate Bets: Two Losses and a 20-Vote Race
The framing that Wu backed insurgents against the establishment is wrong. In one of the three races she endorsed the incumbent, and he is the one who lost.
MA-6 Primary Results: Dan Koh Wins the Open Sixth District Seat
Koh lost a congressional primary by 145 votes in 2018. This time he won by more than 13,000. The late withdrawal that reshaped the field did not change the outcome.
Massachusetts Primary Results: Markey, Minogue, and Every Incumbent Holds
Every incumbent who faced a challenger survived. Democratic turnout ran 106,000 ahead of 2022 and Republican turnout ran 20,000 behind. Four races still have no winner.
Four Massachusetts Primary Races Still Undecided, and the Recount Deadline Is Thursday
Twenty votes separate Brownsberger and Lander. Fourteen separate the candidates in the 9th Bristol. Nobody gets a recount unless they ask, and the window closes Thursday afternoon.
Suffolk DA Primary Results: Hayden Wins, Rollins Finishes Third
Rachael Rollins finished third. Kevin Hayden fell 111 votes short of a majority and won by more than 24 points, and with no Republican on the ballot the nomination decides the office.
Question 7 Explained: Minimum Lot Sizes and Starter Homes in Massachusetts
The fastest-acting question on the ballot takes a zoning power from every city and town about thirty days after the election. It is also the most straightforwardly industry-funded measure of the nine.