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Seth Moulton gave up a safe congressional seat to run against Ed Markey. The race collapsed into a referendum on whether an 80-year-old senator should seek a term ending at 86.

Ten statewide constitutional primaries, exactly one contested. The real fights are the Senate race, an open congressional seat, four district attorney primaries, and a signature-fraud scandal that nearly erased the Republican ticket.

The District Attorney's race has three Democrats and no Republican, which means September 1 is the election. Here is every contested race on the Suffolk County ballot, and why the sheriff is not one of them.

The Massachusetts state primary is Tuesday, September 1. Two deadlines have already passed, mail ballots must be received by 8 p.m., and unenrolled voters can vote without changing their registration.

A correction officer needs 160 hours of training. The sheriff who signs that training policy needs none. An examination of what Massachusetts requires of the official who runs its jails, and how Steven Tompkins came to run Suffolk County's.

Set the federal charges aside. The thirteen years before the indictment are documented in a State Auditor's report, his own signed campaign questionnaire, his department's newsletters, and the state payroll.

For five days the jury heard the government's theory from everyone except the man at the center of it. On Friday Frank Perullo testified for three hours. He has not been cross-examined yet, and that is the part that matters.