Question 3 would end party primaries in Massachusetts and send the top two finishers to November regardless of party. It covers congressional races despite its name, and it would not take effect until 2028.
The site most people find first is no longer the sheriff's. Here are the real rules for the Hampden County Correctional Center and the women's center in Chicopee, including why your visiting day depends on a last name.
The only contested statewide primary was effectively settled in April. What remains is the argument the winner carries into November, and the strongest version of it is not the one being made.
More than eight million dollars in outside money is shaping Tuesday's primaries. We traced every committee to its funders, and checked the Soros claim against the actual filings.
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.
