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Danielle Allen, a Harvard University professor leading the charge for replacing partisan primary elections in Massachusetts with a single nonpartisan primary, speaks at a debate on the topic CommonWealth Beacon hosted on October 13, 2026.
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Gov. Maura Healey will head into Election Day with a high-spending opponent, an affordability crisis still raging, and few of her campaign season wish-list items fulfilled by fellow Democrats in the Legislature.
Welcome back to CommonWealth Beacon‘s Election 2026 newsletter run.
Gov. Maura Healey’s administration is delaying a clean heat standard. (Image via Governor’s Office Flickr feed)
Rallygoers call for more housing development at an event Abundant Housing Massachusetts hosted outside the State House on May 27, 2026.
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SOMETIMES, A RAISED HAND is all it takes to kick off an 18-month campaign.
MASSACHUSETTS VOTERS will face nine different ballot questions next week—a number we haven’t seen in over 30 years. Considering the sheer volume coupled with the varied and complicated issues these questions seek to address, voters have the…
Voting booths (Photo by Stephen Velasco/Creative Commons)
A sign at a Newton polling place during the September 14, 2021, preliminary municipal election. (Photo by Shira Schoenberg)
Memorial candles for a victim of violence lined up on a wall outside the Codman Square Branch Library in Dorchester. (Photo by Michael Jonas)