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Four legislative races to watch in a slightly less sleepy year

For a change, Massachusetts isn't the least competitive in the country when it comes to State House contests. But it's close.

Katie Lannan

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Taking the independents' temperature

Keller on the voting bloc that's unenthusiastic about Dem incumbents and unconvinced by GOP challengers

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Keller takes the temperature of unenrolled voters

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House disses Healey's gas tax gambit, an LG candidate crash, and early votes pour in

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Four legislative races to watch in a slightly less sleepy year

Taking the independents' temperature

The unimpressed indies

House disses Healey's gas tax gambit, an LG candidate crash, and early votes pour in

Don't play catch-up.

Latest

Plan to cap ticket prices falls flat in the House, while resellers hint at a legal challenge

All-party primary debate reanimates talk of ranked choice voting – and divides its backers

After losing his running mate, Minogue still likes early voting

In this campaign-season supermarket, limited chances to comparison shop

Trahan hopes regulating AI could be contagious — in a good way

Tax-credit backers want Healey to follow the NY guv’s lead. But the two aren’t always on the same team.

Keller @ Large

The unimpressed indies

Debates are not debatable

What I saw at the debate

The Trump-centric election

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