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Massachusetts Special Election

The race to fill Massachusetts' vacant US Senate seat is on. Stay up to date on the latest developments from the campaign trail. Voters head to the polls on June 25.
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The 24 candidates who signed up for nomination papers have until May 21 to collect the necessary signatures to appear on the ballot. A preliminary election on Sept. 24 will determine which two candidates will advance to the Nov. 5 municipal election.
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Lt. Gov. Tim Murray to quit June 2

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray to quit June 2
Timothy P. Murray has accepted a private-sector post with a Worcester business group and is expected to resign from the administration next month, according to a senior administration official.

Warren finds publisher, editor for new book

Senator Elizabeth Warren has found a publisher two months after the Massachusetts Democrat began shopping her book proposal.

Mass. Senate race focuses 9/11 resolutions, ads

Republican Gabriel Gomez and Democrat Edward Markey continued to clash Tuesday over votes Markey cast against two resolutions honoring the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. (5/21/13)
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Television ads by US Senate candidates

Television ads by US Senate candidates
See commercials from the five candidates for the US Senate.

A 16th candidate, Robert Cappucci, says he has gathered enough signatures to run for mayor

Retired police officer Robert Cappucci said Wednesday he has gathered more than 4,000 signatures to support his bid for mayor of Boston, making him the 16th potential candidate. Before joining the police department, Cappucci was elected to two terms on the School Committee and served until 1991. He lost his seat when the committee was changed from an elected body to an appointed board.

Senator Elizabeth Warren finds publisher, editor for her new book

Senator Elizabeth Warren, two months after starting to shop a book proposal, has found a publisher. Henry Holt and Company, one of the oldest publishers in the country, announced that it had obtained the rights to publish the book, which it characterized as telling both “Senator Warren’s improbable rise from a working class family in Oklahoma to the United States Senate,” as well as providing “a rousing call for protecting the middle class.”

Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray to resign, says controversies had nothing to do with his decision

Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray will resign from the administration next month to run the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, positioning himself as a hometown cheerleader far from Beacon Hill where he saw his reputation tarnished the last few years.

Worcester lawmaker resigns amid ethics investigation

A Democratic state representative from Worcester resigned on Wednesday just as a House panel was poised to recommend that he be disciplined as part of an ethics investigation.

City Councilor Rob Consalvo names advisers to mayoral campaign

City Councilor Rob Consalvo announced Wednesday that several political advisers had joined his campaign for mayor, including Democratic strategist Tad Devine, who worked on presidential campaigns of Al Gore and John F. Kerry. Devine and another political operative, Mark Longabaugh, will serve as senior advisers to Consalvo. Devine and Longabaugh run a Democratic media consulting firm based in Washington. Consalvo also announced his field director will be Jeff Knochin, who worked on US Representative Stephen F. Lynch’s failed US Senate bid.

National politics: Latest news

  • Obama to push for transparency in face of threats

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid lingering concerns about his national security policies, President Barack Obama is outlining measures to clarify the deadly use of drones against terror suspects, make good on a pledge to close the controversial prison at Guantanamo Bay and warn Americans about dire threats they continue to face -- even from fellow citizens. (   05/23/2013 3:19 AM )

  • Between economy and trouble, Obama approval steady

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy is recovering, the White House is dealing with multiple controversies, and President Barack Obama appears generally unaffected either way. (   05/23/2013 3:18 AM )

  • 4 Americans killed since 2009 in US drone strikes

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen since 2009. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama in which he plans to pledge more transparency to Congress in his counterterrorism policy. (   05/22/2013 10:45 PM )

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