Pollsters that meet at least two of the three criteria below are considered “select pollsters” by The Times, as long as they are conducting polls for nonpartisan sponsors. Has a track record of accuracy in recent elections Is a member of a professional polling organization Conducts probability-based sampling

Source: Polls collected by The New York Times. Pollsters that meet at least two of the three criteria below are considered “select pollsters” by The Times, as long as they are conducting polls for nonpartisan sponsors.

Does self-funding give candidates a leg up in the competition, or risk alienating supporters and potential constituents? The post Massachusetts GOP gubernatorial candidates are bankrolling their own campaigns.

A proposal to convert Massachusetts’s state primary elections to “all-party primaries” is inching closer to appearing on the November ballot.

Several proposed ballot questions are of interest to Cape Codders, including housing initiatives and a conservation fund that would protect water.

Primary season for the 2026 Senate and House elections kicks off on March 3 and concludes 196 days later in Delaware.

Massachusetts election officials have scheduled a hearing to investigate a complaint challenging the signature gathering process for a proposed ballot initiative to roll back the state’s marijuana law.

WHERE TO WATCH — Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll are hosting a “Watch Party and Reception” during Healey’s State of the Commonwealth speech next Thursday. The fundraiser runs from 6:30 to 10 p.m., and Healey and Driscoll are both listed as “special guests.”