The three Republican candidates for Massachusetts governor are pouncing on the official launch of Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll’s reelection campaign. The governor released a video Tuesday announcing the start of the campaign,

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

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Speaker of the House Ronald Mariano has decided not to call a special election to replace state Rep. Natalie Blais, who announced her resignation effective Jan. 19, leaving her seat open until the November 2026 election.

"Karen leaves very big shoes to fill," Taunton Elections Director Mark Pacheco said of retiring elections Clerk Karen Andrade.