The 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006. The incumbent Republican governor,Mitt Romney,chose not to seek a second term. Polls had been mixed prior to Romney's announcement,with one poll showing Romney slightly leading Democrat Attorney General Tom Reilly and other polls showing Reilly,who was then the Democratic frontrunner,in the lead.
The 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2002. Incumbent Republican acting governor Jane Swift chose not to seek a full term in office. Republican businessman Mitt Romney defeated Democratic Treasurer Shannon O'Brien.
The 1990 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1990. Incumbent Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis,his party's nominee for president in 1988,opted to not seek a fourth term. Republican Bill Weld won the open seat,beating Democrat John Silber to become the first Republican Governor of Massachusetts elected since 1970.
The 1936 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 3. Incumbent Democratic Senator Marcus A. Coolidge declined to stand for re-election. Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. won the race to succeed him over Democratic Boston mayor James Michael Curley and former Suffolk County prosecutor Thomas C. O'Brien.
The United States Senate election of 1972 in Massachusetts was held on November 7,1972. Incumbent Republican Senator Edward Brooke defeated Democratic nominee John Droney in a landslide. As of 2022,this remains the last time that a Republican has Massachusetts’s Class 2 Senate seat and the last time a Republican has been elected to either Senate seat for a full term. This was also the last time until 2010 that a Republican would win any U.S. Senate election in the state.
The Sensible Marijuana Policy Initiative,also known as Massachusetts Ballot Question 2,was an initiated state statute that replaced prior criminal penalties with new civil penalties on adults possessing an ounce or less of marijuana. The initiative appeared on the November 4,2008,ballot in Massachusetts.
The 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Massachusetts,concurrently with the election of Massachusetts' Class II U.S. Senate seat,and other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Massachusetts,a loss of one seat following the 2010 census,for service in the 113th Congress from January 3,2013,to January 3,2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election. The candidate elected in each of the state's congressional districts was a member the Democratic Party.
Joseph Patrick Kennedy III is an American politician and diplomat who currently serves as United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland since 2022. Prior to this,Kennedy served as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 4th congressional district from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he represented a district that extends from Boston's western suburbs to the state's South Coast. He worked as an assistant district attorney in the Cape and Islands and Middlesex County,Massachusetts,offices before his election to Congress. In January 2021,he became a CNN commentator.
The Massachusetts general election,2014 was held on November 4,2014,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 9,2014.
Cannabis in Massachusetts is legal for medical and recreational use. It also relates to the legal and cultural events surrounding the use of cannabis. A century after becoming the first U.S. state to criminalize recreational cannabis,Massachusetts voters elected to legalize it in 2016.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office,facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey,respectively. Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4,2018.
The 2018 Massachusetts general election was held on November 6,2018,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on September 4. Early voting took place from October 22 through November 2.
North Dakota held two statewide elections in 2018:a primary election on Tuesday,June 12,and a general election on Tuesday,November 6. In addition,each township elected officers on Tuesday,March 20,and each school district held their elections on a date of their choosing between April 1 and June 30.
Natalie M. Higgins is an American politician serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Natalie is a lifelong Leominster resident,Boston-educated attorney,and former non-profit director and rape crisis counselor.
Dean A. Tran is an American politician from Fitchburg,Massachusetts,who was elected to the Massachusetts Senate in 2017 in a special election. He represented the Worcester and Middlesex District,and is a Republican. Before his election to the Massachusetts Senate,Tran was a member of the Fitchburg City Council.
The 1946 Massachusetts general election was held on November 5,1946,throughout Massachusetts. Primary elections took place on June 18.
Elections were held in the U.S. state of Arizona on November 3,2020,as part of the 2020 General Election. Arizona voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. Three seats on the Arizona Corporation Commission were up for election,as were all nine of Arizona seats in the United States House of Representatives,and one of its seats in the United States Senate. Primary elections were held in August 2020. Paper ballots for voting by mail were sent to all registered voters in the state.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers the city of Leominster in Worcester County. Democrat Natalie Higgins of Leominster has represented the district since 2017.
John J. Cronin is a Massachusetts state senator representing the Worcester and Middlesex district since 2021.
