Incumbent Sen. Ed Markey faced off against Rep. Joe Kennedy III in their first televised primary debate Tuesday evening in the race for the U.S. Senate. Both candidates are competing for the Massachusetts seat.
New Hampshire set a state party record Tuesday for voter turnout in a Democratic presidential primary. Massachusetts's turn to vote comes soon, and the question of turnout hangs in the air.
Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed victory Tuesday at his Democratic primary party in Manchester, New Hampshire, where supporters watched as he pulled in more than a quarter of the vote.
Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg kept his supporters at Nashua Community College waiting Tuesday night as the New Hampshire primary race tightened between himself and fellow candidate Bernie Sanders.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar was the New Hampshire primary’s biggest surprise. The Democratic presidential candidate and Minnesota senator ended the night in third place with 19.8 percent of the vote and 87 percent of precincts reporting, more than fourth-place candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren and fifth-place Vice President Joe Biden combined.
Several hundred people congregated in Boston Common Wednesday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s acquittal following his Senate impeachment trial.
