Politics How gerrymandered is Massachusetts? The short answer? It's better than it used to be. "The Gerry-Mander" first appeared in a cartoon map in the Boston Gazette in 1812. This political ...

A seemingly technical change in how the state will redraw its political boundaries has ignited a fiery intraparty battle on Beacon Hill, where the state’s top election official is accusing ...

The Massachusetts political map did not always look like this. Throughout the 1970s and '80s, electoral maps looked more like a quilt of red and blue patches.

The Massachusetts State House, where lawmakers are set to soon redraw the state's political maps. Advocates on Tuesday released a proposal they said would ensure more voters have a voice in who ...

Governor Maura Healey led Massachusetts lawmakers in condemning the shootings of state politicians and their spouses in Minnesota on Saturday.

Berkshire County is in line to lose a Massachusetts statehouse seat, according to proposed new district maps released Tuesday. The draft plan is already having ripple effects in Western ...

The candidate who wins the popular vote in each state will then send his or her electors to the state’s capitol, where they officially record the votes. The presidential candidate who receives ...

The map avoids any large-scale shifts in district lines, in large part because the state retained the same number of congressional districts.

For presidential candidates, Massachusetts is something of a political ATM — a place to stop and hold a quick fundraiser on the way to a true battleground state like neighboring New Hampshire.

State lawmakers released new political maps for Massachusetts which will dramatically shake up legislative districts across the region.

Serious primary challenges are uncommon in Massachusetts, and often there is a political pecking order for seats that do come open. But this week showed that the political culture is shifting.