Inside Massachusetts Politics

14 Nov, 2018 Charlie Baker looks ahead to second term Assured of another four years in office, Gov. Charlie Baker returned to the State House last Wednesday morning with a back-to-business attitude and carrying a mandate, as he saw it, to keep "doing the kinds of things we've been doing." An Elizabeth Warren race for president? U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren won re-election Nov. 6 in what could be a warmup for 2020.The Cambridge Democrat handily beat challengers Geoff Diehl, a Republican, and Shiva Ayyadurai, an independent. The results give Warren the opportunity to serve at least another six years, but the senior senator from Massachusetts may have other plans before her second term ends. State’s top office holders sweep to re-election Massachusetts went solidly for incumbents at the top of Tuesday's ballot, and it wasn't just the landslide for Gov. Charlie Baker and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito and Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Voters reject nurse staffing rules, OK protections for transgendered Voters last Tuesday said no to stricter limits on the number of patients a single nurse can care for at one time and yes to taking the first step to regulate corporate political spending and upholding a state law that protects transgender people from discrimination in public places, including bathrooms and locker rooms. Women reach new high in Massachusetts Legislature In a campaign cycle where record numbers of female candidates sought elected office, women picked up a handful of seats on Beacon Hill to boost their representation in the Legislature to new high of 28.5 percent. Rural vs. urban political divide not seen in state elections The growing political divide between rural, suburban and urban voters realized across the country isn't playing out in Massachusetts, at least according to results from last week's election. After rough year, Brockton senator gains re-election State Sen. Michael Brady, D-Brockton, was re-elected for the second time as state senator last Tuesday. Democrat Becca Rausch ‘not surprised’ she defeated incumbent Republican Ross Democrat Becca Rausch said she was a better campaigner and had a superior staff. Those are the reasons she gave for her upset win over state Sen. Richard Ross. Politics and the City: Worcester municipal elections lose in the numbers game The much better-than-anticipated voter turnout in Worcester for Tuesday's state election underscored a long-standing political question: Why do so many fewer people vote in municipal elections? The numbers really make you wonder. Jack Spillane: A few things to be proud of in this year’s elections The results of last Tuesday's off-year elections may have been close in Arizona and Florida, but in Massachusetts and SouthCoast not so much. Fall River recall group says they’ve collected over 4,000 signatures, await certification The organizers of the effort to recall Mayor Jasiel Correia II dropped off another stack of petitions to the City Clerk Tuesday morning, and they say they've reached the required 2,510 signatures of registered city voters to set off a recall election.