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Election 2025: Winners make history as 1st female governor, 1st Muslim mayor and more

The state of Virginia elected its first-ever female governor. Tuesday's elections proved to be not only big wins for Democratic candidates in many races, but also history-making in several instances. Read More

Quincy election results are in: Big changes coming to city council

QUINCY ‒ City voters have called for big changes to Quincy's two elected bodies. Reformists candidates will hold the majority on the city council, unofficial results show, with all of the city's votes ... Read More

Voters in Boston and 50 communities across Mass. take to polls to decide local elections

Tuesday is the last day for voters in more than 50 cities and towns across Massachusetts to cast ballots in their local elections. In Boston, the top of the ballot has already been decided as Mayor ... Read More

Takeaways from the 2025 general election, in charts

WASHINGTON (AP) — After voters swung toward Republican Donald Trump during last fall’s presidential election, states like Virginia and New Jersey swung back towards Democratic candidates at nearly the ... Read More

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu re-elected to second term

Mike Toole is the managing editor for CBS Boston. He has worked in the WBZ-TV newsroom for more than 20 years. He previously wrote and produced news and sports at WABC-TV in New York. Boston Mayor ... Read More

Mayor Wu’s win streak continues: 3 takeaways from Boston's 2025 election

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's politics newsletter, Mass. Politics. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Election Night in Boston last week was a good one ... Read More

These candidates made history in 2025 elections

WASHINGTON – From Zohran Mamdani in New York City to Abigail Spanberger in Virginia, a slew of candidates across the country broke barriers in the 2025 elections. Women in Virginia and Detroit ... Read More

2025 Elections: Voters Came Out in Record Numbers to Defend Key Civil Liberties Issues Across the Country

In big wins for civil liberties to protect abortion access and voting rights, and defy fearmongering, voters built the momentum needed to carry the fight forward to future elections. In big wins for ... Read More