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With no Republican candidate to oppose her in January's general, Democrat Lydia Edwards will likely become the only Black member of the Massachusetts Senate.

District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards came out on top Tuesday night and made history once again as the first female woman of color to be nominated to the First Suffolk & Middlesex Senate seat. If there is no Republican…Read more →

Her victory over a centrist Democrat is also a win for Mayor Michelle Wu, who endorsed Edwards.

What to know about the candidates in the Democratic special election primary for the First Suffolk and Middlesex District state Senate seat.

The contest will test Michelle Wu’s political coattails — and the strength of the movement she represents

Revere residents will head to the polls Tuesday, Dec. 14 to cast their ballots in the First Suffolk and Middlesex District Senate Special Primary Election. Revere School Committee member Anthony D’Ambrosio and Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards are the two…Read more →

With the Special State Primary for the First Suffolk and Middlesex District Senate set for Tuesday, Dec. 14, Revere Election Commissioner Diane Colella expects hundreds of residents to take advantage of the Early Voting process that begins Saturday, Dec. 4…Read more →

The campaigns are winding down, and on Tuesday, Nov. 2, Revere voters will head to the polls to cast their ballots in the councillor-at-large, ward councillor, and school committee races. In the councillor-at-large election, there are six candidates for the…Read more →

Lawmakers in charge of redrawing political boundaries across the state on Tuesday dropped a plan to break up a section of Dorchester in the Senate. The move came after local groups raised the possibility of legal action and labor unions with a heavy presence in the area waded into the debate that occurred in the wake of the decennial US Census. A redrawing of the boundaries of

On Monday afternoon a group of staffers working on Senate Candidate Lydia Edwards’s campaign were inside Edward’s Winthrop headquarters when they heard a noise outside. The volunteers peeked outside to see a man ripping campaign signs off the front of…Read more →