The Associated Press has called Massachusetts Question 7 as defeated, with 50.6% of voters rejecting the measure that would have overridden local lot-size minimums for single-family homes.
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Andover's Finegold wins re-election to state Senate
State Sen. Barry Finegold, an Andover Democrat, won re-election in the 2nd Essex and Middlesex District on Nov. 3, defeating Republican Theodore Semesnyei of Amesbury with about 64 percent of the vote in unofficial returns.
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Women broke barriers on election night 2026
The victories put new leaders in charge of policy – and raise a harder question for the political establishment: whose judgment about viable candidates deserves to be trusted?
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Essex DA Tucker won't seek third term after 2026 win
Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker announced at a Merrimack Valley Chamber breakfast that he will not seek a third term after his expected re-election in November, opening the DA seat covering Andover and North Andover.
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Micah Jones outlines priorities in Massachusetts congressional race
Micah Quinney Jones, a Republican attorney and Army veteran from Essex, is running for the U.S. House in Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
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Walsh seeks AG post as check on state government
Republican Michael C. Walsh, a Lynnfield attorney, is running for Massachusetts attorney general in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election, saying the office should be "an independent guardian of the law, not simply the lawyer for state government."
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Phillips Academy students turn voter registration into dorm competition
Phillips Academy's Andover Political Union launched "First Votes," a dorm-cluster competition to boost student voter registration before the Nov. 3 midterms, with a deadline of Oct. 26.
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Andover, North Andover early voting opens Oct. 17
Andover and North Andover voters can cast early ballots for the Nov. 3 state election starting Oct. 17, with Andover offering 14 days of voting at 36 Bartlet St. and North Andover holding 12 days at Town Hall.
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