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The first Democrat to announce a run for Governor of Massachusetts is Jay Gonzalez. He was the Sec. of Administration and Finance in Gov. Deval Patrick's administration and the CEO of the health insurer CeltiCare. He and his wife Cyndi live in Needham and have two daughters.

There is lots of activity and opportunity on the political scene of the SouthCoast of Massachusetts as the winter turns to spring.

The site of the first medical marijuana dispensary in New Bedford will likely be on Hathaway Rd. in Ward 3. The special election underway in that ward of the city will elevate the discussion of the marijuana economy to center stage.

The City of New Bedford is undergoing an election recount of sorts tonight. Secretary of State William Galvin's Office randomly selected precincts throughout Massachusetts that would hand-count ballots from last week's election to ensure that regular and early voting was correctly implemented...

Ballots have already been cast across the country today as Americans are lining up to pick the next president.

Tuesday is Election Day and many Americans will be casting ballots in what many pundits believe will be a close election.

WBSM's Dan McCready gives his thoughts on the mechanics on modern day voting, and how it's changed over the years.

Early voting may be extremely convenient for voters when it's rolled out in Massachusetts for the first time next week, but it's causing a number of headaches for local election commissions. The new statewide initiative begins next week, with virtually no extra funding being funneled to cities and towns to staff polling locations from October 24 through November 4...

Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day and it has become a day that officials use to urge people to register to vote before the October 19 deadline.

Early voting has already begun in some states, but not yet here in Massachusetts. When it does, this state will have expanded early voting like New Jersey and Minnesota. The early voting period here starts 11 business days preceding the election...