BOSTON — By any traditional measure, it’s been a good week for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez. But has he really narrowed the contest to a one-on-one battle with the early favorite, former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan?

BOSTON — Post-bombing, the House returns to work to pass a $34 billion budget, while Ortiz rolls a major public corruption case onto the table while simultaneously prosecuting an accused terrorist.

BOSTON — Candidates have just one more weekend to shore up support after the Boston Marathon bombings effectively froze the race in place.

BOSTON — Republican Senate candidate Dan Winslow has held high-level jobs in every branch of state government and says ideas are his “hobby.”

BOSTON — For the past 12 years, John Barros has led the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative.

BOSTON — The indictment charges John O’Brien with 17 counts of bribing state legislators by giving jobs to their supporters, friends and relatives in exchange for boosts to his department’s budget and other political favors.

BOSTON — Could the iron worker who grew up in the projects of South Boston surprise everyone once again?

BOSTON — House Ways and Means Chairman Brian Dempsey said the bill addresses many of the priorities Gov. Patrick highlighted in his budget plan in “a balanced a fiscally responsible way.”

Rhode Island, the only New England state that hasn’t yet legalized same-sex marriage, is poised to join its neighbors.

BOSTON — When Ed Markey ran for the U.S. House in 1976, he was a darkhorse at best. He wasn’t a war hero, didn’t have a famous last name. What he had was a great TV ad.

The two Democratic U.S. Senate hopefuls have clashed for a second night, with Stephen Lynch accusing Edward Markey of lying about Lynch’s record.

COHASSET, Mass. — On primary day, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Gabriel Gomez, will find out if his run as an outsider to politics appeals to Massachusetts voters.

BOSTON — Democratic U.S. Senate hopefuls Edward Markey and Stephen Lynch clashed Monday night in their first debate since the Boston Marathon attacks.

BOSTON — The former Republican governor called Gabriel Gomez “exactly the new American leader that this state needs in the Senate.”