What do we lose when the local press isn’t covering Beacon Hill?

That, and 5 other key takeaways from the U.S. Special Senate Election.

I’m running for Senate because Washington badly needs change, and I’m the only candidate in this race who can bring it.

This election is about who will best address the most pressing issues we face here in the Commonwealth and in our country.

The first U.S. Senate debate between Gabriel Gomez and Ed Markey was largely lacking in zingers and, well, in unscripted passion.

Republican Gabriel Gomez is waging a steep uphill battle against veteran Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey. However, many voters consider Gomez’s newcomer status a “a breath of fresh air” in a polluted political climate.

Turnout in Tuesday’s special senate primary will probably be low — almost no one is used to voting in April. But by rights this election should be a door-buster.

Don’t count him out, though. Lynch has made a habit of beating the odds — especially when it comes to special elections.

The pledge is an obvious tactic by the Democratic machine to put the Republican campaigns back on their heels early in the abbreviated campaign.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren held a reception and ceremonial swearing-in Saturday afternoon at Roxbury Community College.

It was an ebullient Elizabeth Warren who appeared Thursday. Gone was the weariness from the long months of the campaign.

John Kerry is seen as the likely pick to take over for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But what about us? What about the deal he made with his election weary constituents?

John Walsh says if the president appoints Sen. John Kerry to his Cabinet, Mass. Democrats are ready to “start knocking on doors next weekend.”

From “any excuse to get out” to voting against “euthanasia” — Margot Livesey discovers that even among a like-minded bloc of elderly women, what drives people to the polls is almost always different and almost certainly surprising.

If the Republican Party wants a future — particularly in Mass. — it needs to repair the rift it’s caused with youth voters, women and people of color.

For the GOP to make a comeback in Massachusetts, WBUR’s Republican analyst says it needs to be a more inclusive, creative, reform party.

In a letter to supporters Wednesday, Brown said he couldn’t have asked for better allies and friends during the campaign.

The senator-elect said her top priority remains helping strengthen and rebuild the middle class.

WBUR’s political analysts take a final look at Warren’s U.S. Senate election.

With her victory, Warren becomes the first woman elected to the Senate from Massachusetts.

Complete election day results for the 2012 presidential race and the state of Massachusetts.

Follow along for WBUR’s complete coverage of Election Day and Night.

A look back at our reporters coverage of the issues impacting the U.S. Senate race in Massachusetts.

With the election closing in, Sen. Scott Brown and his Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren, rally voters around Massachusetts.

Sen. Scott Brown and challenger Elizabeth Warren on Monday made a last swing through the state.

While Brown is counting on enthusiasm to get his supporters to polls Tuesday, Warren is counting on organization.

WBUR’s political analysts take a final look at the race before Election Day.

Brown and Warren were joined Sunday on the trail by two former political rivals as they scrapped for votes in the waning hours of the Senate race.

Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Scott Brown and his Democratic challenger, Elizabeth Warren, traversed the state over the weekend in the final countdown to Election Day.

The poll released Sunday shows Brown ahead by 1 percentage point among likely voters, 49 percent to 48 percent.