BOSTON — Daniel Winslow said a national lottery could help ease the financial burden facing students trying to pay for a college education.

BOSTON — U.S. Reps. Edward Markey and Stephen Lynch square off Monday night at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

BOSTON — The largest amount of money is going to support Democratic candidate Edward Markey.

BOSTON — Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Stephen Lynch tried to shift the focus of the special election campaign to the economic plight of the poor and middle class.

BOSTON — The Republican candidates are asking their rival to disavow ads from the Conservative Campaign Committee.

BOSTON — Party Executive Director Nate Little says in the complaint that Markey used what he called prohibited video on the ads, including footage of committee hearings.

BOSTON — The banner said “Steve Lynch says: Go Habs! And Go Canadian Dirty Oil.”

NEEDHAM, Mass. — All five candidates vying for John Kerry’s former U.S. Senate seat participated in their first debates.

BOSTON — While the two Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate have mostly voted along similar lines, they have differed on some major issues like abortion and the Affordable Care Act.

BOSTON — Barbara Anderson said Winslow is a true fiscal conservative. She also praised him for being a supporter of gun rights, gay marriage and abortion rights.

BOSTON — Winslow said he never gave money to a Democrat if there was a Republican in the race.

BOSTON — On the Democratic side, the poll finds Ed Markey with an 11-point lead over Stephen Lynch, though overall voters have a more favorable impression of Lynch.

BOSTON — Winslow says he wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 26 percent, which he said would make American businesses more competitive, so they create jobs.

BOSTON — With the primaries just five weeks away in the Massachusetts special U.S. Senate election, the candidates are making stops around the state.

BOSTON — U.S. Rep. Ed Markey said a California billionaire should immediately withdraw his threat to unleash negative attacks against Markey’s Democratic rival, U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch.

BOSTON — The campaign said it had received donations from residents in more than 200 of the state’s 351 cities and towns, and that more than 70 percent of the contributions were for less than $100.

BOSTON — Several of the candidates vying in the Massachusetts U.S. Senate campaign are struggling to define their position on the topic.

BOSTON — The annual breakfast gave candidates for the U.S. Senate special election an opportunity to show off their sense of humor.

BOSTON — U.S. Rep. Edward Markey joked he and U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch will release the long forms of their birth certificates.

BOSTON — The Service Employees International Union is one of the state’s largest labor unions.