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.

BOSTON — U.S. Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez sent the letter in the hopes Gov. Deval Patrick would appoint him to an interim Senate seat.

QUINCY, Mass. — Lynch says the threshold has not risen quickly in recent years for Social Security funding to keep pace with the needs of current and future retirees.

EASTON, Mass. — Norfolk state Rep. Daniel Winslow, former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan and Cohasset businessman Gabriel Gomez jousted on everything from the recent across-the-board federal spending cuts to the use of the filibuster in the Senate.

BOSTON — The Democrat is urging the TSA to abandon its new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives onto planes.

BOSTON — We speak with former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan, who launched his campaign over the weekend.

BOSTON — Ed Markey is pressing the Transportation Security Administration to abandon its new policy allowing passengers to carry small knives onto planes.

BOSTON — The head of WCVB-TV says U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch relied on “erroneous assumptions” when he announced that he won’t run ads for his U.S. Senate campaign on the TV station.

BOSTON — Former U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan is the third Republican to say he’s running for U.S. Senate.

BOSTON — U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch says he will not run ads for his U.S. Senate campaign on WCVB because of an ongoing contract dispute between the station and some union employees.

BOSTON — The poll put Markey ahead of fellow Democrat Lynch by more than 29 percent points among potential Democratic primary voters. Markey also bests all three GOP candidates.

BOSTON — Michael Sullivan is the only candidate in the special Senate election who is opposed to gay marriage.

BOSTON — On primary day, April 30, two Democrats and three Republicans will face off for their party’s nomination.

BOSTON — In the video, Lynch describes himself as “pro-life” but said he doesn’t support overturning the landmark 1973 decision.

BOSTON — Nearly 200 people cast ballots at the Danversport Yacht Club Saturday morning in a mock vote of who the Republican contender for U.S. Senate should be.

BOSTON — The Massachusetts AFL-CIO has decided not to make an endorsement in the Democratic primary in the U.S. Senate special election.