Election 2012

Stories on Election 2012 candidates and races, including the Massachusetts Senate race.

President Barack Obama listens as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks during the second presidential debate on Tuesday. (AP)

Romney Touts Mass. Record In 2nd Debate

We fact check Gov. Romney's claims about his tenure in the corner office on Beacon Hill.

Radio Boston

08:03Oct 17, 2012

President Barack Obama meets with members of the military on the tarmac at Portsmouth International Airport Friday. (AP)

Presidential Campaigns Hit New Hampshire In Full Force

In the wake of the conventions, both candidates are making campaign stops in the swing state Friday. We talk to the director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center...

Radio Boston

05:34Sep 7, 2012

Linda Forry, Democratic state representative, and Jeffrey Brown, executive director of the Boston TenPoint Coalition. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Election 2012: The Urban Agenda

Are the needs of cities being discussed in a serious way by President Obama or his Republican challenger Mitt Romney?

Radio Boston

23:37Sep 5, 2012

Elizabeth Warren during a sound check at the DNC Tuesday. (AP)

DNC Day 2: Elizabeth Warren Gets Prime-Time Spotlight

Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis is attending his first Democratic convention since 1988 — when he was the Democratic nominee for president — and joins Radio Boston from Charlotte to...

Radio Boston

09:58Sep 5, 2012

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, left, introduces vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, on Monday at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

Mitt Romney Introduces Paul Ryan To N.H. Voters

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are campaigning in New Hampshire for the first time since Ryan was named Romney’s running mate.

Radio Boston

06:39Aug 20, 2012

Political Roundtable: The Romney-Ryan Ticket; Scott Brown's Missing Party Identity

Mitt Romney announced on Saturday that Paul Ryan, a conservative congressman from Wisconsin, will be joining the GOP presidential ticket.

Radio Boston

12:19Aug 13, 2012

Brown Is Critical Of Welfare Voter Registration Mailings

Sen. Scott Brown claims the effort was strategically designed to benefit Elizabeth Warren's campaign.

Radio Boston

07:27Aug 9, 2012

Mitt Romney speaking at the Salt Lake Olympics in 2002. (AP)

Romney's Leadership Of Salt Lake City Olympics Under Fire

A Boston Globe piece charges Romney with failing to deliver the "complete transparency" he promised for the 2002 winter games.

Radio Boston

07:20Jul 24, 2012

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pauses during a speech before the NAACP annual convention onWednesday, July 11, 2012, in Houston, Texas. (AP)

Boston Globe: Mitt Romney Stayed On As Bain CEO For An Additional Three years

The Boston Globe reports that Mitt Romney stayed on as the CEO of Bain Capital for three years longer than he has previously claimed. We speak with one of the...

Radio Boston

06:19Jul 12, 2012

Elizabeth Warren (l) and Sen. Scott Brown (r) (AP).

Political Roundtable: Tierney's Challenges, Waiting For The Brown-Warren Debates

Former Democratic State Rep. Susan Tracy and former executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee Nancy Dwight join 'Radio Boston' for this week's political round-table.

Radio Boston

13:03Jul 9, 2012

Scott Brown (l) and Elizabeth Warren (r) (AP)

Political Roundtable: Brown Vs. Warren

Our political roundtable looks at the latest in the Senate race between Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren.

Radio Boston

07:15Jun 25, 2012

Brown, Warren Argue Over Debate Conditions

So far, Brown and Warren have agreed to three TV debates. But when Victoria Kennedy, the widow of Brown's predecessor, the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, proposed hosting a debate, Brown...

Radio Boston

05:03Jun 20, 2012

Sen. Scott Brown, left, and Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren (AP)

Countdown To The Senate Race: Warren, Brown Release New Ads

Our political roundtable takes a look a the latest in the senate race between Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown.

Radio Boston

13:49Jun 11, 2012

Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate Elizabeth Warren responds to questions from reporters on her Native American heritage during a news conference at Liberty Bay Credit Union headquarters, in Braintree, Mass. in May. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Does The Heritage Controversy Tell Us More About Warren Or The Media?

Elizabeth Warren has gotten into hot water over her assertion that she has Native American ancestry. How should news organizations handle this story? And how has Warren dealt with the...

Radio Boston

25:31May 22, 2012

Republican presidential candidates, from left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney participate in the Republican presidential candidates debate in Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday. (AP)

Mass. Health Care: Fact-Checking The Florida GOP Presidential Debate

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and the Bay State's state health care law were under fire last night at the Republican presidential debate in Florida.

Radio Boston

07:37Jan 27, 2012

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (AP)

Romney's Tax Returns Offer Glimpse Into His Wealth

Mitt Romney's tax returns show he’s claimed more than $20 million per year in income, but only paid about 15 percent in taxes.

Radio Boston

05:59Jan 24, 2012

Democratic candidate for Senate Elizabeth Warren, left, and Republican Sen. Scott Brown (AP)

Brown, Warren To Discuss Ending Third-Party Attack Ads

Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic hopeful Elizabeth Warren have been corresponding to try and bring an end to third-party attack ads in this race. But what power do candidates have...

Radio Boston

05:33Jan 17, 2012

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during the South Carolina Republican presidential candidate debate, Monday. (AP)

Colbert Attack Ads On Romney Hit S.C. Airwaves

Whether or not Democratic candidate for Senate Elizabeth Warren and Republican Sen. Scott Brown are able to do anything about third-party ads here in Massachusetts is one thing. For Mitt...

Radio Boston

06:04Jan 17, 2012

A voter casts his early morning ballot in Dixville Notch, N.H. (AP)

Primary Day Arrives In New Hampshire

They were counting ballots early this morning in Dixville Notch, where voting in the New Hampshire primary began at midnight.

Radio Boston

09:43Jan 10, 2012

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney sits with volunteers and calls likely voters ahead of Tuesday's primary election on Monday. (AP)

Radio Boston Live From New Hampshire

Radio Boston's Meghna Chakrabarti and Anthony Brooks have spent the past few days in New Hampshire, following the candidates, catching up with voters, and taking the pulse of this politically...

Radio Boston

14:41Jan 9, 2012