Polls open 7am-8pm in 18 communities including Somerville, Fall River, Northampton and Methuen as voters narrow fields for November's general election.

TODAY — Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll make an announcement related to housing development at 11:30 a.m. in Medford. Driscoll speaks at an event rebranding the Lawrence General and Holy Family Hospitals at 10 a.m. in Methuen and chairs a Local Government Advisory Commission meeting at 1 p.m.

Boston might have gotten all the attention. But voters across the state also had their say in a handful of no less important preliminary elections on Tuesday night.

The incumbent and her Democratic challenger finished first and second in Tuesday's primary election, NBC News projects.

On Election Day last November, several Boston polling places ran out of ballots. The state says that won't happen again today.

Democratic mayor Michelle Wu advances to Boston's November election amid ICE operation targeting Massachusetts and ongoing sanctuary policy disputes.

The group said Wednesday that some 3,300 provisional ballots were rejected on Election Day 2024 because of the lack of same-day registration.

Voters will head to the polls in Boston Tuesday to cast their ballots in a closely-watched preliminary election, which features mayoral and city council races and is the first test for the city

Democrats scored a win in the race to replace former Rep. Gerry Connolly (D) in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, narrowing the Republican majority in the House of Representatives. Fairfax County Supervisor James Walkinshaw (D) handily defeated Republican Stewart Whitson,