One Senate seat is up for election in Massachusetts ... And they will select a governor, an office currently held by a Republican. See Massachusetts’s primary results. Senate Governor House ...

and even the hapless Kerry Healey acquitted herself well in her 2006 gubernatorial race. Congressman John Tierney beat one of the two final Republican congressmen from Massachusetts in 1996 ...

Both lost close contests in 2010, when Ms. Coakley fell short in a special election for the United States Senate, and so did Mr. Baker in a bid for governor. Despite their high name recognition ...