2026 gubernatorial election
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey faced repeated challenges over affordability, government spending and her record Thursday as Republican challenger Mike Minogue used their first gubernatorial debate to attack a controversial $2 billion Springfield courthouse deal and accuse Democrats of making the state increasingly unaffordable. Healey, meanwhile, repeatedly tried to tie Minogue to President Donald Trump, turning […]
Republican Bruce Blakeman vowed Wednesday to clean up Queens’ Roosevelt Avenue if elected governor, putting the blame on Gov. Kathy Hochul. The New York Post reported the Nassau County executive called Hochul “responsible” for conditions on the corridor, which the paper dubbed the “Market of Sweethearts.” Blakeman also said Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made a […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul signaled this week that new rules for data centers are coming once New York’s one-year moratorium ends, rolling out the pitch alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Hochul appeared in Dutchess County with Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Pat Ryan, joined by state Sens. Kristen Gonzalez and Michelle Hinchey at a roundtable in East Fishkill. Nearly […]
Republican Stacy Garrity used Pennsylvania’s lone governor debate Wednesday night to press Gov. Josh Shapiro on taxes and gas prices while trailing badly in polls and money. Axios Pittsburgh reported the hourlong showdown at the ABC27 studio in Harrisburg is likely the only one of the race, and that the candidates traded barbs over data […]
President Donald Trump will campaign with Republican Bruce Blakeman in Syracuse on Oct. 9, taking the governor's race to the region where Gov. Kathy Hochul looks most vulnerable. The visit was first reported by a source familiar with the planning and would be Trump's first trip to Syracuse since taking office. He is also weighing […]
Gov. Maura Healey is asking the Trump administration to help bring more natural gas into Massachusetts, less than five weeks before voters decide whether she gets a second term. Healey sent a letter Thursday to Energy Secretary Chris Wright urging federal agencies to move without delay on the Algonquin pipeline expansion known as Project RARE. […]
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is facing renewed scrutiny over campaign contributions tied to the data-center industry, with Republican gubernatorial nominee Stacy Garrity accusing the Democratic incumbent of taking millions of dollars from out-of-state interests connected to the rapidly expanding sector. Garrity campaign spokesperson Matt Beynon said that the campaign's figures show Shapiro received more than $5 […]
Republican Mike Minogue has posted his strongest showing yet against Gov. Maura Healey, trimming her lead to 16 points in a new University of New Hampshire Survey Center poll just over a month before Election Day. The Boston Herald reported that Healey remains favored, while UNH polled likely voters at 54% to 38%. The New Boston […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul still leads Republican challenger Bruce Blakeman heading into November, but her advantage has been steadily eroding for months, according to the latest Siena poll of likely New York voters. The survey shows Hochul at 50 percent to Blakeman's 41 percent, a nine-point race that continues a clear downward trend for the incumbent […]
Pennsylvania lawmakers are sounding the alarm over a proposed 502-page rewrite of the state’s health regulations, arguing that changes under consideration could give health authorities broader powers during future disease outbreaks. The proposed Regulation 10-242 would update Pennsylvania’s rules governing communicable and noncommunicable diseases, including expanding the list of reportable diseases and changing language governing […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is donating $300,000 to New York Democrats and taking her campaign show to Syracuse, Utica and Buffalo ahead of the midterms. The money goes to a state fund controlled by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Ocasio-Cortez said New York has become central to the fight for a House majority and that she will go […]
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is putting another roadblock in front of the state’s growing data-center industry, this time urging communities to demand at least $1 million from developers for every megawatt of electricity their projects are expected to consume. The announcement comes just two months after Hochul imposed what became the nation’s first statewide […]
Pennsylvania residents could be facing another major jump in health insurance costs in 2027, with insurers seeking premium increases as high as 40% while the Shapiro administration says state regulators have limited authority to stop them. According to an investigation by Spotlight PA, insurers are seeking average individual-market increases ranging from 10% to 40%. Proposed […]
After months of pressure from Republican challenger Stacy Garrity, Gov. Josh Shapiro has agreed to take the debate stage. Pennsylvania voters will get their first televised gubernatorial debate since 2018 on October 7 at 8 p.m., when Shapiro and Garrity meet at the ABC27 studio in Harrisburg. Longtime anchor Dennis Owens will moderate. The debate […]
Gov. Dan McKee's bid for a second full term is over. Helena Foulkes, a former CVS executive, defeated the incumbent Tuesday in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, according to projections from the Associated Press and NBC News, making McKee the first sitting Rhode Island governor to lose a primary in more than 30 years. The race […]
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is pushing new health regulations that would hand his Department of Health sweeping authority reminiscent of the darkest days of COVID lockdowns, and he's doing it while gearing up for re-election. The proposal, submitted by the Department of Health under Regulation 10-242, would let state officials enter homes and schools without […]
Pennsylvania's fight over AI surveillance is getting bigger. And now Gov. Josh Shapiro is joining Republicans and Democrats calling for limits on the technology. The controversy centers on automated license plate reader cameras, including those operated by Flock Safety. The cameras photograph passing vehicles and record license plates, locations and other identifying information, creating searchable […]
Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to wear a hijab during a visit to an Islamic cultural center has become the latest flashpoint in a New York governor's race that suddenly looks more competitive. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman posted a photo of Hochul in the head covering, captioning it "Hijab Hochul" and "Kathy's Latest Costume: Whatever […]
