Warren Supporters Jubilant

Image: Elizabeth Warren supporters react to the announcement that Warren won the Massachusetts senate seat on Tuesday night in Boston. Warren was elected the first woman senator in the state of Massachusetts. (BU News Service Photo by Cat Ring.)

BOSTON – Andrew Arnotis, 18, of Boston, bounced up and down on his toes as he stared at the projector screen in Elizabeth Warren’s headquarters in Boston tonight. …

Feature: Instagram “UGC”

BU News Service invited followers to tag their Instagram photos of election day to contribute to our feature Instagram UGC (aka, User Generated Content). Here’s a sampling …

Kennedy Elected to House

NEWTON — Jeff Cox came to Newton to witness history. “This is the next generation, and he’s definitely a leader,” Cox, a social worker, said as Joseph Kennedy III won the U.S. Representative seat in the Massachusetts …

Kids Go to The Polls

By Meredith Perri BU News Service  NORTHEND – As residents of the North End filed in and out of the polling station located in the Nazzaro Community Center on North Bennet Street, two instructors stood outside with a line of children between the ages of three and five standing in

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Warren Wins Senate Seat

BOSTON – Democrat Elizabeth Warren defeated incumbent Sen. Scott Brown Tuesday night in a historic race that will send a woman senator from Massachusetts in the most expensive Senate election in state history. “This victory belongs to you. …

Brown’s Bid Falls Short

BOSTON – Less than two years after celebrating his unexpected victory in a special election to the U.S. Senate, Scott Brown’s s election night party ended in a very different way. Nearly half an hour after news organizations gave the election to …

Romney HQ

The Boston Convention Center is the Romney campaign’s election night event headquarters. (Photo by Billie Weiss / BU News Service)

Warren Victory Wave

Elizabeth Warren addresses supporters during her victory speech in Boston on Tuesday night. Warren was elected the first woman senator of Massachusetts. (Photo by Cat Ring/BU News Service)

International Students See Democracy in Action

By Sierra Brown Boston University News Service  Amid a line of bored and harried-looking faces waiting to vote this afternoon, three Northeastern University students looked around as they chatted and jotted down notes. The trio, freshmen from China, were there for a homework assignment for their Communicating on Campus class.

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