2014 Election
Organization Looks to Support ‘Service Veterans’ Seeking Office
The non-partisan organization, New Politics, is guiding 13 candidates, at least five of whom have ties to Harvard, through elections for a wide range of political offices.
Coakley Reportedly May Take Fellowship at Harvard
Coakley filed a disclosure with the State Ethics Commission on Dec. 22 saying that she was being considered for a fellowship at a university in Massachusetts—people familiar with the plan told the Boston Globe that that university is Harvard.
IOP Election Watch Party
Under campaign banners and helium balloons, students and non-students alike congregate at the Institute of Politics in anticipation of the 2014 election results.
Scene and Heard: Election Night at the IOP
Campaign yard signs hang from the ceiling like colored shirts from clotheslines. Star shaped balloons and American flags deck the stairwells.
Mass. Elections 2014
Voters across the country turned up to vote in the 2014 midterm elections resulting in Republicans to take control of the U.S. Senate and winning a large number of state gubernatorial elections.
Karyn Polito
Karyn Polito, winner of the Lieutenant Governor Massachusetts position, greets the crowd shortly after Charlie D. Baker '79 was announced as the gubernatorial winner.
Coakley Loss
A Coakley supporter looks dejected at the election results at the Fairmont Copley Plaza.
Coakley Chant
A Coakley supporter chants for the Democratic candidate for governor to win as Coakley took the lead for a brief time.
Disappointed Supporters
Supporters were disappointed after it became clear that Charles D. Barker '79 would become the next governor of Massachusetts.
Edward Markey Poster
Edward J. Markey was elected U.S. Senator from Massachusetts with an overwhelming margin.
Ed Markey Policy
Edward J. Markey lays out his policies with a focus on energy policy in front of his supporters at the Fairmont Copley Plaza.
Elections 2014
Voters across the country turned up to vote in the 2014 midterm elections resulting in Republicans to take control of the U.S. Senate and winning a large number of state gubernatorial elections.
Clark Rally
U.S. Rep. Katherine M. Clark rallies up Coakley supporters after preliminary results showed the Democratic candidate taking the lead.
Votes Coming In
Members of the Harvard-Cambridge community come and go at the polling station in the lobby of Quincy House Tuesday afternoon.
Healey '92 Sweeps Mass. Attorney General Race
Maura T. Healey '92 won the race for Massachusetts Attorney General Tuesday night, becoming the first openly gay person to be elected attorney general in the United States.
Maura Healey Elected Attorney General
Maura Healey '92, the newly elected Attorney General, celebrates her election at the Oval Room in the Fairmont Copley Plaza on Wednesday night.
Maura Healey Elected Attorney General
Maura Healey '92, the newly elected Attorney General, celebrates her election at the Oval Room in the Fairmont Copley Plaza on Wednedsay night.
Maura Healey Elected Attorney General
Maura Healey '92, the newly elected Attorney General, celebrates her election at the Oval Room in the Fairmont Copley Plaza on Tuesday night.
Baker '79 Elected Next Governor by Thin Margin
He will be the first Republican governor of the Bay State since 2006.
Mass. Voters Reject Container, Gaming Ballot Measures
Massachusetts voters picked a new governor on Tuesday, but also voted on several new ballot measures.
Charlie Baker Elected Massachusetts Governor
Charles D. Baker '79 celebrates after narrowly winning the Massachusetts gubernatorial election early Wednesday morning. The race fluctuated between the two candidates throughout the night, at one point with vote differences in the mere hundreds.
As Congress Turns Red, Faculty Expect Continued Gridlock
As Republicans took control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, Harvard political experts said that the new power dynamic in America’s government would not significantly change the existing political climate in Washington.
Baker Supporters
Baker's supporters cheer him on as the results began to come in. Baker maintained a lead for almost the majority of the time.