Edward King, a conservative Democrat who defeated Michael Dukakis for the Democratic nomination for governor on a pro-business, tax-cutting platform in 1978, then lost a rematch four years later, died ...

BOSTON — Former Gov. Edward King, a conservative Democrat who defeated then-Gov. Michael Dukakis in a primary challenge in 1978, then lost a rematch four years later, died Monday. He was 81 ...

Former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis is now 90 years old. Jon Keller says he's lived a life devoted to community, country and family, and done it well.

King used the slogan "Make It in Massachusetts" to mount a successful conservative challenge to the more liberal incumbent Dukakis, winning by more than 100,000 votes in the 1978 Democratic primary.

King, who defeated Michael Dukakis for the Democratic nomination for governor on a pro-business, tax-cutting platform in 1978, then lost a rematch four years later, died Monday at age 81.

On Monday, former Massachusetts Gov. Edward J. King was buried. ... For the last 16 years, the nation's most Democratic state has only had Republican governors.

BOSTON — Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey has been elected governor of Massachusetts, making history as the nation's first openly lesbian governor. Healey, the state’s first woman and ...

Governor Belcher, defining his own double-faced course in the matter, was, as we shall see, as persistent as any one of the series in urging the king’s instructions. But all in vain.