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Fairhaven's only contested race during Monday's election saw newcomer Cameron Durant defeat former BPW member and selectman Geoffery Haworth for the open Board of Public Works seat. Since incumbent Jarrod Lussier had withdrawn his name from the race, the two candidates were both write-in's on the ballot...

NEW BEDFORD - Tuesday is election day in New Bedford. The day will begin with six candidates for the vacant Ward Three City Council seat, and end with just two. Election Commissioner Maria Tomasia tells WBSM News it's a simple one-column ballot for voters in Ward Three, and all you have to do is choose one candidate...

With Dartmouth's town election a month away, the Police Station Committee held their final presentation Monday night for a joint Select Board/Finance Committee meeting. Project officials discussed the overall project, and changes made since hearing from residents...

The bets are rolling in and oddsmakers give Tom Brady and Kanye West the same chance on getting to the White House in 2020.

Here are the local election results as we receive them at WBSM.

So the big Patriots news of the day had nothing really to do with the field... It didn't really have to do with football either. It was a bit political... TOM BRADY SUPPORTS DONALD TRUMP! SMART MAN! #draintheswamp https://t.co/s19bXkp7d5 — MADAME (@MagicRoyalty) November 8, 2016 Donald Trump got up on stage at one of his rallies in Manchester, NH and said that Tom Brady called him up and said he v

Donald Trump says Tom Brady and Coach Bill Belichick have endorsed him in his bid for president. Trump claimed he spoke with New England's star quarterback over the phone Monday night, saying Brady told him he voted for Trump. However, earlier that morning, Brady appeared on "The Kirk & Callahan Show" on WEEI Sports Radio, saying he was not part of the nearly 25% of Massachusetts vot

It is no secret why Trump has failed to appeal to female voters, especially after the audio leaked last week. 538 Politics released this map representing how the election would go if only men voted vs if only women voted. Some Trump supporters are really upset to see that their Man Crush Monday would definitely win on Election Tuesday if it weren't for those meddling women voting for Hillary Clint

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We've learned in recent days that Hillary Clinton spent some of her early working years in New Bedford, working for the Children's Defense Fund. But nobody expected the Democratic presidential nominee to name-drop the Whaling City during her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night.