Think of this as the calm before the snowstorm.

Has the level of political debate really come to this? The next prime minister will probably be elected on the basis of the biscuit he nibbles. Winning an election is about cleverly targeting undecided voters, and you can guess what group the spin doctors have in their sights this time. In 1992 the Tories wooed the "pebbledash people" who'd bought their own council houses under Maggie Thatcher ...

Attorney General Martha Coakley has a solid lead in the four-way Democratic race for the open US Senate seat, but with just 16 days until the primary election, nearly three-quarters of likely voters have yet to decide who they will support, according to a Globe poll.

A new poll shows that many Utahns haven't decided yet what they think of the job Gov. Gary Herbert has done since taking over for Jon Huntsman in August. A Salt Lake Tribune poll of 625 registered Utah voters shows 23 percent are undecided on Herbert's job as governor. The poll shows half rate him as good or excellent. Another 26 percent say he's done a fair job and 1 percent rate his ...

Only one election in Otsego County remained undecided Wednesday, although the results will not be official until Tuesday. In the race for Roseboom town supervisor, Republican challenger Greta Peterson held a nine-vote lead against incumbent Republican Michael Stannard on Wednesday.

The door is open for the Coalition to turn Labor's 1999 campaign against it.

Voters have been barraged with TV ads, political mailers and recorded telephone calls seeking to influence the votes they will cast Nov. 3. Millions of dollars more will be spent over the next couple of days to ratchet up that rhetoric to an even higher level.

Area voters turned out Tuesday for a number of contested local races.

On this special night, Colt McCoy was determined to soak up every moment, share it with his teammates and coaches, and allow the largest crowd in the history of Royal-Memorial Stadium to know how much fun the ride has been.

MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) — New Jerseyans surveyed narrowly favor allowing gay marriage, while 1 in 8 are undecided on the issue. The Rutgers-Eagleton Poll of 903 New Jersey adults finds that voters support allowing gay marriage by a 46 to 42 margin.