If you're reading this article, lured by the name "Martha Coakley" in the headline, we don't need to spend a lot of time on the backstory. Coakley is, of course, the Massachusetts attorney general ...

As Martha Coakley concedes the Massachusetts Senate race to Scott Brown, political analysts are already drawing lessons for the midterm elections later this year.

The state’s attorney general for the last eight years, Martha Coakley has one of the best known names in Massachusetts politics -- and is one of the least known people. Now, as she runs for ...

Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Charlie Baker, in their first one-on-one televised debate, on Tuesday night revealed glimpses of their personalities and threw occasional jabs as they ...

Though polls show the race tightening, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley still seems the likely heir to the seat of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy. Coakley is commonly described as a ...

National Democrats are haunted by memories of Martha Coakley's unforced stumbles and missteps in 2010, which cost them a U.S. Senate seat in one of the country's bluest states. Four years later… ...

Yet another poll is out showing that Democrat Martha Coakley is facing a closer-than-expected race for governor of Massachusetts, and Democratic and Republican strategists agree that she has a ...

When Martha Coakley graduated from law school, her father gave her a plaque that read "sometimes the best man for the job is a woman." She's spent the past several decades trying to prove him right.

Attorney General Martha Coakley expressed confidence in her get out the voter operation while speaking with reporters outside her polling station in this city just outside Boston on Tuesday.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley announced her decision to run for governor. In a year that’s been dubbed “the year of political comebacks,” she is one more in a series of ...

There's plenty blame to go around for Martha Coakley's poor showing, including the little-known fact that the Kennedy family and the late senator's extensive network of loyalists were cool to her ...

Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown are in a tight race for Massachusetts' Senate seat, according to some polls. Democrats have the most to lose, including a key senate seat, the ...