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    Worcester’s Municipal Election: 2025 Results

    The Worcester Regional Research Bureau has long analyzed data on elections and voting in Worcester. This dashboard continues by analyzing November 2025's municipal results. This series of maps of the results of Worcester's 2025 municipal election, are organized into "overall" and "district" and "at-large" elections. In general, there are maps for each of the candidates that won an election, but clicking on individual precincts will give information about vote margins, comparisons to 2023, and all other candidates in the election.

    February 18, 2026
  • 2025 News,In the News

    How to heal division? Lack of civility on City Council a focus in at-large candidate debate

    Full and original article posted on Worcester Telegram & Gazette. [...]

    October 9, 2025
  • 2025 News,In the News

    Cell phones and voke ed. are key topics in debate of School Committee district candidates

    Full and original article posted on Worcester Telegram & Gazette. [...]

    October 2, 2025
  • 2025 News,In the News

    District C, E school committee races heat up

    Full and original article posted on The Worcester Guardian. WORCESTER—Candidates [...]

    October 1, 2025
  • Questions for the Candidates Series,Reports

    Questions for the Candidates

    This publication provides questions for the candidates and residents in Worcester to consider before the 2025 municipal election. Elections represent critical periods for a society to set agendas and initiate new approaches to resolve community concerns. We offer the following to provoke discussion, debate, and potentially decision as the voters of Worcester select their leaders for the 2026-2027 political cycle.

    October 1, 2025
  • 2025 News,In the News

    Week in review: Trials, debates, and a visit from Snoopy

    Full and original article posted on The Worcester Guardian. Civility [...]

    September 26, 2025
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    State of the City Address

    The Worcester Regional Research Bureau and the City of Worcester will present a State of the City Address on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 6:00PM at the Jean McDonough Arts Center.

    May 1, 2025
  • Reports

    Insights Insider: Voting in Worcester County

    In the next 20 days, Worcester County and the rest of the United States will head to the polls to vote in local, state, and Federal elections, including for President of the United States.

    October 16, 2024
  • Reports

    Questions to Consider about Worcester’s Now | Next Master Plan

    Worcester Now | Next officially kicked off in 2022, and aims to be finished and adopted in spring 2024. The draft plan, currently public, is open to public comment until February 25th.

    February 20, 2024
  • Reports

    Worcester’s Municipal Elections, 2013-2023

    This StoryMap presents Worcester's preliminary and general municipal elections between 2013 and 2023, with a special focus on individual races in  2021 and 2023.

    November 15, 2023
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