With local elections past, it is time to turn attention to the state primary on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

The biggest action is in the Twelfth Worcester District Mass. House race, where incumbent Harold Naughton Jr., of Clinton, chose not to run for re-election.

Three Democrats will compete in the Sept. 1 primary, while a Republican and a candidate for the Green-Rainbow party will join the fray in November. All five candidates are women.

Democrats on the ballot Sept. 1 are Meghan Kilcoyne, of Northboro, Ceylan Rowe, of Northboro, and Alexandra Turner, of Lancaster.

On the November ballot are Republican Susan Smiley, of Lancaster, and Green-Rainbow candidate Charlene DiCalogero, of Berlin. The secretary of state's election website has DiCalogero as the only third-party candidate in the state, with no Libertarians on ballots anywhere across the state, and she as the sole Green-Rainbow candidate.

For Mass. Senate, First Worcester District incumbent Harriette Chandler, of Worcester, has no challenger in the primary or November election.

While Worcester & Middlesex District Sen. Dean Tran, of Worcester, faces no competition in the primary, the Republican will face Democrat John Cronin, of Lunenburg, in November.

In the House races, Kate Hogan, of Stow, Democratic incumbent in the Third Middlesex District, Kimberly Ferguson, of Holden, Republican incumbent in the First Worcester District, and James O'Day, of West Boylston, Democratic incumbent in the Fourteenth Worcester District, are all running unopposed.

U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III is challenging incumbent U.S. Senator Ed Markey for the Democratic nomination and Shiva Ayyadurai and Kevin O'Connor are competing for the Republican nomination.

For U.S. Congress, U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan, of Westford, is not facing any challenge in the Third District. In the Second District. James McGovern, of Worcester, has no challenger in the primary, but will face a Republican, Tracy Lovvorn, of Grafton, in November.

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