There are less than 60 days before Massachusetts voters hit the polls for the general elections.

The matchup between former President Donald Trump, a convict facing a litany of legal troubles, and Vice President Kamala Harris, a politician who made it to the top of the Democratic ticket only because her running mate stepped aside, is at the forefront of most minds.

Democrats have cast the race as a choice between democracy and authoritarianism while conservatives have warned a potential Harris administration would lead to wide infringements on people’s rights.

The contest for the White House is sucking up much of the political oxygen in the United States and Massachusetts.

But in the Bay State, there are multiple elections for local political offices that are undoubtedly worth paying attention to.

Republicans believe they have an opportunity to expand their ranks in the Senate after flipping a seat from blue to red last year and as the party continues to build itself out of a hole.

A race for outgoing Sen. Marc Pacheco’s southeastern Massachusetts district may offer that chance. Taunton City Councilor Kelly Dooner is facing off against Joe Pacheco, a well-connected selectman in Raynham who has drawn Marc Pacheco’s endorsement (they are not related).

Both candidates have tens of thousands in campaign cash that they are ready to dump into this election cycle. Joe Pacheco has more than $80,000 on hand compared to Dooner’s nearly $30,000, according to state campaign finance filings last updated this month.

Another matchup not too far away is drawing hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations.

Rep. Dylan Fernandes, a Falmouth Democrat, will take up Rep. Mathew Muratore, a Plymouth Republican, for a South Shore and Cape Cod Senate seat that Sen. Susan Moran is vacating to run for an elected county post.

Both Fernandes and Muratore are respected lawmakers who have put their House seats on the line to run for the Senate.

Fernandes had more than $276,000 stashed away in his campaign war chest as of Sept. 3, according to state filings, a massive haul that is just one more indicator that politics is not cheap in the Bay State.

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Muratore had more than $40,000 in the bank to run his campaign as of Sept. 3, state filings showed.

At the federal level, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is facing a well-funded challenger in John Deaton, a Marine Corps veteran and attorney with heavy ties to the cryptocurrency industry.

Warren is a formidable opponent for anyone.

The second-term senator had $5.2 million in campaign cash as of Aug. 14, according to federal data, and has a large national presence that can be tapped to drum up more dollars if the race becomes close.

But Deaton, who moved to Massachusetts this year from Rhode Island, believes he can unseat Warren and has staked $1 million of his own wealth on the effort, according to federal figures.

Outside of contests for elected offices, residents will also have a say in five different ballot questions that range from legalizing psychedelic drugs to granting the state auditor the power to crack open the books of the Legislature.

The proposals are each weighty in their own right — one measure seeks to redefine the role of the MCAS in high schools and how students are deemed ready for graduation while another would give rideshare drivers working for companies like Uber the right to form a union.

The battles have already become costly, with organizations pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into campaigns for and against each idea. Some efforts have secured millions in funding.

The question granting union rights to rideshare drivers has raised $2.6 million this year while the Massachusetts Teachers Association poured more than $2 million into the MCAS measure.

It is clear that this year’s general election will be expensive on all fronts and decisive on many issues.