Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin

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Victories

Won 4 out of 4 general elections

Won 4 out of 7 primaries

Won 8 out of 11 total contests

Opponents

David M. Bartley 1984 Primary

John J. Buckley, III 1978 General

Ronald A. Burba 1978 Primary

Michael Joseph Connolly 1984 Primary

James J. Gaffney, III 1978 General

Edward F. Harrington 1986 General

L. Scott Harshbarger 1990 Primary

Robert F. Hatem 1978 Primary

John F. Kerry 1984 Primary

Angelo Louis Laudani 1982 General

Michael Mc E. Laughlin 1978 Primary

John E. Markey 1978 Primary

Raymond F. Rourke 1978 Primary

William C. Sawyer 1980 General

Joann Shotwell 1986 Primary

William X. Wall 1976 Primary

James M. Shannon (D)

Past Elections

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Year	Office	District	Stage	Candidates
1990	Attorney General	Statewide	Democratic Primary	L. Scott Harshbarger won (54%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % L. Scott Harshbarger 533,481 53.6% James M. Shannon 462,296 46.4% All Others 253 0% Blanks 99,445   Total Votes Cast 1,095,475   See Details for this Election »
1986	Attorney General	Statewide	General Election	James M. Shannon won (55%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James M. Shannon Democratic 900,088 54.6% Edward F. Harrington Republican 746,791 45.3% All Others 136 0% Blanks 130,261   Total Votes Cast 1,777,276   See Details for this Election »
1986	Attorney General	Statewide	Democratic Primary	James M. Shannon won (68%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James M. Shannon 402,744 68.1% Joann Shotwell 188,404 31.9% All Others 41 0% Blanks 90,858   Total Votes Cast 682,047   See Details for this Election »
1984	U.S. Senate	Statewide	Democratic Primary	John F. Kerry won (41%) against 3 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Kerry 322,470 40.8% James M. Shannon 297,941 37.7% David M. Bartley 85,910 10.9% Michael Joseph Connolly 82,999 10.5% All Others 502 0.1% Blanks 48,299   Total Votes Cast 838,121   See Details for this Election »
1982	U.S. House	5th Congressional	General Election	James M. Shannon won (85%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James M. Shannon Democratic 140,177 84.6% Angelo Louis Laudani Libertarian 25,224 15.2% All Others 197 0.1% Blanks 21,293   Total Votes Cast 186,891   See Details for this Election »
1982	U.S. House	5th Congressional	Democratic Primary	James M. Shannon won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James M. Shannon 80,533 99.9% All Others 48 0.1% Blanks 31,590   Total Votes Cast 112,171   See Details for this Election »
1980	U.S. House	5th Congressional	General Election	James M. Shannon won (66%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James M. Shannon Democratic 136,758 66.0% William C. Sawyer Republican 70,547 34.0% All Others 16 0% Blanks 14,543   Total Votes Cast 221,864   See Details for this Election »
1980	U.S. House	5th Congressional	Democratic Primary	James M. Shannon won (54%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James M. Shannon 41,207 54.4% Robert F. Hatem 34,573 45.6% All Others 5 0% Blanks 1,683   Total Votes Cast 77,468   See Details for this Election »
1978	U.S. House	5th Congressional	General Election	James M. Shannon won (52%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James M. Shannon Democratic 90,156 52.2% John J. Buckley, III Republican 48,685 28.2% James Gaffney J. Ill Independent 33,835 19.6% All Others 5 0% Blanks 7,427   Total Votes Cast 180,108   See Details for this Election »
1978	U.S. House	5th Congressional	Democratic Primary	James M. Shannon won (22%) against 5 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James M. Shannon 18,529 22.4% Raymond F. Rourke 17,743 21.4% Robert F. Hatem 16,359 19.7% John E. Markey 14,046 17.0% Michael Mc E. Laughlin 12,644 15.3% Ronald A. Burba 3,524 4.3% All Others 5 0% Blanks 4,712   Total Votes Cast 87,562   See Details for this Election »
1976	State Senate	2nd Essex and Middlesex	Democratic Primary	William X. Wall won (50%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William X. Wall 10,386 50.0% James M. Shannon 10,373 50.0% Blanks 1,604   Total Votes Cast 22,361   See Details for this Election »

 

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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