Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin

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Victories

Won 4 out of 6 general elections

Won 8 out of 9 primaries

Won 12 out of 15 total contests

Opponents

Argeo Paul Cellucci 1990 Primary

Argeo Paul Cellucci 1990 Primary

Randal C. Fritz 1998 General

Benjamin A. Gatchell 1996 General

Curtis A. Hussey 1984 Primary

Nicholas Mavroules 1992 General

Paul McCarthy 1998 Primary

Martin J. McNulty 1996 General

John E. Murphy, Jr. 1984 General

Orrin Smith 1996 General

Alexander T. Tennant 1992 Primary

John F. Tierney 1998 General

Peter G. Torkildsen (R)

Past Elections

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Year	Office	District	Stage	Candidates
1998	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	John F. Tierney won (55%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney Democratic 117,132 54.6% Peter G. Torkildsen Republican 90,986 42.4% Randal C. Fritz Independent 6,544 3.0% All Others 44 0% Blanks 4,681   Total Votes Cast 219,387   See Details for this Election »
1998	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Republican Primary	Peter G. Torkildsen won (68%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen 22,781 68.2% Paul McCarthy 10,598 31.7% All Others 38 0.1% Blanks 1,936   Total Votes Cast 35,353   See Details for this Election »
1996	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	John F. Tierney won (48%) against 5 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney Democratic 133,687 48.2% Peter G. Torkildsen Republican 133,315 48.0% Martin J. McNulty Independent 4,181 1.5% Randal C. Fritz Conservative 2,549 0.9% Benjamin A. Gatchell Independent 2,058 0.7% Orrin Smith Natural Law 1,383 0.5% All Others 278 0.1% Blanks 9,799   Total Votes Cast 287,250   See Details for this Election »
1996	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Republican Primary	Peter G. Torkildsen won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen 9,457 99.5% All Others 43 0.5% Blanks 2,058   Total Votes Cast 11,558   See Details for this Election »
1994	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	Peter G. Torkildsen won (51%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen Republican 120,952 50.5% John F. Tierney Democratic 113,481 47.4% Benjamin A. Gatchell Independent 4,960 2.1% All Others 51 0% Blanks 12,953   Total Votes Cast 252,397   See Details for this Election »
1994	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Republican Primary	Peter G. Torkildsen won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen 28,225 99.4% All Others 163 0.6% Blanks 6,325   Total Votes Cast 34,713   See Details for this Election »
1992	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	Peter G. Torkildsen won (55%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen Republican 159,165 54.8% Nicholas Mavroules Democratic 130,248 44.9% All Others 899 0.3% Blanks 24,387   Total Votes Cast 314,699   See Details for this Election »
1992	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Republican Primary	Peter G. Torkildsen won (56%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen 16,556 55.7% Alexander T. Tennant 13,043 43.9% All Others 124 0.4% Blanks 1,373   Total Votes Cast 31,096   See Details for this Election »
1992	Party State Committee Man	2nd Essex	Republican Primary	Peter G. Torkildsen won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen 5,523 99.6% All Others 24 0.4% Blanks 1,820   Total Votes Cast 7,367   See Details for this Election »
1990	Lieutenant Governor	Statewide	Republican Primary	Argeo Paul Cellucci won (59%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Argeo Paul Cellucci 241,354 59.4% Peter G. Torkildsen 164,732 40.6% All Others 152 0% Blanks 50,610   Total Votes Cast 456,848   See Details for this Election »
1988	State Representative	13th Essex	General Election	Peter G. Torkildsen won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen Republican 14,935 98.8% All Others 95 0.6% Blanks 3,835   Total Votes Cast 18,955   See Details for this Election »
1988	State Representative	13th Essex	Republican Primary	Peter G. Torkildsen won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen 360 100.0% Blanks 30   Total Votes Cast 390   See Details for this Election »
1984	State Representative	13th Essex	General Election	Peter G. Torkildsen won (51%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen Republican 7,900 51.2% John E. Murphy, Jr. Democratic 7,525 48.8% Blanks 1,349   Total Votes Cast 16,774   See Details for this Election »
1984	State Representative	13th Essex	Republican Primary	Peter G. Torkildsen won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen 1,496 100.0% Blanks 573   Total Votes Cast 2,069   See Details for this Election »
1984	Party State Committee Man	2nd Essex	Republican Primary	Peter G. Torkildsen won (76%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Peter G. Torkildsen 1,303 75.8% Curtis A. Hussey 417 24.2% Blanks 201   Total Votes Cast 1,921   See Details for this Election »

 

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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