Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin

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Victories

Won 7 out of 9 general elections

Won 8 out of 9 primaries

Won 15 out of 18 total contests

Opponents

Royal L. Bolling, Sr. 1976 Primary

Royal L. Bolling, Jr 1972 General

Rodney S. Brooks 1972 General

Jes J. E. Brown 1972 Primary

Freddue W. Gabriel 1990 Primary

Elnora Jean Harington 1972 Primary

Francis I. Hector 1974 General

Frank N. Jones 1992 Primary

Gloria M. Joyner 1972 Primary

Carter D. Kimbrel 1972 Primary

Walter P. Lee 1972 Primary

Ted Lewis 1992 Primary

James L. Loving, Jr 1972 Primary

Mildred Richardson 1990 Primary

Mildred L. Riley 1972 General

James E. Taylor 1972 Primary

Edward S. Teixeira 1972 General

Dorothy Tripp 1972 Primary

Georgette Waston 1990 Primary

James A. West 1972 Primary

Dianne Wilkerson 1992 Primary

Arthur William 1990 Primary

Steve A. Wise 1990 General

Bill Owens (D)

Past Elections

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Year	Office	District	Stage	Candidates
1992	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Dianne Wilkerson won (64%) against 3 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Dianne Wilkerson 7,124 64.1% Bill Owens 3,505 31.5% Ted Lewis 318 2.9% Frank N. Jones 162 1.5% All Others 6 0.1% Blanks 742   Total Votes Cast 11,857   See Details for this Election »
1990	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	General Election	Bill Owens won (72%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens Democratic 14,774 72.5% Steve A. Wise Independent 5,607 27.5% Blanks 4,972   Total Votes Cast 25,353   See Details for this Election »
1990	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Bill Owens won (40%) against 4 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens 5,555 40.0% Georgette Watson 5,256 37.8% Arthur William 2,338 16.8% Mildred Richardson 464 3.3% Freddue W. Gabriel 284 2.0% Blanks 2,641   Total Votes Cast 16,538   See Details for this Election »
1988	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	General Election	Bill Owens won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens Democratic 21,788 100.0% All Others 8 0% Blanks 12,023   Total Votes Cast 33,819   See Details for this Election »
1988	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Bill Owens won (56%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens 3,426 56.2% Mildred Richardson 781 12.8% All Others 10 0.2% Blanks 1,561   Total Votes Cast 7,661   See Details for this Election »
1986	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	General Election	Royal L. Bolling, Sr. won (58%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Sr. Democratic 10,924 57.8% Bill Owens Independent 7,970 42.2% Blanks 2,445   Total Votes Cast 21,339   See Details for this Election »
1982	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	General Election	Royal L. Bolling, Sr. won (54%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Sr. Democratic 10,947 53.8% Bill Owens Republican 9,392 46.2% Blanks 3,196   Total Votes Cast 23,535   See Details for this Election »
1982	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	Republican Primary	Bill Owens won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens 1,277 99.6% All Others 5 0.4% Blanks 466   Total Votes Cast 1,748   See Details for this Election »
1980	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	General Election	Bill Owens won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens Democratic 16,682 100.0% Blanks 10,918   Total Votes Cast 27,600   See Details for this Election »
1980	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Bill Owens won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens 4,180 100.0% Blanks 3,069   Total Votes Cast 7,249   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	General Election	Bill Owens won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens Democratic 14,564 100.0% All Others 1 0% Blanks 9,096   Total Votes Cast 23,661   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Bill Owens won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens 4,351 100.0% Blanks 5,056   Total Votes Cast 9,407   See Details for this Election »
1976	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	General Election	Bill Owens won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens Democratic 18,578 100.0% Blanks 9,524   Total Votes Cast 28,102   See Details for this Election »
1976	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Bill Owens won (76%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens 7,582 75.6% Royal L. Bolling, Sr. 2,450 24.4% Blanks 1,816   Total Votes Cast 11,848   See Details for this Election »
1974	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	General Election	Bill Owens won (77%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens Democratic 12,432 76.5% Francis I. Hector Republican 3,022 18.6% All Others 788 4.9% Blanks 3,827   Total Votes Cast 20,069   See Details for this Election »
1974	State Senate	2nd Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Bill Owens won (54%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens 4,796 54.4% Royal Bolling, Sr.of L. Boston 4,019 45.6% Blanks 2,332   Total Votes Cast 11,147   See Details for this Election »
1972	State Representative	10th Suffolk	General Election	Bill Owens won (37%) against 4 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens Democratic 3,749 36.9% Royal L. Bolling, Jr Democratic 3,014 29.7% Mildred L. Riley Independent 1,803 17.7% Rodney S. Brooks Republican 1,002 9.9% Edward S. Teixeira Communist 594 5.8% Total Votes Cast 10,162   See Details for this Election »
1972	State Representative	10th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Bill Owens won (20%) against 10 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens 757 20.3% Royal L. Bolling, Jr 671 18.0% James L. Loving, Jr 621 16.7% James A. West 597 16.0% Carter D. Kimbrel 409 11.0% Dorothy Tripp 231 6.2% ... and 5 other candidates     Walter P. Lee 112 3.0% Jes J. E. Brown 110 3.0% Gloria M. Joyner 88 2.4% Elnora Jean Harington 59 1.6% James E. Taylor 42 1.1% Blanks 1,217   Total Votes Cast 4,944   See Details for this Election »

 

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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