Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin

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Victories

Won 10 out of 11 general elections

Won 14 out of 15 primaries

Won 24 out of 26 total contests

Opponents

Robert C. Bowler 1978 Primary

Gerald W. Bush 1970 Primary

John J. Desmond, Jr. 1970 General

Edward M. Dickson 1969 General

Bruce C. Farrell 1972 General

Bruce N. Freeman 1970 General

Robert H. Gordon 1969 General

John P. Grasso 1974 Primary

William D. Healy 1969 General

Paul F. Hester 1976 Primary

Gregory S. Hyatt 1984 General

Daniel L. Joyce, Jr 1969 General

Cornelius F. Kiernan 1970 General

Louis F. Leblanc 1976 General

Michael J. Lombardi 1970 General

John F. MacGover 1990 General

Lawrence F. McHugh 1969 General

Martin T. Meehan 1992 Primary

Hugh J. Morgan, Jr 1969 General

Donald J. Mulligan 1969 General

Nils L. Nordberg 1969 General

John H. Pierce 1970 General

Bradford Pottle 1969 General

Vineent M. Principe 1972 Primary

George F. Rohan 1970 General

Raymond F. Rourke 1970 General

Philip L. Shea 1984 Primary

Paul J. Sheehy 1970 General

John J. Toomey 1970 General

Daniel C. Towse 1969 General

Frank J. Valianti 1982 General

Robert A. Vigneau 1969 General

Chester G. Atkins (D)

Past Elections

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Year	Office	District	Stage	Candidates
1992	U.S. House	5th Congressional	Democratic Primary	Martin T. Meehan won (65%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Martin T. Meehan 50,300 65.1% Chester G. Atkins 26,855 34.8% All Others 53 0.1% Blanks 2,688   Total Votes Cast 79,896   See Details for this Election »
1990	U.S. House	5th Congressional	General Election	Chester G. Atkins won (52%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins Democratic 110,232 52.2% John F. MacGover Republican 101,017 47.8% All Others 85 0% Blanks 9,806   Total Votes Cast 221,140   See Details for this Election »
1990	U.S. House	5th Congressional	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 60,820 99.8% All Others 115 0.2% Blanks 30,642   Total Votes Cast 91,577   See Details for this Election »
1988	U.S. House	5th Congressional	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 15,567 99.9% All Others 13 0.1% Blanks 6,410   Total Votes Cast 21,990   See Details for this Election »
1988	Party State Committee Man	5th Middlesex	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 12,275 100.0% Blanks 6,434   Total Votes Cast 18,709   See Details for this Election »
1986	U.S. House	5th Congressional	General Election	Chester G. Atkins won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins Democratic 113,690 99.9% All Others 57 0.1% Blanks 43,139   Total Votes Cast 156,886   See Details for this Election »
1986	U.S. House	5th Congressional	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 38,751 100.0% All Others 7 0% Blanks 14,674   Total Votes Cast 53,432   See Details for this Election »
1984	U.S. House	5th Congressional	General Election	Chester G. Atkins won (53%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins Democratic 120,008 53.4% Gregory S. Hyatt Republican 104,912 46.6% All Others 7 0% Blanks 8,319   Total Votes Cast 233,246   See Details for this Election »
1984	U.S. House	5th Congressional	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won (53%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 43,538 52.9% Philip L. Shea 38,737 47.1% All Others 21 0% Blanks 3,363   Total Votes Cast 85,659   See Details for this Election »
1984	Party State Committee Man	Middlesex and Worcester	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 11,862 100.0% All Others 1 0% Blanks 4,475   Total Votes Cast 16,338   See Details for this Election »
1982	State Senate	Middlesex and Worcester	General Election	Chester G. Atkins won (66%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins Democratic 35,232 66.5% Frank J. Valianti Republican 17,774 33.5% All Others 2 0% Blanks 3,754   Total Votes Cast 56,762   See Details for this Election »
1982	State Senate	Middlesex and Worcester	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 20,095 100.0% All Others 3 0% Blanks 7,725   Total Votes Cast 27,823   See Details for this Election »
1980	State Senate	Middlesex and Worcester	General Election	Chester G. Atkins won (65%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins Democratic 42,353 65.1% Frank J. Valianti Republican 22,717 34.9% All Others 1 0% Blanks 5,798   Total Votes Cast 70,869   See Details for this Election »
1980	State Senate	Middlesex and Worcester	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won (79%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 10,533 79.0% Robert C. Bowler 2,794 21.0% Blanks 1,330   Total Votes Cast 14,657   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Senate	Middlesex and Worcester	General Election	Chester G. Atkins won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins Democratic 39,261 99.9% All Others 23 0.1% Blanks 13,796   Total Votes Cast 53,080   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Senate	Middlesex and Worcester	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Alkins won (79%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Alkins 11,077 78.6% Robert C. Bowler 3,015 21.4% All Others 2 0% Blanks 1,590   Total Votes Cast 15,684   See Details for this Election »
1976	State Senate	Middlesex and Worcester	General Election	Chester G. Atkins won (70%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins Democratic 45,083 69.6% Louis F. Leblanc Republican 19,657 30.4% All Others 10 0% Blanks 5,301   Total Votes Cast 70,051   See Details for this Election »
1976	State Senate	Middlesex and Worcester	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 8,150 100.0% All Others 2 0% Blanks 2,649   Total Votes Cast 10,801   See Details for this Election »
1976	Party State Committee Man	Middlesex and Worcester	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won (79%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 12,020 78.9% Paul F. Hester 3,212 21.1% All Others 2 0% Blanks 2,128   Total Votes Cast 17,362   See Details for this Election »
1974	State Senate	Middlesex and Worcester	General Election	Chester G. Atkins won (70%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins Democratic 31,993 69.9% George F. Rohan Republican 13,766 30.1% All Others 10 0% Blanks 2,152   Total Votes Cast 47,921   See Details for this Election »
1974	State Senate	Middlesex and Worcester	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won (74%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 11,268 73.7% John P. Grasso 4,025 26.3% All Others 1 0% Blanks 646   Total Votes Cast 15,940   See Details for this Election »
1972	State Senate	5th Middlesex	General Election	Chester G. Atkins won (55%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins Democratic 37,583 55.2% Bruce C. Farrell Republican 30,479 44.8% All Others 1 0% Blanks 4,244   Total Votes Cast 72,307   See Details for this Election »
1972	State Senate	5th Middlesex	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won (87%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 8,488 86.7% Vineent M. Principe 1,298 13.3% All Others 1 0% Blanks 1,465   Total Votes Cast 11,252   See Details for this Election »
1970	State Representative	1st Middlesex	General Election	Paul J. Sheehy won (90%) against 9 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Paul J. Sheehy Democratic 12,557 90.3% Cornelius F. Kiernan Democratic 12,259 88.2% Raymond F. Rourke Democratic 11,062 79.6% John J. Desmond, Jr. Democratic 10,989 79.1% Bruce N. Freeman Republican 7,357 52.9% Michael J. Lombardi Democratic 6,971 50.2% ... and 4 other candidates     John J. Toomey Democratic 6,928 49.8% Chester G. Atkins Democratic 6,434 46.3% George F. Rohan Republican 4,564 32.8% John H. Pierce Democratic 3,460 24.9% Total Votes Cast 13,899   See Details for this Election »
1970	State Representative	33rd Middlesex	General Election	Chester G. Atkins won (59%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins Democratic 6,434 58.5% George F. Rohan Republican 4,564 41.5% Total Votes Cast 10,998   See Details for this Election »
1970	State Representative	33rd Middlesex	Democratic Primary	Chester G. Atkins won (57%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Chester G. Atkins 1,969 56.6% Gerald W. Bush 1,512 43.4% Blanks 142   Total Votes Cast 3,623   See Details for this Election »

 

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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