Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin

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Victories

Won 3 out of 3 general elections

Won 6 out of 9 primaries

Won 9 out of 12 total contests

Opponents

James V. DiPaola 1998 Primary

Mathew Donahue 1988 Primary

John Drinkwater 2018 Primary

Rodney M. Elliott 2018 Primary

Walter J. Flynn 1994 Primary

Leonard H. Golder 1996 Primary

Mark E. Goldman 1988 Primary

Richard P. Howe, Jr. 1994 Primary

Patricia Kirwin A. Kelly 1994 Primary

Thomas J. Larkin 1992 General

Curtis J. Lemay 1996 Primary

Joseph R. Macaluso 1988 Primary

John A. Macdonald 2018 General

Richard S. Mahoney 1992 General

William F. Martin, Jr 2018 Primary

Dennis E. McHugh 1994 Primary

Albert J. Onessimo 1992 Primary

dennis J. Ready 1992 Primary

James P. Regan 1992 General

Edward J. Rideout 1996 Primary

Terry Ryan 2018 Primary

Dennis Scannell 1994 Primary

Adelle Schewalberg 1992 Primary

David A. Shaughnessy 1994 Primary

Frederick L. Simon 1994 Primary

Karin Theodoros 1994 Primary

Edward L. Weinberg 1992 General

George F. Woods, Jr. 1984 Primary

Edward J. Kennedy (D)

Past Elections

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Year	Office	District	Stage	Candidates
2022	State Senate	1st Middlesex	General Election	Edward J. Kennedy, Jr won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Edward J. Kennedy, Jr Democratic 32,003 97.4% All Others 847 2.6% Blanks 12,782   Total Votes Cast 45,632   See Details for this Election »
2022	State Senate	1st Middlesex	Democratic Primary	Edward J. Kennedy, Jr won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Edward J. Kennedy, Jr 10,538 101.9% All Others 3 0% Blanks 2,153   Total Votes Cast 12,694   See Details for this Election »
2020	State Senate	1st Middlesex	General Election	Edward J. Kennedy, Jr won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Edward J. Kennedy, Jr Democratic 56,791 98.8% All Others 706 1.2% Blanks 21,383   Total Votes Cast 78,880   See Details for this Election »
2018	State Senate	1st Middlesex	General Election	Edward J. Kennedy won (64%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Edward J. Kennedy Democratic 35,068 63.9% John A. Macdonald Republican 19,825 36.1% All Others 15 0% Blanks 2,562   Total Votes Cast 57,470   See Details for this Election »
2018	State Senate	1st Middlesex	Democratic Primary	Edward J. Kennedy won (27%) against 4 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Edward J. Kennedy 4,679 26.6% John Drinkwater 4,212 23.9% Rodney M. Elliott 3,557 20.2% Terry Ryan 2,841 16.1% William F. Martin, Jr 2,312 13.1% All Others 17 0.1% Blanks 1,976   Total Votes Cast 19,594   See Details for this Election »
1998	Sheriff	Middlesex County	Democratic Primary	James V. DiPaola won (66%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James V. DiPaola 101,924 65.8% Edward J. Kennedy, Jr. 52,772 34.1% All Others 201 0.1% Blanks 37,085   Total Votes Cast 191,982   See Details for this Election »
1996	Party State Committee Man	1st Middlesex	Democratic Primary	Edward J. Kennedy won (65%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Edward J. Kennedy 1,658 65.1% Curtis J. Lemay 885 34.8% All Others 3 0.1% Blanks 338   Total Votes Cast 2,884   See Details for this Election »
1996	Sheriff	Middlesex County	Special Democratic Primary	James V. DiPaola won (47%) against 3 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James V. DiPaola 32,577 46.6% Edward J. Kennedy, Jr. 21,091 30.2% Edward J. Rideout 10,500 15.0% Leonard H. Golder 5,613 8.0% All Others 146 0.2% Blanks 15,990   Total Votes Cast 85,917   See Details for this Election »
1994	Register of Deeds	Middlesex Northern	Democratic Primary	Richard P. Howe, Jr. won (17%) against 8 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Richard P. Howe, Jr. 4,630 17.2% Karin Theodoros 4,587 17.1% Frederick L. Simon 4,216 15.7% Dennis E. McHugh 3,252 12.1% Patricia Kirwin A. Kelly 3,203 11.9% Edward J. Kennedy 2,541 9.5% ... and 3 other candidates     Walter J. Flynn 1,955 7.3% Dennis Scannell 1,605 6.0% David A. Shaughnessy 876 3.3% All Others 6 0% Blanks 2,438   Total Votes Cast 29,309   See Details for this Election »
1992	Party State Committee Man	1st Middlesex	Democratic Primary	Edward J. Kennedy won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Edward J. Kennedy 16,638 100.0% All Others 1 0% Blanks 7,838   Total Votes Cast 24,477   See Details for this Election »
1988	Party State Committee Man	1st Middlesex	Democratic Primary	Edward J. Kennedy won (80%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Edward J. Kennedy 12,436 80.3% Mark E. Goldman 3,052 19.7% Blanks 2,264   Total Votes Cast 17,752   See Details for this Election »
1984	Party State Committee Man	1st Middlesex	Democratic Primary	Edward J. Kennedy, Jr. won (71%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Edward J. Kennedy, Jr. 9,597 71.1% George F. Woods, Jr. 3,906 28.9% All Others 4 0% Blanks 1,770   Total Votes Cast 15,277   See Details for this Election »

 

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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