Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin

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Victories

Won 3 out of 4 general elections

Won 4 out of 7 primaries

Won 7 out of 11 total contests

Opponents

David L. Barrett 1970 Primary

Thomas J. Barry 1970 General

Irene Bennett 1970 Primary

Brian P. Conlon 1970 General

Michael J. Daly 1970 General

Thomas M. Gallagher 1980 Primary

Thomas F. Gallagher 1978 Primary

Francis M. Griffin 1984 Primary

Robert A. Kahn 1972 Primary

David M. McCartan 1976 General

Michael A. McCormack 1972 Primary

Patrick E. McKenna 1970 General

Hyman Smoklet 1970 Primary

Paul Snyder 1970 Primary

Maureen K. Tarpey 1970 Primary

Robin Taylor 1972 Primary

Norman S. Weinberg 1970 General

Donald Williams 1970 Primary

John F. Melia (D)

Past Elections

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Year	Office	District	Stage	Candidates
1984	State Representative	18th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Thomas M. Gallagher won (61%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Thomas M. Gallagher 2,608 61.1% John F. Melia 1,484 34.8% Francis M. Griffin 176 4.1% Blanks 271   Total Votes Cast 4,539   See Details for this Election »
1980	State Representative	18th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Thomas M. Gallagher won (56%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Thomas M. Gallagher 3,085 56.2% John F. Melia 2,403 43.8% Blanks 137   Total Votes Cast 5,625   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Representative	18th Suffolk	General Election	John F. Melia won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Melia Democratic 5,591 100.0% All Others 2 0% Blanks 2,907   Total Votes Cast 8,500   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Representative	18th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	John F. Melia won (54%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Melia 2,340 53.6% Thomas F. Gallagher 2,028 46.4% Blanks 662   Total Votes Cast 5,030   See Details for this Election »
1976	State Representative	26th Suffolk	General Election	John F. Melia won (61%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Melia Democratic 4,442 61.3% David M. McCartan Independent 2,810 38.7% Total Votes Cast 7,252   See Details for this Election »
1976	State Representative	26th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	John F. Melia won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Melia 2,122 100.0% Blanks 1,154   Total Votes Cast 3,276   See Details for this Election »
1974	State Representative	26th Suffolk	General Election	John F. Melia won (64%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Melia Democratic 3,358 63.8% David M. McCartan Independent 1,903 36.2% Total Votes Cast 5,261   See Details for this Election »
1974	State Representative	26th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	John F. Melia won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Melia 2,313 100.0% Blanks 1,398   Total Votes Cast 3,711   See Details for this Election »
1972	State Representative	15th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	John F. Melia won (25%) against 5 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Melia 3,480 24.9% Norman S. Weinberg 3,444 24.7% Michael J. Daly 3,387 24.3% Michael A. McCormack 1,689 12.1% Robin Taylor 1,238 8.9% Robert A. Kahn 720 5.2% Blanks 5,398   Total Votes Cast 19,356   See Details for this Election »
1970	State Representative	15th Suffolk	General Election	Norman S. Weinberg won (27%) against 5 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Norman S. Weinberg Democratic 12,232 27.5% John F. Melia Democratic 10,689 24.0% Michael J. Daly Democratic 9,863 22.2% Thomas J. Barry Republican 5,182 11.6% Patrick E. McKenna Republican 3,369 7.6% Brian P. Conlon Republican 3,177 7.1% Total Votes Cast 44,512   See Details for this Election »
1970	State Representative	15th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Norman S. Weinberg won (22%) against 8 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Norman S. Weinberg 4,835 22.2% John F. Melia 4,454 20.4% Michael J. Daly 3,848 17.6% David L. Barrett 3,425 15.7% Paul Snyder 1,463 6.7% Irene Bennett 1,410 6.5% ... and 3 other candidates     Maureen K. Tarpey 1,080 5.0% Donald Williams 761 3.5% Hyman Smoklet 536 2.5% Blanks 9,757   Total Votes Cast 31,569   See Details for this Election »

 

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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