Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin

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Victories

Won 9 out of 10 general elections

Won 10 out of 12 primaries

Won 19 out of 22 total contests

Opponents

Richard A. Baker, Jr. 2008 General

Richard W. Barton 2006 General

Nicholas J. Costello 1994 Primary

Marisa A. Defranco 2014 Primary

John Patrick Devine 2014 Primary

Daniel Fishman 2012 General

David A. Francoeur 1998 Primary

Randal C. Fritz 1998 General

Benjamin A. Gatchell 1996 General

John Gutta 2014 Primary

Jeffrey Hayward 1994 Primary

Bill Hudak 2010 General

John G. King, II 1978 Primary

Paul McCarthy 2000 General

Peter C. McCarthy 1978 Primary

Martin J. McNulty 1996 General

F John Monahan 1994 Primary

Seth W. Moulton 2014 Primary

Stephen P. O'Malley, Jr. 2004 General

Orrin Smith 1996 General

Mark C. Smith 2002 General

Richard R. Tisei 2012 General

Peter G. Torkildsen 1998 General

John F. Tierney (D)

Past Elections

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Year	Office	District	Stage	Candidates
2014	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Democratic Primary	Seth W. Moulton won (51%) against 4 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Seth W. Moulton 36,575 50.8% John F. Tierney 28,915 40.1% Marisa A. Defranco 4,293 6.0% John Patrick Devine 1,527 2.1% John J. Gutta 691 1.0% All Others 36 0% Blanks 2,133   Total Votes Cast 74,170   See Details for this Election »
2012	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	John F. Tierney won (48%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney Democratic 180,942 48.3% Richard R. Tisei Republican 176,612 47.1% Daniel Fishman Libertarian 16,739 4.5% All Others 514 0.1% Blanks 15,045   Total Votes Cast 389,852   See Details for this Election »
2012	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Democratic Primary	John F. Tierney won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney 28,395 98.2% All Others 517 1.8% Blanks 8,861   Total Votes Cast 37,773   See Details for this Election »
2010	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	John F. Tierney won (57%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney Democratic 142,732 56.8% Bill Hudak Republican 107,930 43.0% All Others 419 0.2% Blanks 9,537   Total Votes Cast 260,618   See Details for this Election »
2010	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Democratic Primary	John F. Tierney won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney 28,136 98.2% All Others 530 1.8% Blanks 7,661   Total Votes Cast 36,327   See Details for this Election »
2008	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	John F. Tierney won (70%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney Democratic 226,216 70.4% Richard A. Baker, Jr. Republican 94,845 29.5% All Others 251 0.1% Blanks 17,406   Total Votes Cast 338,718   See Details for this Election »
2008	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Democratic Primary	John F. Tierney won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney 36,646 98.7% All Others 478 1.3% Blanks 9,908   Total Votes Cast 47,032   See Details for this Election »
2006	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	John F. Tierney won (70%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney Democratic 168,056 69.6% Richard W. Barton Republican 72,997 30.2% All Others 572 0.2% Blanks 11,659   Total Votes Cast 253,284   See Details for this Election »
2006	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Democratic Primary	John F. Tierney won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney 71,530 98.8% All Others 884 1.2% Blanks 23,489   Total Votes Cast 95,903   See Details for this Election »
2004	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	John F. Tierney won (70%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney Democratic 213,458 69.9% Stephen P. O'Malley, Jr. Republican 91,597 30.0% All Others 467 0.2% Blanks 16,214   Total Votes Cast 321,736   See Details for this Election »
2004	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Democratic Primary	John F. Tierney won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney 27,660 99.4% All Others 178 0.6% Blanks 5,072   Total Votes Cast 32,910   See Details for this Election »
2002	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	John F. Tierney won (68%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney Democratic 162,900 68.3% Mark C. Smith Republican 75,462 31.6% All Others 253 0.1% Blanks 14,252   Total Votes Cast 252,867   See Details for this Election »
2002	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Democratic Primary	John F. Tierney won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney 68,992 99.7% All Others 222 0.3% Blanks 19,967   Total Votes Cast 89,181   See Details for this Election »
2000	U.S. House	6th Congressional	General Election	John F. Tierney won (71%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney Democratic 205,324 71.0% Paul McCarthy Republican 83,501 28.9% All Others 218 0.1% Blanks 14,802   Total Votes Cast 303,845   See Details for this Election »
2000	U.S. House	6th Congressional	Democratic Primary	John F. Tierney won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney 24,873 99.6% All Others 109 0.4% Blanks 6,212   Total Votes Cast 31,194   See Details for this Election »
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	Democratic Primary	John F. Tierney won (87%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney 45,951 87.0% David A. Francoeur 6,819 12.9% All Others 69 0.1% Blanks 4,401   Total Votes Cast 57,240   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	Democratic Primary	John F. Tierney won (85%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney 18,115 85.5% John Gutta 3,044 14.4% All Others 36 0.2% Blanks 3,197   Total Votes Cast 24,392   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	Democratic Primary	John F. Tierney won (34%) against 3 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John F. Tierney 20,701 33.8% Jeffrey Hayward 20,163 32.9% Nicholas J. Costello 15,062 24.6% F John Monahan 5,277 8.6% All Others 86 0.1% Blanks 8,059   Total Votes Cast 69,348   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Senate	2nd Essex	Democratic Primary	John G. King, II won (43%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % John G. King, II 13,589 43.0% Peter C. McCarthy 10,704 33.9% John F. Tierney 7,312 23.1% Blanks 2,654   Total Votes Cast 34,259   See Details for this Election »

 

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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