Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin

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Victories

Won 7 out of 8 general elections

Won 10 out of 13 primaries

Won 17 out of 21 total contests

Opponents

Francis Bevilacqua 1984 Primary

Howard Camuso, Jr 1983 Primary

Christopher Cashman 1982 General

Mark S. DiSalvo 1983 Primary

Albert E. Elwell 1976 General

Bernard D. Flynn 1976 General

William Gotha 1988 General

Marjorie E. Goudreault 1983 Primary

Jeffrey Hayward 1994 Primary

Lee Hershfield 1986 Primary

Harold F. Humphrey 1978 Primary

James P. Jajuga 1990 Primary

James Lagoulis 1978 General

Robert J. LeBlanc 1983 Primary

Thomas A. Leone 1983 Primary

Byron J. Matthews 1983 General

William H. Melanson 1978 Primary

F John Monahan 1994 Primary

Anthony L. Papoulias 1982 General

Gerald A. Sewell 1978 Primary

Raffi Takesian 1983 General

Eric Hume Thomson 1978 Primary

John F. Tierney 1994 Primary

Nicholas J. Costello (D)

Past Elections

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Year	Office	District	Stage	Candidates
1996	Party State Committee Man	3rd Essex	Democratic Primary	Nicholas J. Costello won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello 5,490 97.9% All Others 119 2.1% Blanks 1,977   Total Votes Cast 7,586   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 »
1992	Party State Committee Man	3rd Essex	Democratic Primary	Nicholas J. Costello won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello 15,956 99.8% All Others 36 0.2% Blanks 10,017   Total Votes Cast 26,009   See Details for this Election »
1990	State Senate	3rd Essex	Democratic Primary	James P. Jajuga won (57%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % James P. Jajuga 17,151 56.8% Nicholas J. Costello 13,061 43.2% All Others 7 0% Blanks 1,618   Total Votes Cast 31,837   See Details for this Election »
1988	State Senate	3rd Essex	General Election	Nicholas J. Costello won (64%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello Democratic 42,150 64.0% William Gotha Republican 23,651 35.9% All Others 13 0% Blanks 6,010   Total Votes Cast 71,824   See Details for this Election »
1988	State Senate	3rd Essex	Democratic Primary	Nicholas J. Costello won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello 3,879 99.9% All Others 3 0.1% Blanks 1,119   Total Votes Cast 5,001   See Details for this Election »
1988	Party State Committee Man	3rd Essex	Democratic Primary	Nicholas J. Costello won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello 13,848 100.0% Blanks 6,795   Total Votes Cast 20,643   See Details for this Election »
1986	State Senate	3rd Essex	General Election	Nicholas J. Costello won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello Democratic 36,776 99.9% All Others 24 0.1% Blanks 12,625   Total Votes Cast 49,425   See Details for this Election »
1986	State Senate	3rd Essex	Democratic Primary	Nicholas J. Costello won (72%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello 13,444 72.4% Lee Hershfield 5,136 27.6% Blanks 2,039   Total Votes Cast 20,619   See Details for this Election »
1984	State Senate	3rd Essex	General Election	Nicholas J. Costello won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello Democratic 50,547 99.9% All Others 29 0.1% Blanks 20,005   Total Votes Cast 70,581   See Details for this Election »
1984	State Senate	3rd Essex	Democratic Primary	Nicholas J. Costello won (65%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello 16,190 64.9% Francis Bevilacqua 8,743 35.1% All Others 8 0% Blanks 1,329   Total Votes Cast 26,270   See Details for this Election »
1983	State Senate	3rd Essex	Special General Election	Nicholas J. Costello won (46%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello Democratic 10,914 46.4% Byron J. Matthews Republican 10,594 45.0% Raffi Takesian Independent 2,009 8.5% All Others 17 0.1% Blanks 129   Total Votes Cast 23,663   See Details for this Election »
1983	State Senate	3rd Essex	Special Democratic Primary	Nicholas J. Costello won (25%) against 5 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello 4,171 25.2% Marjorie E. Goudreault 3,950 23.9% Mark S. DiSalvo 3,802 23.0% Robert J. LeBlanc 2,327 14.1% Howard Camuso, Jr 1,512 9.1% Thomas A. Leone 567 3.4% All Others 230 1.4% Blanks 211   Total Votes Cast 16,770   See Details for this Election »
1982	State Representative	1st Essex	General Election	Nicholas J. Costello won (54%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello Democratic 6,739 53.8% Christopher Cashman Republican 3,163 25.2% Anthony Louis Papoulias Independent 2,632 21.0% All Others 1 0% Blanks 429   Total Votes Cast 12,964   See Details for this Election »
1982	State Representative	1st Essex	Democratic Primary	Nicholas J. Costello won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello 4,416 98.6% All Others 61 1.4% Blanks 1,266   Total Votes Cast 5,743   See Details for this Election »
1980	State Representative	1st Essex	General Election	Nicholas J. Costello won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello Democratic 10,856 100.0% All Others 1 0% Blanks 4,990   Total Votes Cast 15,847   See Details for this Election »
1980	State Representative	1st Essex	Democratic Primary	Nicholas J. Costello won (60%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello 2,312 59.7% Anthony L. Papoulias 1,562 40.3% Blanks 112   Total Votes Cast 3,986   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Representative	1st Essex	General Election	Nicholas J. Costello won (56%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello Democratic 6,320 56.1% James Lagoulis Republican 4,955 43.9% Blanks 739   Total Votes Cast 12,014   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Representative	1st Essex	Democratic Primary	Nicholas J. Costello won (32%) against 4 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Nicholas J. Costello 1,326 31.6% Eric Hume Thomson 987 23.5% William H. Melanson 808 19.3% Harold F. Humphrey 632 15.1% Gerald A. Sewell 442 10.5% Blanks 311   Total Votes Cast 4,506   See Details for this Election »
1976	State Representative	14th Essex	General Election	Bernard D. Flynn won (51%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bernard D. Flynn Democratic 5,970 51.4% Albert E. Elwell Republican 4,138 35.7% Nicholas J. Costello Independent 1,496 12.9% Total Votes Cast 11,604   See Details for this Election »
1974	State Representative	14th Essex	Democratic Primary	Bernard D. Flynn won (53%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bernard D. Flynn 1,040 53.1% Nicholas J. Costello 917 46.8% All Others 2 0.1% Blanks 170   Total Votes Cast 2,129   See Details for this Election »

 

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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