Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin

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Victories

Won 5 out of 6 general elections

Won 6 out of 8 primaries

Won 11 out of 14 total contests

Opponents

Gerald Anderson 1982 Primary

Edward Brooks 1980 Primary

Rodney S. Brooks 1972 General

Jes J. E. Brown 1972 Primary

Jesse L. Corbin 1982 General

Elnora Jean Harington 1972 Primary

Gloria M. Joyner 1972 Primary

Carter D. Kimbrel 1972 Primary

Walter P. Lee 1972 Primary

James L. Loving, Jr 1972 Primary

Bill Owens 1972 General

Shirley Owens-Hicks 1986 Primary

Mildred L. Riley 1972 General

James E. Taylor 1972 Primary

Edward S. Teixeira 1972 General

Dorothy Tripp 1972 Primary

James A. West 1978 Primary

Royal L. Bolling, Jr (D)

Past Elections

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Year	Office	District	Stage	Candidates
1986	State Representative	6th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Shirley Owens-Hicks won (56%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Shirley Owens-Hicks 1,361 56.3% Royal Lee Bolling, Jr 1,057 43.7% Blanks 130   Total Votes Cast 2,548   See Details for this Election »
1984	State Representative	6th Suffolk	General Election	Royal Lee Bolling, Jr won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal Lee Bolling, Jr Democratic 4,818 100.0% Blanks 1,291   Total Votes Cast 6,109   See Details for this Election »
1984	State Representative	6th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Royal Lee Bolling, Jr won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal Lee Bolling, Jr 1,246 100.0% Blanks 359   Total Votes Cast 1,605   See Details for this Election »
1982	State Representative	6th Suffolk	General Election	Royal L. Bolling, Jr. won (88%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Jr. Democratic 2,882 87.5% Jesse L. Corbin Republican 410 12.5% Blanks 693   Total Votes Cast 3,985   See Details for this Election »
1982	State Representative	6th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Royal L. Bolling, Jr. won (58%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Jr. 1,488 57.7% Gerald Anderson 1,092 42.3% Blanks 426   Total Votes Cast 3,006   See Details for this Election »
1980	State Representative	6th Suffolk	General Election	Royal L. Bolling, Jr. won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Jr. Democratic 2,673 100.0% Blanks 1,838   Total Votes Cast 4,511   See Details for this Election »
1980	State Representative	6th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Royal L. Bolling, Jr. won (53%) against 3 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Jr. 691 52.6% Gerald Anderson 380 28.9% Edward Brooks 226 17.2% James A. West 16 1.2% Blanks 44   Total Votes Cast 1,357   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Representative	6th Suffolk	General Election	Royal L. Bolling, Jr won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Jr Democratic 2,476 100.0% All Others 1 0% Blanks 1,676   Total Votes Cast 4,153   See Details for this Election »
1978	State Representative	6th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Royal L. Bolling, Jr won (65%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Jr 778 65.4% James A. West 411 34.6% Blanks 201   Total Votes Cast 1,390   See Details for this Election »
1976	State Representative	15th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Royal L. Bolling, Jr won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Jr 895 100.0% Blanks 572   Total Votes Cast 1,467   See Details for this Election »
1974	State Representative	15th Suffolk	General Election	Royal L. Bolling, Jr won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Jr Democratic 1,389 100.0% Total Votes Cast 1,389   See Details for this Election »
1974	State Representative	15th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Royal L. Bolling, Jr won (55%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Royal L. Bolling, Jr 649 55.0% James A. West 531 45.0% Blanks 167   Total Votes Cast 1,347   See Details for this Election »
1972	State Representative	10th Suffolk	General Election	Bill Owens won (37%) against 4 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens Democratic 3,749 36.9% Royal L. Bolling, Jr Democratic 3,014 29.7% Mildred L. Riley Independent 1,803 17.7% Rodney S. Brooks Republican 1,002 9.9% Edward S. Teixeira Communist 594 5.8% Total Votes Cast 10,162   See Details for this Election »
1972	State Representative	10th Suffolk	Democratic Primary	Bill Owens won (20%) against 10 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % Bill Owens 757 20.3% Royal L. Bolling, Jr 671 18.0% James L. Loving, Jr 621 16.7% James A. West 597 16.0% Carter D. Kimbrel 409 11.0% Dorothy Tripp 231 6.2% ... and 5 other candidates     Walter P. Lee 112 3.0% Jes J. E. Brown 110 3.0% Gloria M. Joyner 88 2.4% Elnora Jean Harington 59 1.6% James E. Taylor 42 1.1% Blanks 1,217   Total Votes Cast 4,944   See Details for this Election »

 

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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