Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin

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Victories

Won 14 out of 14 general elections

Won 18 out of 18 primaries

Won 32 out of 32 total contests

Opponents

Gerald Bagley 1986 Primary

Marion CUrran Boch 1984 General

Daniel S. Botelho 2012 General

John J. Corrigan 1998 Primary

Francis T. Crimmins, Jr 1980 General

Rod Hare 1990 General

Christopher M. Lane 1994 General

Maryanne Lewis 2010 General

Jeffrey A. Locke 1998 General

William P. O'Donnell 1998 Primary

Robert A. O'Leary 2010 Primary

Jeffrey Davis Perry 2010 General

Thomas A. Riolo 1988 General

James A. Sheets 2010 General

Christopher Sheldon 2012 General

C. Samuel Sutter 2012 Primary

Joe Van Nes 2010 General

William R. Keating (D)

Past Elections

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Year	Office	District	Stage	Candidates
2012	U.S. House	9th Congressional	General Election	William Richard Keating won (59%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William Richard Keating Democratic 212,754 58.7% Christopher Sheldon Republican 116,531 32.2% Daniel S. Botelho Unenrolled 32,655 9.0% All Others 465 0.1% Blanks 23,394   Total Votes Cast 385,799   See Details for this Election »
2012	U.S. House	9th Congressional	Democratic Primary	William Richard Keating won (59%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William Richard Keating 31,366 59.1% C. Samuel Sutter 21,675 40.8% All Others 47 0.1% Blanks 1,805   Total Votes Cast 54,893   See Details for this Election »
2010	U.S. House	10th Congressional	General Election	William R. Keating won (47%) against 4 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 132,743 46.9% Jeffrey Davis Perry Republican 120,029 42.4% Maryanne Lewis Unenrolled 16,705 5.9% James A. Sheets Unenrolled 10,445 3.7% Joe Van Nes Unenrolled 3,084 1.1% All Others 191 0.1% Blanks 7,335   Total Votes Cast 290,532   See Details for this Election »
2010	U.S. House	10th Congressional	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won (51%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 29,953 50.9% Robert A. O'Leary 28,656 48.7% All Others 208 0.4% Blanks 3,152   Total Votes Cast 61,969   See Details for this Election »
2006	District Attorney	Norfolk	General Election	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 191,805 99.3% All Others 1,431 0.7% Blanks 68,410   Total Votes Cast 261,646   See Details for this Election »
2006	District Attorney	Norfolk	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 78,452 99.0% All Others 778 1% Blanks 33,532   Total Votes Cast 112,762   See Details for this Election »
2004	Party State Committee Man	Bristol and Norfolk	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 9,723 99.4% All Others 54 0.6% Blanks 3,099   Total Votes Cast 12,876   See Details for this Election »
2002	District Attorney	Norfolk	General Election	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 184,361 99.5% All Others 1,017 0.5% Blanks 79,951   Total Votes Cast 265,329   See Details for this Election »
2002	District Attorney	Norfolk	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 71,481 99.8% All Others 132 0.2% Blanks 30,267   Total Votes Cast 101,880   See Details for this Election »
2000	Party State Committee Man	Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 11,342 99.7% All Others 32 0.3% Blanks 2,508   Total Votes Cast 13,882   See Details for this Election »
1998	District Attorney	Norfolk	General Election	William R. Keating won (55%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 122,765 54.8% Jeffrey A. Locke Republican 101,157 45.2% All Others 72 0% Blanks 11,670   Total Votes Cast 235,664   See Details for this Election »
1998	District Attorney	Norfolk	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won (48%) against 2 opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 38,313 48.5% William P. O'Donnell 25,608 32.4% John J. Corrigan 15,104 19.1% All Others 47 0.1% Blanks 8,995   Total Votes Cast 88,067   See Details for this Election »
1996	State Senate	Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	General Election	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 59,215 99.8% All Others 143 0.2% Blanks 20,289   Total Votes Cast 79,647   See Details for this Election »
1996	State Senate	Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 2,921 99.8% All Others 7 0.2% Blanks 513   Total Votes Cast 3,441   See Details for this Election »
1996	Party State Committee Man	Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 3,034 99.7% All Others 8 0.3% Blanks 484   Total Votes Cast 3,526   See Details for this Election »
1994	State Senate	Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	General Election	William R. Keating won (64%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 40,282 63.7% Christopher M. Lane Republican 22,926 36.3% All Others 14 0% Blanks 3,270   Total Votes Cast 66,492   See Details for this Election »
1994	State Senate	Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 8,183 99.9% All Others 10 0.1% Blanks 1,859   Total Votes Cast 10,052   See Details for this Election »
1992	State Senate	Norfolk and Bristol	General Election	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 60,721 99.8% All Others 116 0.2% Blanks 22,298   Total Votes Cast 83,135   See Details for this Election »
1992	State Senate	Norfolk and Bristol	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 14,307 99.9% All Others 8 0.1% Blanks 3,939   Total Votes Cast 18,254   See Details for this Election »
1992	Party State Committee Man	Norfolk and Bristol	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 17,359 100.0% All Others 4 0% Blanks 6,025   Total Votes Cast 23,388   See Details for this Election »
1990	State Senate	Norfolk and Bristol	General Election	William R. Keating won (61%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 41,279 61.2% Rod Hare Republican 26,192 38.8% All Others 2 0% Blanks 4,631   Total Votes Cast 72,104   See Details for this Election »
1990	State Senate	Norfolk and Bristol	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 22,052 99.8% All Others 44 0.2% Blanks 9,082   Total Votes Cast 31,178   See Details for this Election »
1988	State Senate	Norfolk and Bristol	General Election	William R. Keating won (74%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 51,948 73.5% Thomas A. Riolo Independent 18,679 26.4% All Others 24 0% Blanks 6,600   Total Votes Cast 77,251   See Details for this Election »
1988	State Senate	Norfolk and Bristol	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 8,258 99.9% All Others 12 0.1% Blanks 2,412   Total Votes Cast 10,682   See Details for this Election »
1988	Party State Committee Man	Norfolk and Bristol	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 14,240 100.0% Blanks 5,356   Total Votes Cast 19,596   See Details for this Election »
1986	State Senate	Norfolk and Suffolk	General Election	William R. Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 30,778 100.0% All Others 1 0% Blanks 13,043   Total Votes Cast 43,822   See Details for this Election »
1986	State Senate	Norfolk and Suffolk	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won (87%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 12,908 86.8% Gerald Bagley 1,959 13.2% Blanks 4,127   Total Votes Cast 18,994   See Details for this Election »
1984	State Senate	Norfolk and Suffolk	General Election	William R. Keating won (72%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 40,665 71.6% Marion CUrran Boch Republican 16,162 28.4% Blanks 7,893   Total Votes Cast 64,720   See Details for this Election »
1984	State Senate	Norfolk and Suffolk	Democratic Primary	William R. Keating won (86%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating 17,432 86.1% Gerald Bagley 2,821 13.9% Blanks 3,864   Total Votes Cast 24,117   See Details for this Election »
1982	State Representative	8th Norfolk	General Election	William Richard Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William Richard Keating Democratic 12,328 100.0% Blanks 3,741   Total Votes Cast 16,069   See Details for this Election »
1982	State Representative	8th Norfolk	Democratic Primary	William Richard Keating won against no opponents. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William Richard Keating 7,805 100.0% Blanks 2,519   Total Votes Cast 10,324   See Details for this Election »
1980	State Representative	8th Norfolk	General Election	William R. Keating won (71%) against 1 opponent. Candidates » Candidate Vote Count % William R. Keating Democratic 12,905 71.2% Francis T. Crimmins, Jr Independent 5,205 28.7% All Others 3 0% Blanks 1,451   Total Votes Cast 19,564   See Details for this Election »

 

William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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