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The 2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Incumbent Democrat William Galvin won re-election. [1] Galvin has been Secretary since 1995. The last Republican to be elected to the position was Frederic Cook, in 1949. Only Cook has served a longer tenure as Secretary.
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
William Galvin | Tanisha Sullivan | |||||
1 | Aug. 8, 2022 | WBUR-FM | Tiziana Dearing | YouTube | P | P |
1 | Aug. 10, 2022 | WGBH-TV | Jim Braude | YouTube | P | P |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | William Galvin | Tanisha Sullivan | Other | Undecided |
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UMass Amherst | August 26–29, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 49% | 30% | 1% | 20% |
UMass Lowell | August 16–25, 2022 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 56% | 21% | 1% | 22% |
Advantage, Inc. (R) [upper-alpha 1] | August 22–23, 2022 | 563 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 55% | 14% | – | 31% |
MassINC Polling Group (D) [upper-alpha 2] | August 19–21, 2022 | 401 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 53% | 20% | 1% | 23% |
MassINC Polling Group | August 5–9, 2022 | 520 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 43% | 15% | 3% | 38% |
DAPA Research (D) [upper-alpha 3] | Mid-July 2022 | 300 (LV) | ± 5.7% | 49% | 23% | – | 28% |
UMass Amherst | June 15–21, 2022 | 557 (LV) | ± 4.7% | 38% | 25% | 0% | 37% |
MassINC Polling Group (D) [upper-alpha 2] | June 2022 | – (LV) | – | 52% | 15% | 3% | 29% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tanisha Sullivan | 2,578 | 62.4 | |
Democratic | William Galvin (incumbent) | 1,553 | 37.5 | |
Total votes | 4,131 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William Galvin (incumbent) | 524,947 | 70.15% | |
Democratic | Tanisha Sullivan | 223,420 | 29.85% | |
Total votes | 748,367 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rayla Campbell | 207,927 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 207,927 | 100.0% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball [20] | Safe D | December 1, 2021 |
Elections Daily [21] | Safe D | November 7, 2022 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Bill Galvin (D) | Rayla Campbell (R) | Juan Sanchez (G-R) | Other | Undecided |
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UMass Amherst/YouGov | October 20–26, 2022 | 700 (RV) | ± 4.3% | 58% | 30% | 4% | 2% [lower-alpha 2] | 6% |
UMass Lowell/YouGov | October 18–25, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 58% | 24% | 3% | – | 15% |
Suffolk University | October 13–16, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 52% | 25% | 7% | 1% [lower-alpha 3] | 14% |
Suffolk University | September 10–13, 2022 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 53% | 19% | 6% | 1% [lower-alpha 3] | 22% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | William Galvin (incumbent) | 1,665,808 | 67.69% | -3.13% | |
Republican | Rayla Campbell | 722,021 | 29.34% | +4.01% | |
Green-Rainbow | Juan Sanchez | 71,717 | 2.91% | -0.88% | |
Write-in | 1,396 | 0.06% | -0.01% | ||
Total votes | 2,460,942 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic hold | |||||
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