2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election

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2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election
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Turnout51.4% [1]
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Nominee William Galvin Rayla Campbell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,665,808722,021
Percentage67.69%29.34%
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Galvin:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Campbell:      40–50%     50–60%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Tie:     40–50%     50%     No votes
Secretary of the Commonwealth before election

William Galvin
Democratic

Elected Secretary of the Commonwealth

William Galvin
Democratic

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 to an eighth term. [2] Primary elections were held on September 6, with Galvin defeating Tanisha Sullivan, president of NAACP Boston, to win the Democratic nomination. [3] Galvin has been Secretary since January 1, 1995. The last Republican to be elected to the position was Frederic Cook, in 1949. Galvin is the longest tenured secretary in the history of the Commonwealth, surpassing Cook.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Tanisha Sullivan, corporate attorney and president of NAACP Boston [2]

Endorsements

William Galvin

Labor unions

Newspapers

Tanisha Sullivan

U.S. representatives

State legislators

Mayors

Individuals

Organizations

Labor unions

Debate

2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth democratic primary debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
William Galvin Tanisha Sullivan
1Aug. 8, 2022 WBUR-FM Tiziana Dearing YouTube PP
1Aug. 10, 2022 WGBH-TV Jim Braude YouTube PP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		William
Galvin		Tanisha
Sullivan		OtherUndecided
UMass Amherst [19] August 26–29, 2022500 (LV)± 5.1%49%30%1%20%
UMass Lowell [20] August 16–25, 2022800 (LV)± 3.9%56%21%1%22%
Advantage, Inc. (R) [21] [A] August 22–23, 2022563 (LV)± 4.1%55%14%–31%
MassINC Polling Group (D) [22] [B] August 19–21, 2022401 (LV)± 4.9%53%20%1%23%
MassINC Polling Group [23] August 5–9, 2022520 (LV)± 5.1%43%15%3%38%
DAPA Research (D) [24] [C] Mid-July 2022300 (LV)± 5.7%49%23%–28%
UMass Amherst [25] June 15–21, 2022557 (LV)± 4.7%38%25%0%37%
MassINC Polling Group (D) [22] [B] June 2022– (LV)–52%15%3%29%

Results

Convention

Democratic convention vote, June 4 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tanisha Sullivan 2,578 62.4
Democratic William Galvin (incumbent)1,55337.5
Total votes4,131 100.0%

Primary

Democratic primary results [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William Galvin (incumbent) 524,947 70.15%
Democratic Tanisha Sullivan223,42029.85%
Total votes748,367 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Results

Republican primary results [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rayla Campbell 207,927 100.0%
Total votes207,927 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [29] Safe DDecember 1, 2021
Elections Daily [30] Safe DNovember 7, 2022

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Bill
Galvin (D)		Rayla
Campbell (R)		Juan
Sanchez (G-R)		OtherUndecided
UMass Amherst/YouGov [31] October 20–26, 2022700 (RV)± 4.3%58%30%4%2% [b] 6%
UMass Lowell/YouGov [32] October 18–25, 20221,000 (LV)± 4.1%58%24%3%–15%
Suffolk University [33] October 13–16, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%52%25%7%1% [c] 14%
Suffolk University [34] September 10–13, 2022500 (RV)± 4.4%53%19%6%1% [c] 22%

Results

2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic William Galvin (incumbent) 1,665,808 67.69% −3.13%
Republican Rayla Campbell722,02129.34%+4.01%
Green-Rainbow Juan Sanchez71,7172.91%−0.88%
Write-in 1,3960.06%-0.01%
Total votes2,460,942 100.0%
Democratic hold

By congressional district

Galvin won all nine congressional districts. [36]

DistrictGalvinCampbellRepresentative
1st 61%35% Richard Neal
2nd 66%30% Jim McGovern
3rd 65%32% Lori Trahan
4th 66%32% Jake Auchincloss
5th 76%21% Katherine Clark
6th 66%32% Seth Moulton
7th 83%12% Ayanna Pressley
8th 70%28% Stephen Lynch
9th 62%36% Bill Keating

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Other" with 2%
  3. 1 2 "Refused" with 1%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, a Republican-aligned group
  2. 1 2 Poll sponsored by Priorities for Progress, a Democratic-aligned group
  3. ↑ Poll sponsored by the National Association of Government Employees, which supports Galvin[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ "Mass. Voter turnout dipped in midterms, but beat official expectations". November 28, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Secretary of State William Galvin running for Re-election as He Seeks Record Eighth Term". The Boston Globe .
  3. ↑ "What You Need to Know About the Massachusetts State Primaries". Harvard Political Review . August 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ Kashinsky, Lisa. "5 things to watch at the MassGOP convention". www.politico.com. Politico . Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  5. ↑ "A final term for Bill Galvin". The Boston Globe. August 25, 2022. Archived from the original on August 25, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  6. ↑ Kashinsky, Lisa (July 28, 2022). "Soldiers' home reforms set". Politico . Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  7. ↑ Kashinsky, Lisa (June 2, 2022). "Bero plays his hand". www.politico.com. Politico . Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  8. ↑ Kashinsky, Lisa (June 22, 2022). "Healey's in pole position (again)". www.politico.com. Politico . Retrieved June 24, 2022.
  9. ↑ Kashinsky, Lisa (May 10, 2022). "Baker's a bump in the road to driver's license reform". www.politico.com. Politico . Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Kashinsky, Lisa (April 26, 2022). "Elizabeth Warren is not amused". www.politico.com. Politico . Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  11. 1 2 Kashinsky, Lisa (July 27, 2022). "The governor flexes his political muscle". Politico . Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  12. ↑ Kashinsky, Lisa (May 19, 2022). "Covid metrics are rising again. Now what?". www.politico.com. Politico . Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  13. ↑ "EMILY's List Endorses Tanisha Sullivan and Kim Driscoll for Election in Massachusetts". EMILY's List. August 26, 2022. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Dem. Delegates Back Sullivan over Galvin in Secretary Race".
  15. ↑ Kashinsky, Lisa (May 26, 2022). "Endorsements rev up as gas tax stalls, again". www.politico.com. Politico . Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  16. ↑ Kashinsky, Lisa (July 1, 2022). "Vaccination situation". Politico . Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  17. ↑ Kashinsky, Lisa (July 14, 2022). "Driscoll's gamble". Politico . Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Massachusetts". UAW Endorsements. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  19. ↑ UMass Amherst
  20. ↑ UMass Lowell
  21. ↑ Advantage, Inc. (R)
  22. 1 2 MassINC Polling Group (D)
  23. ↑ MassINC Polling Group
  24. ↑ DAPA Research (D)
  25. ↑ UMass Amherst
  26. ↑ Thomas, Kayleigh; Phillips, Amy (June 6, 2022). "2022 Massachusetts Democratic Convention full results". WWLP . Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  27. 1 2 "2022 primary elections". Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth . Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  28. ↑ "State GOP Hoping to Rebound from Losses".
  29. ↑ "Secretary of State Races: More Important Than Ever in 2022, and More Complicated, Too". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  30. ↑ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  31. ↑ UMass Amherst/YouGov
  32. ↑ UMass Lowell/YouGov
  33. ↑ Suffolk University
  34. ↑ Suffolk University
  35. ↑ "2022 Secretary of the Commonwealth General Election". Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Elections Division.
  36. ↑ https://www.davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::791f8174-e00d-4baf-9b0a-206a298eb28b

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