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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2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth General Election Results by Municipality.svg
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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] Galvin has been Secretary since January 1, 1995. The last Republican to be elected to the position was Frederic Cook, in 1949. As of 2023, 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 Commonwealthy 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 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn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 [18] August 26–29, 2022500 (LV)± 5.1%49%30%1%20%
UMass Lowell [19] August 16–25, 2022800 (LV)± 3.9%56%21%1%22%
Advantage, Inc. (R) [20] [A] August 22–23, 2022563 (LV)± 4.1%55%14%–31%
MassINC Polling Group (D) [21] [B] August 19–21, 2022401 (LV)± 4.9%53%20%1%23%
MassINC Polling Group [22] August 5–9, 2022520 (LV)± 5.1%43%15%3%38%
DAPA Research (D) [23] [C] Mid-July 2022300 (LV)± 5.7%49%23%–28%
UMass Amherst [24] June 15–21, 2022557 (LV)± 4.7%38%25%0%37%
MassINC Polling Group (D) [21] [B] June 2022– (LV)–52%15%3%29%

Results

Convention

Democratic convention vote, June 4 [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tanisha Sullivan 2,578 62.4
Democratic William Galvin (incumbent)1,55337.5
Total votes4,131 100.0%

Primary

Democratic primary results [26]
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 [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rayla Campbell 207,927 100.0%
Total votes207,927 100.0%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [28] Safe DDecember 1, 2021
Elections Daily [29] 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 [30] October 20–26, 2022700 (RV)± 4.3%58%30%4%2% [b] 6%
UMass Lowell/YouGov [31] October 18–25, 20221,000 (LV)± 4.1%58%24%3%–15%
Suffolk University [32] October 13–16, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%52%25%7%1% [c] 14%
Suffolk University [33] September 10–13, 2022500 (RV)± 4.4%53%19%6%1% [c] 22%

Results

2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election [34]
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. [35]

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. ↑ This poll was sponsored by the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, a Republican-aligned group
  2. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Priorities for Progress, a Democratic-aligned group
  3. ↑ This poll was sponsored by the National Association of Government Employees, which supports Galvin

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