Francis Williams Sargent was an American politician who served as the 64th governor of Massachusetts from 1969 to 1975. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the 63rd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1967 to 1971. In 1969,he became acting governor when John A. Volpe resigned to become Secretary of Transportation under the Nixon Administration. In 1970,he was elected governor in his own right,defeating the Democratic Party's nominee Kevin White. He lost reelection in 1974 to Democrat Michael Dukakis,who would go on to be the Democratic Party's nominee for President in 1988.
Paul Andrew Dever was an American Democratic politician from Boston,Massachusetts. He served as the 58th Governor of Massachusetts and was its youngest-ever Attorney General. Among his notable accomplishments was the construction of Boston’s circumferential highway Route 128,then called "Dever’s Folley," which was later expanded to Interstate 95,one of the most used national highways.
The 1984 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 6,to elect a member of the U.S. Senate from the State of Massachusetts. The election was won by Democrat John Kerry,the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts,who remained Senator until 2013,when he resigned to become United States Secretary of State. One-term incumbent Democratic Senator Paul Tsongas declined to seek re-election after developing cancer.
Donald Rathbun Dwight is an American newspaper executive and politician who served as the 64th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1971 to 1975.
The United States Senate election of 1972 in Massachusetts was held on November 7,1972. Incumbent Republican Senator Edward Brooke defeated Democratic nominee John Droney in a landslide. As of 2024,this remains the last time that a Republican has been elected to Massachusetts’s Class 2 Senate seat and the last time a Republican has been elected to either Senate seat for a full term. This was also the last time until 2010 that a Republican would win any U.S. Senate election in the state. This election was the first time ever that an African-American United States senator was re-elected to the United States Senate.
The 2010 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2,2010. Incumbent Democratic Governor Deval Patrick was re-elected to a second term.
The 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7,1978. Former Massachusetts Port Authority executive director Edward J. King was elected to a four-year term,from January 4,1979,until January 6,1983. King won the Democratic nomination by defeating incumbent governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis in the Democratic primary.
The 1974 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5,1974. Michael Dukakis was elected to a four-year term,from January 2,1975 until January 4,1979. He defeated incumbent Governor of Massachusetts Francis W. Sargent in the general election.
The 1970 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 3,1970. Acting Governor Francis W. Sargent was elected to a four-year term. He defeated incumbent Boston Mayor Kevin H. White in the general election.
The 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the governor of Massachusetts,concurrently with the election of Massachusetts' Class II U.S. Senate seat,and other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Gordon M. Nelson was an American political activist who served as chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee from 1976 to 1980.
William A. Barnstead was an American businessman and politician who served as chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee from 1974 to 1975.
The 1974 Massachusetts general election was held on November 5,1974,throughout Massachusetts. Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held September 10,1974.
William Irvin Cowin was an American jurist,politician,and state cabinet secretary who served as Massachusetts Secretary of Consumer Affairs from 1971 to 1972 and Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance from 1972 to 1974. He was a candidate for State Attorney General in 1974 and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 1978.
Carroll P. Sheehan (1925–2016) was an American real estate executive and political figure who was a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1974.
John J. Buckley III was an American politician who served as Sheriff of Middlesex County Massachusetts from 1970 to 1980.
Martin A. Linsky is a professor at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and a co-founder with Ronald A. Heifetz of Cambridge Leadership Associates. He served as Chief Secretary/Counselor to Massachusetts Governor William Weld from 1992 to 1995 and has published extensively on leadership,management,politics,and education.
The 2018 Massachusetts gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Republican governor Charlie Baker and lieutenant governor Karyn Polito sought reelection to a second term in office,facing Democratic challengers Jay Gonzalez and Quentin Palfrey,respectively. Candidates were selected in the primary election held on September 4,2018.
The 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Massachusetts. Republican former state representative Geoff Diehl,Democratic state attorney general Maura Healey,and Libertarian Kevin Reed sought to succeed incumbent governor Charlie Baker,who did not seek re-election after two terms. The race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election and the only race in which the incumbent was retiring despite being eligible for re-election.
The 1926 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2,1926.
