Michael Stanley Dukakis is an American retired lawyer and politician who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history,after Spiro Agnew. He was nominated by the Democratic Party for president in the 1988 election,losing to the Republican nominee,Vice President George H. W. Bush.
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.
Edward Joseph King was an American politician who served as the 66th Governor of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1983. A member of the Democratic Party until 1985,he then became a member of the Republican Party. Elected in the 1978 Massachusetts gubernatorial election,he lost the Democratic primary of the 1982 election to his predecessor Michael Dukakis.
The 1990 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1990. Incumbent Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis,his party's nominee for president in 1988,opted to not seek a fourth term. Republican Bill Weld won the open seat,beating Democrat John Silber to become the first Republican Governor of Massachusetts elected since 1970. This election was the first open-seat gubernatorial election in Massachusetts since 1960.
The 1986 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4,1986. Michael Dukakis was elected Governor of Massachusetts for a third term. He defeated Republican George Kariotis by a 69–31% margin. This would be the last time a Democrat was elected governor until 2006.
The Holyoke Transcript-Telegram,or T‑T,was an afternoon daily newspaper covering the city of Holyoke,Massachusetts,United States,and adjacent portions of Hampden County and Hampshire County.
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.
David J. Lucey was an American football player and coach and a civil servant who served as Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles from 1972-1974.
William A. Barnstead was an American businessman and politician who served as chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee from 1974 to 1975.
Otto Arnold Wahlrab was an American political figure who served as chairman of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee from 1972 to 1974.
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 7,1978 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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.
John Michael "Jack" Quinlan was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1965 to 1975.
The 1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1938.
The Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts is the head of the Executive Office of Administration and Finance,and serves as an advisor to the Governor of Massachusetts. Its current Secretary is Matthew Gorzkowicz,who has been serving since January 5,2023.
