AMassachusetts general election was held on November 7, 1978 in theCommonwealth of Massachusetts .
The election included:
Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held September 14, 1978.
Governor and lieutenant governor [ edit ] Democrats Edward J. King andThomas P. O'Neill III were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, overRepublican candidatesFrancis W. Hatch, Jr. andWilliam I. Cowin .
1978 Massachusetts Attorney General election
DemocratFrancis X. Belotti was electedAttorney General . He defeated RepublicanBill Weld in the general election.
Secretary of the Commonwealth [ edit ] 1978 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election
Incumbent Secretary of the CommonwealthPaul Guzzi sought election to the U.S. Senate, leaving his office vacant for the next term.
State RepresentativeMichael J. Connolly defeatedLois Pines , Anthony J. Vigliotti,James Hennigan , David E. Crosby,William J. Galvin Jr. , and John Fulham in the Democratic primary and RepublicanJohn W. Sears in the general election.
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Democratic Primary, 1978[ 2] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Michael J. Connolly 192,641 25.81% Democratic Lois Pines 185,504 24.85% Democratic Anthony J. Vigliotti 103,895 13.91% Democratic James Hennigan 80,402 10.77% Democratic David E. Crosby 78,372 10.50% Democratic William J. Galvin Jr. 67,180 9.00% Democratic John Fulham 38,337 5.13% Write-in 12 0.00% Total votes 746,383 100.00% Blank {{{candidate}}} 156,876 — Turnout 903,259 100.00%
Treasurer and Receiver-General [ edit ] 1978 Massachusetts Treasurer election
IncumbentTreasurer and Receiver-General Robert Q. Crane defeatedLawrence DiCara , Paul Cacchiotti, Dayce Moore, Thomas Lopes, and Lawrence Blacke in the Democratic Primary and RepublicanLewis Crampton in the general election.
1978 Massachusetts Auditor election
IncumbentAuditor Thaddeus M. Buczko defeatedPeter Meade in the Democratic primary and Republican Timothy F. O'Brien in the general election.
O'Brien replaced William A. Casey as the Republican nominee after Casey dropped out of the race. After conservative Edward J. King defeatedMichael Dukakis for the Democratic nomination for governor, Casey chose to drop-out and support theanti-abortion King over the pro-choice Republican nominee Francis Hatch.[ 6]
O'Brien was selected by theState Committee over attorney Ralph Barbagallo, Jr. and William Sargent, the son of former GovernorFrancis W. Sargent .[ 6]
United States Senator [ edit ] Democratic Democratic CongressmanPaul E. Tsongas was elected over incumbentRepublican Edward Brooke .
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