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The2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect theMassachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.IncumbentDemocratWilliam Galvin won re-election to an eighth term.[2] Primary elections were held on September 6, with Galvin defeating Tanisha Sullivan, president ofNAACPBoston, to win theDemocratic nomination.[3] Galvin has been Secretary since January 1, 1995. The lastRepublican to be elected to the position wasFrederic Cook, in 1949. Galvin is the longest tenured secretary in the history of the Commonwealth, surpassing Cook.
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| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
| William Galvin | Tanisha Sullivan | |||||
| 1 | Aug. 8, 2022 | WBUR-FM | Tiziana Dearing | YouTube | P | P |
| 2 | Aug. 10, 2022 | WGBH-TV | Jim Braude | YouTube | P | P |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | William Galvin | Tanisha Sullivan | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMass Amherst[20] | August 26–29, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 49% | 30% | 1% | 20% |
| UMass Lowell[21] | August 16–25, 2022 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 56% | 21% | 1% | 22% |
| Advantage, Inc. (R)[22][A] | August 22–23, 2022 | 563 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 55% | 14% | – | 31% |
| MassINC Polling Group (D)[23][B] | August 19–21, 2022 | 401 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 53% | 20% | 1% | 23% |
| MassINC Polling Group[24] | August 5–9, 2022 | 520 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 43% | 15% | 3% | 38% |
| DAPA Research (D)[25][C] | Mid-July 2022 | 300 (LV) | ± 5.7% | 49% | 23% | – | 28% |
| UMass Amherst[26] | June 15–21, 2022 | 557 (LV) | ± 4.7% | 38% | 25% | 0% | 37% |
| MassINC Polling Group (D)[23][B] | June 2022 | – (LV) | – | 52% | 15% | 3% | 29% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tanisha Sullivan | 2,578 | 62.4 | |
| Democratic | William Galvin (incumbent) | 1,553 | 37.5 | |
| Total votes | 4,131 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William Galvin (incumbent) | 524,947 | 70.15% | |
| Democratic | Tanisha Sullivan | 223,420 | 29.85% | |
| Total votes | 748,367 | 100.0% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Rayla Campbell | 207,927 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 207,927 | 100.0% | ||
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[31] | Safe D | December 1, 2021 |
| Elections Daily[32] | Safe D | November 7, 2022 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Bill Galvin (D) | Rayla Campbell (R) | Juan Sanchez (G-R) | Other | Undecided |
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| UMass Amherst/YouGov[33] | October 20–26, 2022 | 700 (RV) | ± 4.3% | 58% | 30% | 4% | 2%[b] | 6% |
| UMass Lowell/YouGov[34] | October 18–25, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 58% | 24% | 3% | – | 15% |
| Suffolk University[35] | October 13–16, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 52% | 25% | 7% | 1%[c] | 14% |
| Suffolk University[36] | September 10–13, 2022 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 53% | 19% | 6% | 1%[c] | 22% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | William Galvin (incumbent) | 1,665,808 | 67.69% | −3.13% | |
| Republican | Rayla Campbell | 722,021 | 29.34% | +4.01% | |
| Green-Rainbow | Juan Sanchez | 71,717 | 2.91% | −0.88% | |
| Write-in | 1,396 | 0.06% | -0.01% | ||
| Total votes | 2,460,942 | 100.0% | |||
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Galvin won all nine congressional districts.[38]
| District | Galvin | Campbell | Representative |
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| 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 |
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