2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election

2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election

November 8, 2022
Turnout51.4%
 
Nominee William Galvin Rayla Campbell
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,665,808 722,021
Percentage 67.69% 29.34%

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. Primary elections were held on September 6, with Galvin defeating Tanisha Sullivan, president of NAACP Boston, to win the Democratic nomination. Galvin has been Secretary since January 1, 1995. The last Republican to be elected to the position was Frederic Cook, in 1949. Galvin is the longest tenured secretary in the history of the Commonwealth, surpassing Cook.