2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election

See also: 2022 Massachusetts elections

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.^[2] 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.

2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election

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Turnout	51.4%[1]
Nominee William Galvin Rayla Campbell Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,665,808 722,021 Percentage 67.69% 29.34%
County results Municipality results Congressional district results Precinct results 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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• William Galvin, incumbent secretary of the commonwealth^[2]

Eliminated in primary

• Tanisha Sullivan, corporate attorney and president of NAACP Boston^[2]

Endorsements

William Galvin

Labor unions

• Massachusetts AFL–CIO^[3]

Newspapers

• The Boston Globe^[4]

Tanisha Sullivan

U.S. representatives

• Joe Kennedy III, former U.S. representative from Massachusetts's 4th congressional district (2013–2021)^[5]
• Seth Moulton, U.S. representative from Massachusetts's 6th congressional district (2015–)^[6]
• Ayanna Pressley, U.S. representative from Massachusetts's 7th congressional district (2019–)^[7]

State legislators

• Julian Cyr, state senator from the Cape and Islands district (2017–)^[8]

Mayors

• Katjana Ballantyne, mayor of Somerville^[9]
• Nicole LaChapelle, mayor of Easthampton^[10]
• Sumbul Siddiqui, mayor of Cambridge^[9]
• Greg Verga, mayor of Gloucester^[10]

Individuals

• Barbara F. Lee, philanthropist^[11]

Organizations

• EMILY's List^[12]
• Massachusetts Democratic Party^[13]
• Our Revolution Massachusetts^[14]

Labor unions

• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103^[15]
• Service Employees International Union Local 509 & 1199SEIU^[16]
• United Auto Workers^[17]

Debate

2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealthy democratic primary debate

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
1	Aug. 10, 2022	WGBH-TV	Jim Braude	YouTube	P	P

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	William Galvin	Tanisha Sullivan	Other	Undecided
UMass Amherst[18]	August 26–29, 2022	500 (LV)	± 5.1%	49%	30%	1%	20%
UMass Lowell[19]	August 16–25, 2022	800 (LV)	± 3.9%	56%	21%	1%	22%
Advantage, Inc. (R)[20][A]	August 22–23, 2022	563 (LV)	± 4.1%	55%	14%	–	31%
MassINC Polling Group (D)[21][B]	August 19–21, 2022	401 (LV)	± 4.9%	53%	20%	1%	23%
MassINC Polling Group[22]	August 5–9, 2022	520 (LV)	± 5.1%	43%	15%	3%	38%
DAPA Research (D)[23][C]	Mid-July 2022	300 (LV)	± 5.7%	49%	23%	–	28%
UMass Amherst[24]	June 15–21, 2022	557 (LV)	± 4.7%	38%	25%	0%	37%
MassINC Polling Group (D)[21][B]	June 2022	– (LV)	–	52%	15%	3%	29%

Results

Convention

Democratic convention vote, June 4^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tanisha Sullivan	2,578	62.4
	Democratic	William Galvin (incumbent)	1,553	37.5
Total votes			4,131	100.0%

Primary

Democratic primary results^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Galvin (incumbent)	524,947	70.15%
	Democratic	Tanisha Sullivan	223,420	29.85%
Total votes			748,367	100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Rayla Campbell, former dental assistant and insurance claims manager and write-in candidate for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district in 2020^[27]

Results

Republican primary results^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rayla Campbell	207,927	100.0%
Total votes			207,927	100.0%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[28]	Safe D	December 1, 2021
Elections Daily[29]	Safe D	November 7, 2022

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Bill Galvin (D)	Rayla Campbell (R)	Juan Sanchez (G-R)	Other	Undecided
UMass Amherst/YouGov[30]	October 20–26, 2022	700 (RV)	± 4.3%	58%	30%	4%	2%[b]	6%
UMass Lowell/YouGov[31]	October 18–25, 2022	1,000 (LV)	± 4.1%	58%	24%	3%	–	15%
Suffolk University[32]	October 13–16, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	52%	25%	7%	1%[c]	14%
Suffolk University[33]	September 10–13, 2022	500 (RV)	± 4.4%	53%	19%	6%	1%[c]	22%

Results

2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Galvin won all nine congressional districts.^[35]

District	Galvin	Campbell	Representative
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

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Other" with 2%
3. "Refused" with 1%

Partisan clients

1. This poll was sponsored by the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance, a Republican-aligned group
2. This poll was sponsored by Priorities for Progress, a Democratic-aligned group
3. This poll was sponsored by the National Association of Government Employees, which supports Galvin