2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election


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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Results

By congressional district

Galvin won all nine congressional districts.
DistrictGalvinCampbellRepresentative
61%35%Richard Neal
66%30%Jim McGovern
65%32%Lori Trahan
66%32%Jake Auchincloss
76%21%Katherine Clark
66%32%Seth Moulton
83%12%Ayanna Pressley
70%28%Stephen Lynch
62%36%Bill Keating