See also: 2022 Massachusetts elections.
| Election Name: | 2022 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Massachusetts elections#Secretary of the Commonwealth |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealthelection |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Image1: | WFGalvin Official Portrait.png |
| Nominee1: | William Galvin |
| Party1: | Massachusetts Democratic Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,665,808 |
| Percentage1: | 67.7% |
| Nominee2: | Rayla Campbell |
| Party2: | Massachusetts Republican Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 722,021 |
| Percentage2: | 29.3% |
| Secretary of the Commonwealth | |
| Before Election: | William Galvin |
| Before Party: | Massachusetts Democratic Party |
| After Election: | William Galvin |
| After Party: | Massachusetts Democratic Party |
| Turnout: | 51.4%[1] |
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.[2] Galvin has been Secretary since 1995. The last Republican to be elected to the position was Frederic Cook, in 1949. Only Cook has served a longer tenure as Secretary.
| Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Democratic | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn | |||||||
| William Galvin | Tanisha Sullivan | ||||||
| 1 | Aug. 8, 2022 | WBUR-FM | Tiziana Dearing | YouTube | |||
| 1 | Aug. 10, 2022 | WGBH-TV | Jim Braude | YouTube | |||
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | William Galvin | Tanisha Sullivan | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMass Amherst | August 26–29, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 49% | 30% | 1% | 20% | ||
| UMass Lowell | August 16–25, 2022 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 56% | 21% | 1% | 22% | ||
| Advantage, Inc. (R) | August 22–23, 2022 | 563 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 55% | 14% | – | 31% | ||
| MassINC Polling Group (D) | August 19–21, 2022 | 401 (LV) | ± 4.9% | 53% | 20% | 1% | 23% | ||
| MassINC Polling Group | August 5–9, 2022 | 520 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 43% | 15% | 3% | 38% | ||
| DAPA Research (D) | Mid-July 2022 | 300 (LV) | ± 5.7% | 49% | 23% | – | 28% | ||
| UMass Amherst | June 15–21, 2022 | 557 (LV) | ± 4.7% | 38% | 25% | 0% | 37% | ||
| MassINC Polling Group (D) | June 2022 | – (LV) | – | 52% | 15% | 3% | 29% |
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] | December 1, 2021 | |
| Elections Daily[5] | November 7, 2022 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Bill Galvin (D) | Rayla Campbell (R) | Juan Sanchez (G-R) | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UMass Amherst/YouGov | October 20–26, 2022 | 700 (RV) | ± 4.3% | 58% | 30% | 4% | 2% | 6% | ||
| UMass Lowell/YouGov | October 18–25, 2022 | 1,000 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 58% | 24% | 3% | – | 15% | ||
| Suffolk University | October 13–16, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 52% | 25% | 7% | 1% | 14% | ||
| Suffolk University | September 10–13, 2022 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 53% | 19% | 6% | 1% | 22% |