William F. Galvin
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Education
- Bachelor's degree, Boston College (1972)
- Juris Doctorate, Suffolk University Law School (1975)
Political experience
Bill Galvin began his political career in the midst of attending law school, working as an aide to the Massachusetts Governor's Council. In 1975, the same year he graduated from Suffolk University Law School, he won a special election to the Massachusetts General Court as a state representative from the Allston-Brighton district. Galvin held onto that position until 1990 when he won the Democratic Party's nomination in the race for Treasurer; he was later defeated in the general election by Republican Joe Malone.
Galvin has been an active participant in the National Association of Secretaries of State, serving first as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Securities, then as Co-Chairman of the Committee on Presidential Primaries.
2006 election
While it had been widely rumored that Galvin would run for Governor of Massachusetts in 2006 as a Democrat, he announced at the end of 2005 that he will instead seek re-election as Secretary of State. Voting rights advocate John Bonifaz had already declared that he would run for the office, and stayed in the race to challenge Galvin for re-election. However, Galvin defeated Bonifaz in the September 19th Democratic primary. Galvin defeated Green-Rainbow Party candidate Jill Stein, a medical doctor and environmental health advocate who ran for Governor in 2002, in the November general election.
The Democratic primary race received relatively little attention or press coverage for most of 2006, but in the last few weeks before election, a controversy over Galvin's refusal to debate his opponent broke into the news with a front page story in the Boston Sunday Globe.[1] This is the first time a front page story appeared about this race in any major Boston paper.
Controversies
2008 UOCAVA violation
As Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Department of Justice found Bill Galvin to have acted in violation of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) of 2002, failing to report and collect the number of sent and returned absentee ballots from overseas military personnel registered to vote in the state of Massachusetts. Following an investigation by the United States Department of Justice, a settlement was reached to force Galvin to comply with the law.[2]
Electoral history
- 2002 Race for Secretary of State - Democratic Primary[3]
- William Galvin ran unopposed in the primary
| 2002 Race for Secretary of State - General Election[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
 William F. Galvin (D)
| 74% | |||
| Jack E. Robinson, III (R) | 26% | |||
| Total votes | 100% | |||
| 2006 Race for Secretary of State - Democratic Primary[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| William F. Galvin (D)
| 83.1% | |||
| John Bonifaz (D) | 16.9% | |||
| Total votes | 100% | |||
| 2006 Race for Secretary of State - General Election[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| William F. Galvin (D)
| 73% | |||
| Jill E. Stein (Green) | 15.8% | |||
| Write Ins | 11.2% | |||
| Total votes | 100% | |||
Family life
William Galvin currently resides in Brighton, Massachusetts with his wife, Eileen, and their teenage daughter, Bridget.
Contact Information
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Citizen Information Service
One Ashburton Place, Room 1611
Boston, MA 02108-1512
Tel: (617) 727-7030
Toll Free: 1-800-392-6090
TTY: (617) 878-3889
Fax: (617) 742-4528
E-mail: cis@sec.state.ma.us
External links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
References
- ↑ Boston.com
- ↑ United States Department of Justice
- ↑ Massachusetts Elections Division - 2002 Democratic Primary Election Results
- ↑ Massachusetts Elections Division - 2002 General Election Results
- ↑ Massachusetts Elections Division - 2006 Democratic Primary Election Results
- ↑ Massachusetts Elections Division - 2006 General Election Results
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