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[14] [15] [16] On June 2, 2018, Zakim won the endorsement of the Massachusetts Democratic Party at its state convention, defeating Galvin, 55% to 45%. [17] Galvin subsequently defeated Zakim in the Democratic primary on September 4, with 67% of the vote. [18] On November 6, Galvin won re-election as Secretary of the Commonwealth. [19]
The secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Originally appointed under authority of the English Crown pursuant to the Charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company, the office of secretary of the Commonwealth (equivalent to "secretaries of state" in other U.S. jurisdictions) became an elective one in 1780.
The state has an open-meeting law enforced by the attorney general, and a public-records law enforced by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. [24] A 2008 report by the Better Government Association and National Freedom of Information Coalition ranked Massachusetts 43rd out of the 50 US states in government transparency.
Massachusetts Secretary of State elections (21 P) Pages in category "Secretaries of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
In North Dakota, the secretary of state is a member of, and ex officio secretary to, the Emergency Commission. [38] In Ohio, the secretary of state is a member of the Apportionment Board, which meets every decade following the decennial census to redraw boundaries for each of the 99 Ohio House and 33 Ohio Senate districts. Other members of the ...
Frederic White Cook (May 2, 1873 – November 16, 1951) was an American politician who served as the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1921 to 1949. As of 2023 he is the last Republican to ever serve in that office.
In an average year, 257 people die by guns in this state. But Healey has said that Massachusetts gun regulations needed updating in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2022 that she said ...
Michael Joseph Connolly (born April 20, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts) is a former politician who served as Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth from 1979 to 1994. An attorney by profession, Connolly was first elected to public office in 1973 when he won a seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. [3]