1994 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1994 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

November 8, 1994
Turnout	70.05% 5.8
Nominee Bill Weld Mark Roosevelt Party Republican Democratic Running mate Paul Cellucci Bob Massie Popular vote 1,533,390 611,650 Percentage 70.9% 28.3%
Results by town. Red indicates towns carried by William Weld, blue indicates towns carried by Mark Roosevelt.
Governor before election Bill Weld Republican Elected Governor Bill Weld Republican

The 1994 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Weld won reelection as Governor of Massachusetts by the largest margin in state history.

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared

• Bill Weld, incumbent Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Declared

• Paul Cellucci, incumbent Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Governor Bill Weld and Lieutenant Governor Paul Cellucci were unopposed for renomination.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared

• George A. Bachrach, former State Senator
• Michael J. Barrett, State Senator
• Mark Roosevelt, State Representative and the great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt

In 1988, Barrett succeeded Bachrach as the Senator from the Middlesex and Suffolk District. The district was composed of Cambridge, Belmont, Watertown, and the Allston-Brighton neighborhood of Boston.

Results

Primary results by municipality

Massachusetts Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Roosevelt	215,061	47.91%
	Democratic	George Bachrach	120,567	26.86%
	Democratic	Michael J. Barrett	111,199	24.77%
Total votes			446,827	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Declared

• Bob Massie, activist
• Marc Draisen, State Representative

Results

Massachusetts Democratic Lt. Gubernatorial Primary, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Massie	193,508	52.66%
	Democratic	Marc Draisen	173,896	47.34%
Total votes			367,404	100.00%

General election

Polling

Source	Date	Weld (R)	Roosevelt (D)
Boston Herald	Oct. 2, 1994	60%	29%

Results

Governor Weld defeated Democrat Mark Roosevelt by a 71%–28% margin, the largest gubernatorial margin of victory in Massachusetts history.

Roosevelt won only six municipalities statewide (Amherst, Cambridge, Leverett, Otis, Shutesbury and Wendell). All six municipalities voted for Weld in 1990, meaning that he won every municipality in the state in a gubernatorial election.

As of 2018, this is the most recent election in which Boston, Somerville, Lawrence, Chelsea, Brookline, Northampton, Provincetown, Monterey, Great Barrington, Ashfield, Williamstown, Williamsburg, Shelburne, Sunderland, and Pelham each voted for the Republican candidate for governor.

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1994

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Weld (incumbent)	1,533,390	70.85%
	Democratic	Mark Roosevelt	611,650	28.26%

Other races

• Republican Joe Malone was re-elected as Treasurer over Democrat Shannon O'Brien.
• William F. Galvin was elected Secretary of the Commonwealth for the first time.