1994 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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.
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| Turnout | 70.05%  5.8 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Results by town. Red indicates towns carried by William Weld, blue indicates towns carried by Mark Roosevelt. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary
Declared
- Bill Weld, incumbent Governor
Declared
- Paul Cellucci, incumbent Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Governor Bill Weld and Lieutenant Governor Paul Cellucci were unopposed for renomination.
Democratic primary
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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% | ||
Declared
- Bob Massie, activist
- Marc Draisen, State Representative
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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) |
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| 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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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.