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1994 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1994 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
country	Massachusetts
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1990 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
previous_year	1990
election_date	November 8, 1994
next_election	1998 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
next_year	1998
turnout	70.05% 5.8
image1	File:William F. Weld (MA) (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Bill Weld
party1	Republican Party (United States)
running_mate1	Paul Cellucci
popular_vote1	1,533,390
percentage1	70.9%
map_image	{{switcher
default	1
map_size	250px
map_caption	Weld:
Roosevelt:
title	Governor
before_election	Bill Weld
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Bill Weld
after_party	Republican Party (United States)
image2	File:1987 Mark Roosevelt Massachusetts House of Representatives (cropped).png
image_size	x150px
nominee2	Mark Roosevelt
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
running_mate2	Bob Massie
popular_vote2	611,650
percentage2	28.3%

|[[File:1994_Massachusetts_gubernatorial_election_results_map_by_county.svg|300px]] |County results |[[File:1994 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election by Municipality.svg|300px|]] |Municipality results Roosevelt:

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, winning every single county and all but 6 of the state's 351 municipalities. As of 2024, 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 voted for the Republican candidate for governor.

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Bill Weld, incumbent governor

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Paul Cellucci, incumbent lieutenant governor

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

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

George A. Bachrach, former state senator from Watertown
Michael J. Barrett, state senator from Cambridge
Mark Roosevelt, state representative from the Back Bay and member of the Roosevelt family

In 1987, 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.

Declined

Joseph P. Kennedy II, U.S. representative (1987–1999) In 1993 a Boston Globe poll showed Kennedy within one percentage point of popular incumbent William Weld in a hypothetical gubernatorial match-up, prompting prominent state Democrats to try and recruit him for the race.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1993/2/22/kennedy-wont-run-pcambridge-democratic-leaders/|title=Kennedy Won't Run |work= The Harvard Crimson| publisher= | first= Wendy M.

Results

Primary results by municipality

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Bob Massie, activist
Marc Draisen, state representative from Roslindale

Results

General election

Debates

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Republican	Democratic	Key:
Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn	Republican Party (US)}}"		Democratic Party (US)}}"	Bill Weld	Mark Roosevelt	1	2
Oct. 18. 1994	Boston Herald
WCVB-TV	Natalie Jacobson	[C-SPAN](https://www.c-span.org/video/?60959-1/massachusetts-gubernatorial-debate)
Oct. 26. 1994	The Boston Globe
WBZ-TV	Liz Walker
Jack Williams	[C-SPAN](https://www.c-span.org/video/?61130-1/massachusetts-gubernatorial-debate)

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 modern 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.

Results by county

County	Weld - R %	Weld - R #	Roosevelt - D %	Roosevelt - D #	Others %	Others #	Total #
Barnstable	73.2%	68,719	24.0%	22,576	2.8%	2,604	93,899
Berkshire	60.9%	30,430	35.3%	17,618	3.8%	1,919	49,967
Bristol	63.8%	105,751	31.2%	51,702	5.1%	8,413	165,866
Dukes	62.4%	3,748	33.4%	2,007	4.2%	255	6,010
Essex	72.4%	189,618	24.1%	63,019	3.5%	9,237	261,874
Franklin	66.6%	18,226	30.0%	8,217	3.4%	927	27,370
Hampden	72.4%	109,631	23.0%	34,860	4.5%	6,840	151,331
Hampshire	62.1%	33,965	33.8%	18,449	4.1%	2,239	54,653
Middlesex	67.8%	376,503	28.7%	159,190	3.6%	19,875	555,568
Nantucket	71.2%	2,131	26.5%	794	2.3%	70	2,995
Norfolk	69.4%	187,155	26.9%	72,479	3.8%	10,201	269,835
Plymouth	73.5%	123,320	23.1%	38,747	3.4%	5,744	167,811
Suffolk	57.0%	99,615	36.5%	63,716	6.5%	11,352	174,683
Worcester	73.7%	184,578	23.3%	58,306	3.0%	7,490	250,374

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Berkshire
Bristol
Dukes
Hampden
Suffolk

References

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