1970 Massachusetts general election

Republicans Francis W. Sargent and Donald R. Dwight were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, over Democrats Kevin White and Michael Dukakis.

Secretary of the Commonwealth John Davoren, who was appointed by the Massachusetts General Court to fill the unexpired term of Kevin White, defeated Republican Mary Newman, Socialist Labor candidate Edgar E. Gaudet, and Prohibition candidate Murvin Becker in the general election.

General election

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Election, 1970[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Davoren	1,001,528	53.84%	16.19
	Republican	Mary Newman	831,150	44.68%	15.64
	Socialist Labor	Edgar E. Gaudet	17,445	0.94%	0.33
	Prohibition	Murvin Becker	10,165	0.55%	0.07
	Write-in	All others	5	0.00%
Total votes			1,860,293	100.00%

Attorney General Robert H. Quinn, who was appointed by the Massachusetts General Court to fill the unexpired term of Elliot Richardson, was elected to a full term. He defeated Republican Donald L. Conn.

General election

Massachusetts Attorney General Election, 1970[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert H. Quinn	1,174,512	62.22%	14.91
	Republican	Donald L. Conn	697,010	36.92%	14.92
	Socialist Labor	Willy N. Hogseth	16,257	0.86%	0.86
	Write-in	All others	24	0.00%
Total votes			1,887,803	0.00%

Incumbent Treasurer and Receiver-General Robert Q. Crane defeated Republican Frederick Hannon, Socialist Labor candidate Roy K. Nelson, and Prohibition candidate John B. Lauder in the general election.

General election

Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General Election, 1970[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Q. Crane	1,188,633	65.61%	3.06
	Republican	Frederick Hannon	592,934	32.73%	3.26
	Socialist Labor	Roy K. Nelson	20,667	1.14%	0.16
	Prohibition	John B. Lauder	9,457	0.52%	0.04
	Write-in	All others	6	0.00%

Incumbent Auditor Thaddeus M. Buczko defeated Republican Frank P. Bucci, Socialist Labor candidate Raymond Gray, and Prohibition candidate Roger I. Williams in the general election.

Massachusetts Auditor General Election, 1970[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Thaddeus M. Buczko	1,222,783	66.87%	9.79
	Republican	Frank P. Bucci	574,178	31.40%	10.45
	Socialist Labor	Raymond Gray	18,184	0.99%	0.34
	Prohibition	Roger I. Williams	13,373	0.73%	0.31
	Write-in	All others	2	0.00%

Democrat Ted Kennedy was re-elected to a second full term in office over Republican Josiah Spaulding.

All of Massachusetts' twelve seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.

Ten seats were won by candidates seeking re-election.

The 3rd District seat was won by Robert Drinan, who defeated incumbent Philip J. Philbin in the Democratic primary election. Philbin unsuccessfully campaigned as an independent candidate in the general election. The 9th District seat was won by Louise Day Hicks after incumbent John W. McCormack did not seek re-election.