Democrat Francis X. Belotti was elected Attorney General. He defeated Republican Richard L. Wainwright and Libertarian Michael Reilly in the general election.
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution - The proposed constitutional amendment would remove the constitutional prohibition against the use of public funds to aid or maintain private primary or secondary schools.[5]
Proposed Legislative Amendment to the Constitution[6]
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Yes
708,034
37.90%
✓
No
1,160,130
62.10%
Question 2Edit
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution - The proposed constitutional amendment would allow the legislature to enact laws authorizing the state courts to impose the death penalty on the conviction of crimes to be specified by the law.[7]
Proposed Legislative Amendment to the Constitution[8]
Candidate
Votes
%
±
✓
Yes
1,131,668
60.02%
No
748,549
39.98%
Question 3Edit
Law Proposed by Initiative Petition - would require that before the construction or operation of any nuclear power plant or low-level radioactive waste storage or disposal facility in the Commonwealth, the legislature must make certain findings and a majority of voters must approve the facility at a statewide election.[9]
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A Massachusetts general election was held on November 2 1982 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1982 Massachusetts general election 1980 November 2 1982 1984 Part of the1982 United States electionsThe election included statewide elections for United States Senator Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Secretary of the Commonwealth Treasurer and Auditor district elections for U S Representatives State Representatives State Senators and Governor s Councillors and ballot questions at the state and local levels Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held September 14 1982 Contents 1 Governor amp Lieutenant Governor 2 Attorney general 3 Secretary of the Commonwealth 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 Treasurer and Receiver General 4 1 Candidates 4 2 Results 5 Auditor 5 1 Candidates 5 2 Results 6 United States Senator 7 Ballot questions 7 1 Question 1 7 2 Question 2 7 3 Question 3 7 4 Question 4 8 References 9 External linksGovernor amp Lieutenant Governor EditFurther information Massachusetts gubernatorial election 1982 Democrats Michael Dukakis and John Kerry were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor respectively over Republican candidates John W Sears and Leon Lombardi Attorney general Edit1982 Massachusetts Attorney General election 19781986 nbsp nbsp Nominee Francis Bellotti Richard L WainwrightParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 1 555 400 375 557Percentage 78 2 18 9 Attorney General before electionFrancis BellottiDemocratic Elected Attorney General Francis BellottiDemocraticDemocrat Francis X Belotti was elected Attorney General He defeated Republican Richard L Wainwright and Libertarian Michael Reilly in the general election Massachusetts Attorney General Election 1982 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Francis X Belotti incumbent 1 555 400 78 25 nbsp 0 18Republican Richard L Wainwright 375 557 18 89 nbsp 2 67Libertarian Michael Reilly 56 835 2 86 N AWrite in 36 0 00 nbsp 0 01Total votes 1 987 828 100 00 Secretary of the Commonwealth Edit1982 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election 19781986 nbsp nbsp Nominee Michael J Connolly Jody DeRoma DowParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 1 368 314 455 975Percentage 72 6 24 2 Secretary of the Commonwealth before electionMichael J ConnollyDemocratic Elected Secretary of the Commonwealth Michael J ConnollyDemocraticIncumbent Secretary of the Commonwealth Michael J Connolly defeated Republican Jody DeRoma Dow and Libertarian Robin D Zazula in the general election Candidates Edit Michael J Connolly incumbent Secretary of the Commonwealth Democratic Jody Deroma Dow Republican Robin Zazula Libertarian Results Edit Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Election 1982 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Michael J Connolly incumbent 1 368 314 72 62 nbsp 12 66Republican Jody DeRoma Dow 455 975 24 20 nbsp 15 82Libertarian Robin D Zazula 60 003 3 18 N AWrite in 43 0 00 nbsp 0 02Total votes 1 884 335 100 00 Treasurer and Receiver General Edit1982 Massachusetts Treasurer election 19781986 nbsp nbsp Nominee Robert Q Crane Mary J LeClairParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 1 338 150 506 200Percentage 70 4 26 6 Treasurer and Receiver General before electionRobert Q CraneDemocratic Elected Treasurer and Receiver General Robert Q CraneRepublicanIncumbent Treasurer and Receiver General Robert Q Crane defeated Barnstable County Treasurer Mary J LeClair and Libertarian Freda L Nason in the general election Candidates Edit Robert Q Crane incumbent Treasurer and Receiver General Democratic Mary J LeClair Barnstable County Treasurer Republican Freda L Nason Libertarian Results Edit Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver General Election 1982 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Robert Q Crane incumbent 1 338 150 70 42 nbsp 10 18Republican Mary J LeClair 506 200 26 64 nbsp 13 12Libertarian Freda L Nason 55 763 2 93 N AWrite in 57 0 03 nbsp 0 03Total votes 1 900 170 100 00 Auditor Edit1986 Massachusetts Auditor election 19821990 nbsp nbsp Nominee John J Finnegan Michael S RobertsonParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 1 225 427 535 463Percentage 66 9 29 3 Auditor before electionJohn J FinneganDemocratic Elected Auditor John J FinneganDemocraticIncumbent Auditor John J Finnegan defeated Republican Michael S Robertson and Libertarian Donald E Washburn in the general election Candidates Edit John J Finnegan interim Auditor since 1981 Democratic Michael S Robertson nominee for U S Senate in 1976 Republican Donald E Washburn Libertarian Results Edit Massachusetts Auditor General Election 1982 4 Party Candidate Votes Democratic John J Finnegan incumbent 1 225 427 66 94 nbsp 2 03Republican Michael S Robertson 535 463 29 25 nbsp 5 84Libertarian Donald E Washburn 69 795 3 81 N AWrite in 31 0 00 nbsp Total votes 1 830 685 100 00 United States Senator EditFurther information Massachusetts United States Senate election 1982 Democratic incumbent Ted Kennedy was re elected over Republican Ray Shamie and Libertarian Howard S Katz Ballot questions EditQuestion 1 Edit Proposed Amendment to the Constitution The proposed constitutional amendment would remove the constitutional prohibition against the use of public funds to aid or maintain private primary or secondary schools 5 Proposed Legislative Amendment to the Constitution 6 Candidate Votes Yes 708 034 37 90 No 1 160 130 62 10 Question 2 Edit Proposed Amendment to the Constitution The proposed constitutional amendment would allow the legislature to enact laws authorizing the state courts to impose the death penalty on the conviction of crimes to be specified by the law 7 Proposed Legislative Amendment to the Constitution 8 Candidate Votes Yes 1 131 668 60 02 No 748 549 39 98 Question 3 Edit Law Proposed by Initiative Petition would require that before the construction or operation of any nuclear power plant or low level radioactive waste storage or disposal facility in the Commonwealth the legislature must make certain findings and a majority of voters must approve the facility at a statewide election 9 Law Proposed by Initiative Petition 10 Candidate Votes Yes 1 249 462 67 45 No 602 955 32 55 Question 4 Edit Referendum on an Existing Law The law requires that a refundable deposit be paid for certain beverage containers sold in Massachusetts 11 Referendum on an Existing Law 12 Candidate Votes Yes 1 143 955 59 10 No 791 846 40 90 References Edit Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 Massachusetts Election Statistics 1982 External links Edit Nov 2 1982 general election PD43 Massachusetts Election Statistics Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 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