1974 Massachusetts elections

Democrats Michael Dukakis and Thomas P. O'Neill III were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, over Republican incumbents Francis W. Sargent and Donald R. Dwight.

1974 Massachusetts Attorney General election

Nominee Francis Bellotti Josiah Spaulding Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 912,244 894,754 Percentage 49.7% 48.7%

Attorney General before election Robert H. Quinn Democratic Elected Attorney General Francis Bellotti Democratic

Attorney General Robert H. Quinn declined to run for re-election and instead ran for Governor. In the open primary to fill his seat, former Lt. Governor Francis X. Bellotti won the Democratic nomination.

Bellotti defeated Republican nominee Josiah Spaulding in a close race.

General election

1974 Massachusetts Attorney General election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Francis X. Belotti	912,244	49.67%	12.55
	Republican	Josiah Spaulding	894,754	48.71%	11.79
	Socialist Workers	Jeanne Lafferty	29,749	1.62%	0.76
	Write-in		20	0.00%
Total votes			1,836,767	100.00%

1974 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth election

Nominee Paul Guzzi John M. Quinlan Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,155,636 636,203 Percentage 64.5% 35.5%

Secretary of the Commonwealth before election John Davoren Democratic Elected Secretary of the Commonwealth Paul Guzzi Democratic

Secretary of the Commonwealth John Davoren was defeated in the Democratic primary by Paul Guzzi. Guzzi went on to defeat Republican State Senator John M. Quinlan in the general election.

General election

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Election, 1974[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul Guzzi	1,155,636	64.49%	10.65
	Republican	John M. Quinlan	636,203	35.51%	9.17
	Write-in	All others	48	0.00%
Total votes			1,791,887	100.00%

1974 Massachusetts Treasurer Democratic primary

Nominee Robert Q. Crane Charles Mark Furcolo Party Democratic Democratic Popular vote 355,216 340,882 Percentage 51.0% 49.0%

Treasurer and Receiver-General before election Robert Q. Crane Democratic Elected Treasurer and Receiver-General Robert Q. Crane Republican

Incumbent Treasurer and Receiver-General Robert Q. Crane defeated Charles Mark Furcolo in the Democratic Primary.

Erna Ballantine ran an unsuccessful sticker campaign for the Republican nomination.[7]

General election

Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver-General Election, 1974[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Robert Q. Crane (incumbent)	1,387,119	99.97%	34.36
	Write-in		382	0.03%	0.03
Total votes			1,387,501	100.00%

Incumbent Auditor Thaddeus M. Buczko was unopposed in the Democratic primary and the general election.

General election

Massachusetts Auditor General Election, 1974 [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Thaddeus M. Buczko (incumbent)	1,369,431	99.99%	33.12
	Write-in		196	0.01%	0.01
Total votes			1,369,627	100.00%

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 Joseph D. Early, who succeeded retiring Democrat Harold Donohue. The 5th District seat was won by Democrat Paul Tsongas, who defeated incumbent Republican Paul W. Cronin.