as "Silber Shockers". Lieutenant Governor Candidates Marjorie Clapprood, State Representative from Sharon William B. Golden, State Senator from Weymouth Nicholas Paleologos, State Representative from Woburn Declined Evelyn Murphy, incumbent Lieutenant Governor (to run for Governor) Results Clapprood easily won the nomination, defeating her nearest opponent by over 22%. Republican primary Governor Candidates Steven Pierce, State Representative from Westfield William Weld, former United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Eliminated at convention Paul W. Cronin, former U.S Representative from Andover Withdrew Guy Carbone, former commissioner of the Metropolitan District Commission (to run for Attorney General) Len Umina, resident of Marlborough (to run as an independent) Declined Paul Cellucci, State Senator from Hudson (to run for Lieutenant Governor) Edward J. King, former Governor Campaign At the Republican Convention, Pierce received 2,672 votes (52.6%), Weld received 1,845 (36.3%), and Cronin received 563 (11.1%). Cronin was not able to run in the primary because he did not receive the 15% necessary to make the ballot. Pierce received enough votes to have a "supermajority", which made Pierce the officially endorsed candidate of the Republican Party. During the campaign, Weld attacked Pierce's anti-abortion stance while Pierce claimed that Weld had changed his position on abortion. Pierce also touted his ability to win a House seat in a Democratic district, while Weld had lost to the Democratic front-runner for governor Francis Bellotti in the 1978 Attorney General's race. Results Despite losing the convention and trailing Pierce in the polls, Weld was able to come-from-behind and defeated Pierce in the Republican primary. Lieutenant Governor Candidates Paul Cellucci, State Senator from Hudson (running with Weld) Peter G. Torkildsen, State Representative from Danvers (running with Pierce) Results State Senator Paul Cellucci, Weld's running mate, defeated State Representative Peter G. Torkildsen, Pierce's running mate, for the Republican nomination. General election Candidates John Silber, President of Boston University (Democratic) Leonard Umina, software executive (Independent High Tech) Bill Weld, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and U.S. Assistant Attorney General (Republican) Leonard Umina, a 38-year old computer executive, ran under the Independent High Tech Party banner. The Independent High Tech Party, of which Umina was a founding member, campaigned on a platform of establishing an independent state agency that would store all government documents on a publicly-accessible mainframe to ensure government accountability and transparency. On economic issues, the High Tech Party refuted the economic policies of the Reagan years and