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Elections in Massachusetts |
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Massachusetts portal |
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 6, 1962, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The election included:
Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held on September 18, 1962.
Democrat Endicott Peabody was elected over Republican incumbent John A. Volpe, Socialist Labor candidate Henning A. Blomen, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.
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Democrat Francis X. Belotti was elected Lieutenant Governor over Republican Francis W. Perry, Socialist Labor candidate Francis A. Votano, and Prohibition candidate Gaetano T. Maratea.
Perry was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Francis X. Belotti | 401,428 | 57.02% | |
Democratic | Herbert L. Connolly | 302,567 | 42.98% | |
Total votes | 703,995 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Francis X. Bellotti | 1,037,704 | 51.42% | ||
Republican | Francis W. Perry | 970,157 | 48.07% | ||
Socialist Labor | Francis A. Votano | 8,666 | 0.43% | ||
Prohibition | Gaetano T. Maratea | 1,508 | 0.08% | ||
Total votes | 2,018,035 | 100.00% |
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Incumbent attorney general Edward J. McCormack, Jr. did not run for re-election. Republican Edward Brooke defeated Democrat Francis E. Kelly to win the open race. Brooke became the first elected African-American Attorney General of any state in American history. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Francis E. Kelly | 254,557 | 34.44% | |
Democratic | James R. Lawton | 221,973 | 30.04% | |
Democratic | Margaret McGovern | 146,067 | 19.77% | |
Democratic | Thomas L. McCormack | 68,373 | 9.25% | |
Democratic | Matthew G. McGrath, Jr. | 47,952 | 6.49% | |
Write-in | 12 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edward Brooke | 238,147 | 54.88% | |
Republican | Elliot Richardson | 195,791 | 45.12% | |
Write-in | 14 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 100.00% |
In the general election, Brooke defeated Kelly, Socialist Workers candidate Edgar E. Gaudet, and Prohibition candidate Howard B. Rand.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Edward Brooke | 1,143,065 | 55.98% | 15.51 | |
Democratic | Francis E. Kelly | 883,710 | 43.28% | 15.53 | |
Socialist Workers | Edgar E. Gaudet | 9,591 | 0.47% | 0.03 | |
Prohibition | Howard B. Rand | 5,610 | 0.28% | 0.06 | |
Write-in | 14 | 0.00% | |||
Total votes | 2,041,990 | 100.00% |
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Incumbent Secretary of the Commonwealth Kevin White, defeated Republican Harris Reynolds, Socialist Labor candidate John Erlandson, and Prohibition candidate Julia Kohler in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Kevin White (incumbent) | 1,250,467 | 64.10% | 12.08 | |
Republican | Harris Reynolds | 713,708 | 36.58% | 10.63 | |
Socialist Workers | John Erlandson | 9,433 | 0.48% | ||
Prohibition | Julia Kohler | 7,201 | 0.40% | 0.11 | |
Write-in | 2 | 0.00% | |||
Total votes | 100.00% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John T. Driscoll (incumbent) | 464,731 | 65.98% | |
Democratic | John Francis Kennedy | 190,522 | 27.05% | |
Democratic | John M. Kennedy | 49,113 | 6.97% | |
Write-in | 1 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph B. Grossman | 282,765 | 70.59% | |
Republican | Francis Andrew Walsh | 117,793 | 29.14% | |
Write-in | 3 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John T. Driscoll | 1,225,754 | 61.72% | 3.58 | |
Republican | Joseph B. Grossman | 744,115 | 37.42% | 3.50 | |
Socialist Workers | Arne A. Sortell | 9,039 | 0.46% | 0.14 | |
Prohibition | Isaac Goddard | 7,074 | 0.36% | 0.02 | |
Write-in | 6 | 0.00% | |||
Total votes | 100.00% |
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Incumbent Auditor Thomas J. Buckley defeated Republican Phillip M. Walsh, Socialist Labor candidate Ethelbert Nevens, and Prohibition candidate Louise Metays in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Thomas J. Buckley (incumbent) | 1,343,625 | 67.65% | 1.65 | |
Republican | Phillip M. Walsh | 627,701 | 31.60% | 2.81 | |
Socialist Workers | Ethelbert Nevens | 8,874 | 0.45% | 0.11 | |
Prohibition | Louise Metays | 5,973 | 0.30% | 0.05 | |
Write-in | 9 | 0.00% | |||
Total votes | 1,986,182 | 100.00% |
Democrat Ted Kennedy was elected over Republican George C. Lodge, Independent H. Stuart Hughes, Socialist Labor candidate Lawrence Gilfedder, and Prohibition candidate Mark R. Shaw in a special election to fill the unexpired term of John F. Kennedy, who was elected President of the United States.
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Part of the 1962 United States elections | ||
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Elections in Massachusetts |
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Massachusetts portal |
A Massachusetts general election was held on November 6, 1962, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The election included:
Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held on September 18, 1962.
Democrat Endicott Peabody was elected over Republican incumbent John A. Volpe, Socialist Labor candidate Henning A. Blomen, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.
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Democrat Francis X. Belotti was elected Lieutenant Governor over Republican Francis W. Perry, Socialist Labor candidate Francis A. Votano, and Prohibition candidate Gaetano T. Maratea.
Perry was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Francis X. Belotti | 401,428 | 57.02% | |
Democratic | Herbert L. Connolly | 302,567 | 42.98% | |
Total votes | 703,995 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Francis X. Bellotti | 1,037,704 | 51.42% | ||
Republican | Francis W. Perry | 970,157 | 48.07% | ||
Socialist Labor | Francis A. Votano | 8,666 | 0.43% | ||
Prohibition | Gaetano T. Maratea | 1,508 | 0.08% | ||
Total votes | 2,018,035 | 100.00% |
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Incumbent attorney general Edward J. McCormack, Jr. did not run for re-election. Republican Edward Brooke defeated Democrat Francis E. Kelly to win the open race. Brooke became the first elected African-American Attorney General of any state in American history. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Francis E. Kelly | 254,557 | 34.44% | |
Democratic | James R. Lawton | 221,973 | 30.04% | |
Democratic | Margaret McGovern | 146,067 | 19.77% | |
Democratic | Thomas L. McCormack | 68,373 | 9.25% | |
Democratic | Matthew G. McGrath, Jr. | 47,952 | 6.49% | |
Write-in | 12 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Edward Brooke | 238,147 | 54.88% | |
Republican | Elliot Richardson | 195,791 | 45.12% | |
Write-in | 14 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 100.00% |
In the general election, Brooke defeated Kelly, Socialist Workers candidate Edgar E. Gaudet, and Prohibition candidate Howard B. Rand.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Edward Brooke | 1,143,065 | 55.98% | 15.51 | |
Democratic | Francis E. Kelly | 883,710 | 43.28% | 15.53 | |
Socialist Workers | Edgar E. Gaudet | 9,591 | 0.47% | 0.03 | |
Prohibition | Howard B. Rand | 5,610 | 0.28% | 0.06 | |
Write-in | 14 | 0.00% | |||
Total votes | 2,041,990 | 100.00% |
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Incumbent Secretary of the Commonwealth Kevin White, defeated Republican Harris Reynolds, Socialist Labor candidate John Erlandson, and Prohibition candidate Julia Kohler in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Kevin White (incumbent) | 1,250,467 | 64.10% | 12.08 | |
Republican | Harris Reynolds | 713,708 | 36.58% | 10.63 | |
Socialist Workers | John Erlandson | 9,433 | 0.48% | ||
Prohibition | Julia Kohler | 7,201 | 0.40% | 0.11 | |
Write-in | 2 | 0.00% | |||
Total votes | 100.00% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John T. Driscoll (incumbent) | 464,731 | 65.98% | |
Democratic | John Francis Kennedy | 190,522 | 27.05% | |
Democratic | John M. Kennedy | 49,113 | 6.97% | |
Write-in | 1 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph B. Grossman | 282,765 | 70.59% | |
Republican | Francis Andrew Walsh | 117,793 | 29.14% | |
Write-in | 3 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John T. Driscoll | 1,225,754 | 61.72% | 3.58 | |
Republican | Joseph B. Grossman | 744,115 | 37.42% | 3.50 | |
Socialist Workers | Arne A. Sortell | 9,039 | 0.46% | 0.14 | |
Prohibition | Isaac Goddard | 7,074 | 0.36% | 0.02 | |
Write-in | 6 | 0.00% | |||
Total votes | 100.00% |
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Incumbent Auditor Thomas J. Buckley defeated Republican Phillip M. Walsh, Socialist Labor candidate Ethelbert Nevens, and Prohibition candidate Louise Metays in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Thomas J. Buckley (incumbent) | 1,343,625 | 67.65% | 1.65 | |
Republican | Phillip M. Walsh | 627,701 | 31.60% | 2.81 | |
Socialist Workers | Ethelbert Nevens | 8,874 | 0.45% | 0.11 | |
Prohibition | Louise Metays | 5,973 | 0.30% | 0.05 | |
Write-in | 9 | 0.00% | |||
Total votes | 1,986,182 | 100.00% |
Democrat Ted Kennedy was elected over Republican George C. Lodge, Independent H. Stuart Hughes, Socialist Labor candidate Lawrence Gilfedder, and Prohibition candidate Mark R. Shaw in a special election to fill the unexpired term of John F. Kennedy, who was elected President of the United States.