1964_Massachusetts_gubernatorial_election

1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

Election

The 1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Governor Endicott Peabody ran for re-election, but was defeated by then-Lieutenant Governor Francis X. Bellotti in the Democratic Party primary. Bellotti went on to lose the general election to former Governor John Volpe.[1]

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The race between Volpe and Bellotti was the first time in Massachusetts history that the two major parties backed sons of Italian immigrants for governor.[2]

This was the final election held before the governor's term of office was extended from two to four years.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declined

Results

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Republican primary

Candidates

Defeated at convention

  • Philip A. Graham, State Senator from Hamilton and Senate Minority Leader[4]
  • Francis W. Perry, State Representative from Duxbury and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1962[4]

Withdrew

  • Edward Brooke, Attorney General of Massachusetts (withdrew ahead of convention, ran for re-election)[4]

Results

Volpe ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

General election

Results

Volpe defeated Bellotti by less than 25,000 votes. Volpe's victory came in a year in which Democrats gained seats in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and Lyndon Johnson won the presidential election in a landslide.[5]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    Massachusetts Election Statistics 1964. p. 438.
  2. [2]
    "Democrats Close Ranks Behind Lt. Gov. Bellotti". Hartford Courant. September 12, 1964.
  3. [3]
    "Our Campaigns - MA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 15, 1964". www.ourcampaigns.com.
  4. [4]
    "Nominations Due in Massachusetts; Little Excitement Expected at Party Conventions". The New York Times. June 14, 1964. p. 56.
  5. [5]
    "Republicans Gain One Governor's Mansion". Los Angeles Times. November 5, 1964.
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