1944 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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1944 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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  1942 November 7, 1944 1946  
  Maurice J. Tobin (1).jpg 1935 Horace Cahill Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Nominee Maurice J. Tobin Horace T. Cahill
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,048,284897,708
Percentage53.6%46.0%

1944 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
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Tobin:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Cahill:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

Governor before election

Leverett Saltonstall
Republican

Elected Governor

Maurice J. Tobin
Democratic

The 1944 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Republican governor Leverett Saltonstall did not run for reelection, choosing instead to run in the United States Senate special election to succeed Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. In the open race to succeed him, Democratic mayor of Boston Maurice J. Tobin defeated Republican lieutenant governor Horace T. Cahill.

Contents

Republican primary

Horace T. Cahill ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

Democratic primary

Boston mayor Maurice J. Tobin defeated state treasurer Francis X. Hurley for the Democratic nomination for Governor.

Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1944 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Maurice J. Tobin 131,889 62.51%
Democratic Francis X. Hurley 79,08437.49%

General election

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1944 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Maurice J. Tobin 1,048,284 53.6%
Republican Horace T. Cahill 897,70846.0%
Socialist Labor Henning A. Blomen 5,1760.3%
Prohibition Guy S. Williams2,9880.2%

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References

  1. Election Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1944. 1943–1945. p.  178.
  2. Dubin, Michael. United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1932-1952. p. 110.