Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1974

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Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1974
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Turnout74.64% Decrease2.svg 0.53 [1]
  Governor Dukakis speaks at the 1976 Democratic National Convention (cropped).jpg Governor Francis Sargent.jpg
Nominee Michael Dukakis Francis W. Sargent
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Thomas P. O'Neill III Donald R. Dwight
Popular vote992,284784,353
Percentage53.50%42.29%
Massachusetts gubernatorial election results by municipality, 1974.svg
Municipal results
Governor before election

Francis W. Sargent
Republican

Elected Governor

Michael Dukakis
Democratic

The 1974 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. Michael Dukakis was elected to a four-year term, from January 4, 1975 until January 4, 1979. [2] He defeated incumbent Governor of Massachusetts Francis W. Sargent in the general election. [3]

Michael Dukakis American politician

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Contents

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared
Francis Sargent Governor of Massachusetts

Francis Williams Sargent was an American politician who served as the 64th Governor of Massachusetts from 1969-75.

Carroll P. Sheehan was an American real estate executive and political figure who was a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in 1974.

Results

1974 Massachusetts Republican gubernatorial primary [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Francis W. Sargent 124,25063.32%
Republican Carroll Sheehan 71,93636.66%
Write-inAll others460.02%

Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Lieutenant Governor Donald R. Dwight was unopposed in the Republican Primary.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Declared
Robert H. Quinn American politician

Robert Henry Quinn was a Massachusetts attorney and politician.

Results

Primary results by municipality Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial primary results by municipality, 1974.svg
Primary results by municipality
1974 Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial primary [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Michael Dukakis 444,59057.67%
Democratic Robert H. Quinn 326,38542.33%
Write-inAll others460.01%

Lieutenant Governor

Candidates

Declared
Thomas P. ONeill III Massachusetts politician

Thomas Phillip O'Neill III leads a public relations and government affairs firm called O'Neill and Associates in Boston. He is the son of Mildred Anne Miller and Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr., who served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987.

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives position

The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. The Speaker is the political and parliamentary leader of the House of Representatives, and is simultaneously the House's presiding officer, de facto leader of the body's majority party, and the institution's administrative head. Speakers also perform various other administrative and procedural functions. Given these several roles and responsibilities, the Speaker usually does not personally preside over debates. That duty is instead delegated to members of the House from the majority party. Neither does the Speaker regularly participate in floor debates.

Tip ONeill American politician

Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American politician who served as the 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, representing northern Boston, Massachusetts, as a Democrat from 1953 to 1987. The only Speaker to serve for five complete consecutive Congresses, he is the third longest-serving Speaker in American history after Sam Rayburn and Henry Clay in terms of total tenure, and longest-serving in terms of continuous tenure.

Results [6]

1974 Massachusetts Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Thomas P. O'Neill III 250,25935.69%
Democratic Christopher A. Iannella 190,58727.18%
Democratic Eva Hester97,66513.93%
Democratic John P. Lynch81,87411.68%
Democratic Thomas Martin Sullivan80,74511.52%
Write-inAll others150.00%

General election

Dukakis defeated Sargent by 207,931 votes. [8] It was the first gubernatorial victory for the Massachusetts Democratic Party since 1962.

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1974
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Democratic Michael Dukakis
(Thomas P. O'Neill III)		992,28453.50%
Republican Francis W. Sargent
(Donald R. Dwight)		784,35342.29%
American Leo F. Kahian
(Nicholas J. Greco)		63,0833.40%
Socialist Workers Donald Gurewitz
(Ollie Bivins)		15,0110.81%

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References

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1974".
  2. ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51797
  3. ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51798
  4. ↑ Massachusetts Election Statistics 1974.
  5. ↑ Massachusetts Election Statistics 1974.
  6. ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=557227
  7. ↑ Massachusetts Election Statistics 1974.
  8. ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=51798
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