1946 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1946 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
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Governor before election; Maurice J. Tobin; Democratic	Elected Governor; Robert F. Bradford; Republican

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The 1946 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946. Republican Robert F. Bradford defeated Democratic incumbent Maurice J. Tobin, Socialist Labor candidate Horace Hillis, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.

Democratic primary

Governor Tobin defeated Francis D. Harrigan, a senior partner with the law firm of Caulfield, Harrigan and Murray, associate editor of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's Law Journal, and a World War I veteran, for the Democratic nomination.^[1]^[2]

Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1946^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Maurice J. Tobin (incumbent)	194,529	75.70%
	Democratic	Francis D. Harrigan	62,418	24.30%

Republican primary

Lieutenant Governor Robert F. Bradford won the Republican gubernatorial nomination unopposed.^[3]

General election

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1946^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Robert F. Bradford	911,152	54.12%
Democratic	Maurice J. Tobin (incumbent)	762,743	45.30%
Socialist Labor	Horace Hillis	7,140	0.42%
Prohibition	Guy S. Williams	2,408	0.16%

References

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