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1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
country	Massachusetts
flag_year	1908
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1962 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
previous_year	1962
next_election	1966 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
next_year	1966
election_date	November 3, 1964
image1	File:John Volpe (1970).jpg
image_size	x150px
nominee1	John Volpe
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,176,462
percentage1	50.27%
image2	File:Francis X. Bellotti 1960s (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Francis Bellotti
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	1,153,416
percentage2	49.29%
map_image	{{switcher
default	1
map_size	250px
map_caption	Volpe:
Bellotti:
title	Governor
before_election	Endicott Peabody
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	John Volpe
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

|[[File:1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election results map by county.svg|300px]] |County results |[[File:1964 Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election by Municipality.svg|300px|]] |Municipality results Bellotti:

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.

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.

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Francis Bellotti, Lieutenant Governor
Pasquale Caggiano, former state representative from Lynn and perennial candidate
John J. Droney, Middlesex County District Attorney
Endicott Peabody, incumbent Governor

Declined

Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. attorney general and brother of John F. Kennedy (ran for U.S. Senate in New York)

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

John Volpe, former Governor

Defeated at convention

Philip A. Graham, state senator from Hamilton and Senate Minority Leader
Francis W. Perry, state representative from Duxbury and nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1962

Withdrew

Edward Brooke, attorney general of Massachusetts (withdrew ahead of convention; ran for re-election)

Results

Volpe ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

General election

Candidates

Francis Bellotti, Lieutenant Governor (Democratic)
John Volpe, former Governor (Republican)
Francis A. Votano (Socialist Labor)
Guy S. Williams (Prohibition)

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.

Results by county

County	John Volpe
Republican	Francis Bellotti
Democratic	All Others	Margin	Total votes	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	1,176,462	50.3%	1,153,416	49.3%	10,252	0.4%	12,046	1.0%	2,340,130
	Barnstable		24,007		67.9%		11,228		31.8%		116		0.4%		12,779		36.1%		35,351
	Berkshire		36,650		57.7%		26,475		41.7%		423		0.7%		10,175		16.0%		63,548
	Bristol		73,560		39.5%		111,818		60.1%		705		0.4%		-38,258		-20.6%		186,083
	Dukes		1,894		59.4%		1,285		40.3%		11		0.4%		609		19.1%		3,190
	Essex		138,334		48.9%		143,051		50.6%		1,355		0.5%		-4,717		-1.7%		282,740
	Franklin		13,302		51.9%		12,198		47.6%		128		0.5%		1,104		4.3%		25,628
	Hampden		83,554		47.3%		92,209		52.2%		1,035		0.5%		-8,655		-4.9%		176,798
	Hampshire		21,829		50.2%		21,414		49.3%		198		0.4%		415		0.9%		43,441
	Middlesex		319,252		55.3%		255,061		44.2%		2,641		0.5%		64,191		11.1%		576,954
	Nantucket		1,114		63.6%		635		36.2%		3		0.2%		479		27.4%		1,752
	Norfolk		147,298		57.5%		108,180		42.2%		900		0.3%		39,118		15.3%		256,378
	Plymouth		66,579		55.1%		53,785		44.5%		393		0.4%		12,794		10.6%		120,757
	Suffolk		120,013		40.6%		174,571		59.0%		1,289		0.4%		-54,558		-18.4%		295,873
	Worcester		129,076		47.5%		141,506		52.1%		1,052		0.4%		-12,430		25.2%		271,634

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Essex

References

"Massachusetts Election Statistics 1964".
(September 12, 1964). "Democrats Close Ranks Behind Lt. Gov. Bellotti". Hartford Courant.
"Our Campaigns - MA Governor - D Primary Race - Sep 15, 1964".
(14 Jun 1964). "Nominations Due in Massachusetts; Little Excitement Expected at Party Conventions". [[The New York Times]].
(November 5, 1964). "Republicans Gain One Governor's Mansion". Los Angeles Times.

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