A Massachusetts general election was held on November 6, 1962, in the
.
The election included:
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statewide elections for
United States Senator
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,
Governor
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,
Lieutenant Governor
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,
Attorney General
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,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Treasurer
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Government
The treasury o ...
, and
Auditor
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;
*
district elections for
U.S. Representatives
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,
State Representatives,
State Senators, and
Governor's Councillors; and
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ballot questions at the state and local levels.
Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held on September 18, 1962.
Governor
Democrat
Endicott Peabody
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was elected over Republican incumbent
John A. Volpe, Socialist Labor candidate
Henning A. Blomen
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, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.
Lieutenant governor
Democrat
Francis X. Belotti was elected Lieutenant Governor over Republican Francis W. Perry, Socialist Labor candidate Francis A. Votano, and Prohibition candidate Gaetano T. Maratea.
Republican primary
Candidates
*Francis W. Perry,
State Representative
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from
Duxbury
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Results
Perry was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Francis X. Bellotti, attorney and candidate for
Norfolk County District Attorney in 1958
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Herbert L. Connolly, auto dealer
=Disqualified
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*Pasquale Caggiano, perennial candidate
=Declined
=
*
Edward F. McLaughlin Jr.
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, incumbent Lt. Governor (to run for governor)
)
Results
General election
Results
Attorney general
Incumbent
attorney general
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In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have exec ...
Edward J. McCormack, Jr.
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did not run for re-election. Republican Edward Brooke defeated Democrat
Francis E. Kelly to win the open race. Brooke became the first elected African-American Attorney General of any state in American history.
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Democratic primary
Candidates
*
Francis E. Kelly, former Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General
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James R. Lawton, State Representative from
Brockton
* Thomas L. McCormack
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Margaret McGovern
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Early life
McGovern was born in Boston in 1924. Her parents, Joseph and Adele ...
, attorney and candidate for Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1960
* Matthew G. McGrath, Jr.
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
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Edward Brooke
Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American politician of the Republican Party, who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 until 1979. Prior to serving in the Senate, he served as th ...
, Chairman of the
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and nominee for Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1960
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Elliot Richardson
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, former
U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
Results
General election
In the general election, Brooke defeated Kelly, Socialist Workers candidate Edgar E. Gaudet, and Prohibition candidate
Howard B. Rand.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Incumbent
Secretary of the Commonwealth Kevin White, defeated Republican Harris Reynolds, Socialist Labor candidate John Erlandson, and Prohibition candidate Julia Kohler in the general election.
General election
Results
Treasurer and Receiver-General
Democratic primary
Candidates
*
John T. Driscoll, incumbent Treasurer and Receiver-General
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John Francis Kennedy, former Treasurer and Receiver-General (1957–61) and candidate for governor in 1960
*John M. Kennedy
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*
Joseph B. Grossman, businessman and former State Representative
*Francis Andrew Walsh
Results
General election
Results
Auditor
Incumbent
Auditor
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Thomas J. Buckley defeated Republican Phillip M. Walsh, Socialist Labor candidate Ethelbert Nevens, and Prohibition candidate Louise Metays in the general election.
United States Senator
Democrat
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Politics
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**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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Ted Kennedy
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was elected over
Republican
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George C. Lodge
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,
Independent
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H. Stuart Hughes
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Early life
Hughes was born on May 16, 1916, in New York City, the son of Marjory Bruce Stuart and C ...
,
Socialist Labor candidate Lawrence Gilfedder, and
Prohibition
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candidate
Mark R. Shaw in a special election to fill the unexpired term of
John F. Kennedy
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, who was elected
President of the United States
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.
References
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