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OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline 00, 1940 - 05:00pm
Polls Open November 05, 1940 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 05, 1940 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 1941 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 1943 - 12:00pm
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifiedRMF October 18, 2009 11:43pm
Data SourcesCongressional Quarterly Guide to U S Elections
American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Glashan
Massachusetts Election Statistics 1942, p. 4
County-level Results From [Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/08/1938
NameLeverett Saltonstall Votes941,465 (53.31%)
Term01/04/1939 - 01/03/1941 Margin147,581 (+8.36%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 17, 1940 MA Governor - D Primary Paul A. Dever
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

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Name (I) Gov. Leverett Saltonstall Attorney General Paul A. Dever Otis Archer Hood Jeffrey W. Campbell Henning A. Blomen E. Tallmadge Root (W) Others
PartyRepublican Democratic Communist Socialist Socialist Labor Prohibition Other
Votes999,223 (49.74%) 993,635 (49.46%) 5,547 (0.28%) 4,623 (0.23%) 3,463 (0.17%) 2,320 (0.12%) 9 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -5,588 (-0.28%) -993,676 (-49.47%) -994,600 (-49.51%) -995,760 (-49.57%) -996,903 (-49.63%) -999,214 (-49.74%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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