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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]
Party 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%

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