1944 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

1944 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

← 1942 November 7, 1944 1946 →
 
Nominee Maurice J. Tobin Horace T. Cahill
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,048,284 897,708
Percentage 53.6% 46.0%

Tobin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Cahill:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Governor before election

Leverett Saltonstall
Republican

Elected Governor

Maurice J. Tobin
Democratic

The 1944 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944. Incumbent Republican governor Leverett Saltonstall did not run for reelection, choosing instead to run in the United States Senate special election to succeed Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. In the open race to succeed him, Democratic mayor of Boston Maurice J. Tobin defeated Republican lieutenant governor Horace T. Cahill.


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