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1940-11-05 Gubernatorial Election Results for Massachusetts


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County Turnout Leverett Saltonstall*
(R)		 Paul Dever
(D)		 Otis Hood
(Communist)		 Jeffrey Campbell
(Socialist)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 69% 999,22349.7% 993,63549.4% 5,5470.3% 4,6230.2% 7,4810.4% 5,588 2,010,509
Total R vote: 999,223 (49.7%)      Total D vote: 993,635 (49.4%)      Total Other vote: 17,651 (0.9%)
* incumbent

Other candidates included: Henning Blomen (Socialist Labor), 3,463 votes ; Tallmadge Root (Prohibition), 2,320 votes


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Leverett Saltonstall* 304,689 100.0%
    Other 62 0.0%
TOTAL VOTES 304,751  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Paul Dever 239,273 66.2%
2   Francis Kelly 122,061 33.8%
    Other 10 0.0%
TOTAL VOTES 361,344