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1956-11-06 Gubernatorial Election Results for Massachusetts


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County Turnout Foster Furcolo
(D)		 Sumner Whittier
(R)		 Henning Blomen
(Socialist Labor)		 Mark Shaw
(Prohibition)		 Other Margin TOTAL
County data not available.
TOTAL 69% 1,234,61852.8% 1,096,75946.9% 5,7990.2% 2,6920.1% 160.0% 137,859 2,339,884
Total R vote: 1,096,759 (46.9%)      Total D vote: 1,234,618 (52.8%)      Total Other vote: 8,507 (0.4%)
* incumbent


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Sumner Whittier 286,013 100.0%
TOTAL VOTES 286,013  


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes %
1   Foster Furcolo 358,051 73.1%
2   Thomas Buckley 131,496 26.9%
    Other 9 0.0%
TOTAL VOTES 489,556