• Source: 1958 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

    • The 1958 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1958. Democrat Foster Furcolo was elected Governor of Massachusetts for a second term, defeating Republican Charles Gibbons, Socialist Labor candidate Henning A. Blomen, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.


    Democratic primary




    = Candidates

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    Foster Furcolo, incumbent Governor


    = Results

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    Governor Furcolo was unopposed for renomination.


    Republican primary




    = Candidates

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    George Fingold, Massachusetts Attorney General (died August 31)


    Write-in candidates


    Charles Gibbons, former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and nominee for Lt. Governor in 1956
    Joseph P. McKay, Assistant Attorney General
    John Volpe, former Public Works Commissioner


    = Campaign

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    Attorney General George Fingold was unopposed in the Republican primary.
    On August 31, 1958, Fingold died unexpectedly at his home in Concord, Massachusetts. As his death occurred only nine days before the primary, Fingold was the only candidate for Governor on the Republican ballot. Former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Charles Gibbons, former State Public Works Commissioner John A. Volpe, and Assistant Attorney General Joseph P. McKay ran as write-in candidates.


    = Results

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    General election




    = Results

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    See also


    1957–1958 Massachusetts legislature


    References



    Hayden, Irving N.; Grove, Lawrence R. (1959). A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1959–1960. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company. pp. 298–99. Retrieved September 23, 2010.

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