A Massachusetts general election was held on November 6, 1962, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The election included: statewide elections for United States Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer, and Auditor; district elections for U.S. Representatives, State Representatives, State Senators, and Governor's Councillors; and ballot questions at the state and local levels.
Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held on September 18, 1962.
Governor
Democrat Endicott Peabody was elected over Republican incumbent John A. Volpe, Socialist Labor candidate Henning A. Blomen, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.
Lieutenant governor
Democrat Francis X. Belotti was elected Lieutenant Governor over Republican Francis W. Perry, Socialist Labor candidate Francis A. Votano, and Prohibition candidate Gaetano T. Maratea.
Republican primary Candidates Francis W. Perry, State Representative from Duxbury
Results Perry was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Democratic primary Candidates Francis X. Bellotti, attorney and candidate for Norfolk County District Attorney in 1958 Herbert L. Connolly, auto dealer
Disqualified Pasquale Caggiano, perennial candidate
Declined Edward F. McLaughlin Jr., incumbent Lt. Governor (to run for governor))
Results
General election Results
Attorney general
Incumbent attorney general Edward J. McCormack, Jr. did not run for re-election. Republican Edward Brooke defeated Democrat Francis E. Kelly to win the open race. Brooke became the first elected African-American Attorney General of any state in American history. .
Democratic primary Candidates Francis E. Kelly, former Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General James R. Lawton, State Representative from Brockton Thomas L. McCormack Margaret McGovern, attorney and candidate for Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1960 Matthew G. McGrath, Jr.
Results
Republican primary Candidates Edward Brooke, Chairman of the Boston Finance Commission and nominee for Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1960 Elliot Richardson, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts
Results
General election In the general election, Brooke defeated Kelly, Socialist Workers candidate Edgar E. Gaudet, and Prohibition candidate Howard B. Rand.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Incumbent Secretary of the Commonwealth Kevin White, defeated Republican Harris Reynolds, Socialist Labor candidate John Erlandson, and Prohibition candidate Julia Kohler in the general election.
General election Results
Treasurer and Receiver-General
Democratic primary Candidates John T. Driscoll, incumbent Treasurer and Receiver-General John Francis Kennedy, former Treasurer and Receiver-General (1957–61) and candidate for governor in 1960 John M. Kennedy
Results
Republican primary Candidates Joseph B. Grossman, businessman and former State Representative Francis Andrew Walsh Results
General election Results
Auditor
Incumbent Auditor Thomas J. Buckley defeated Republican Phillip M. Walsh, Socialist Labor candidate Ethelbert Nevens, and Prohibition candidate Louise Metays in the general election.
United States Senator
Democrat Ted Kennedy was elected over Republican George C. Lodge, Independent H. Stuart Hughes, Socialist Labor candidate Lawrence Gilfedder, and Prohibition candidate Mark R. Shaw in a special election to fill the unexpired term of John F. Kennedy, who was elected President of the United States.
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