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The1970 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. Acting GovernorFrancis W. Sargent was elected to a four-year term.[1] He defeated incumbentBoston MayorKevin H. White in the general election.[2]
This was the first Massachusetts election in which the governor and lieutenant governor were elected as a ticket rather than separately.
Acting Governor Francis Sargent was unopposed for renomination.
With Sargent's support, Dwight won the endorsement of the state party at the Republican convention.[3] State Rep.Martin A. Linsky was Sargent's original choice for the nomination, however two weeks before the convention, Linsky dropped out of the race after it was revealed that police officers had once stopped his car and informed him that the woman he was traveling with was a prostitute. After Linsky dropped out, Sargent endorsed Dwight.[4]
Donahue won the vote of the state convention held on June 15 at theCurry Hicks Cage. Donahue received 697 votes, White received 589, and the remaining 78 went to Bellotti.[5]
Despite losing at the convention, White went on to win the Democratic primary, defeating Donahue by 12,940 votes.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kevin H. White | 231,605 | 32.94% | |
| Democratic | Maurice A. Donahue | 218,665 | 31.10% | |
| Democratic | Francis X. Bellotti | 164,313 | 23.37% | |
| Democratic | Kenneth O'Donnell | 59,970 | 8.53% | |
| Write-In | All Others | 24 | <0.01% | |
| Blank ballots | 28,528 | 4.06% | ||
| Total votes | 703,105 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Michael S. Dukakis | 283,849 | 40.37% | |
| Democratic | James McCormack | 150,901 | 21.46% | |
| Democratic | Rocco Antonelli | 79,348 | 11.29% | |
| Democratic | Kathleen Ryan Dacey | 54,205 | 7.71% | |
| Democratic | John J. Craven Jr. | 48,300 | 6.87% | |
| Write-In | All Others | 12 | <0.01% | |
| Blank ballots | 86,490 | 12.30% | ||
| Total votes | 703,105 | 100% | ||
Sargent defeated White by 259,354 votes. He won 11 of the Massachusetts' 14 counties and beat White in his home city of Boston 54–45%.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Francis W. Sargent (incumbent) | 1,058,623 | 51.80% | −10.78% | |
| Democratic | Kevin H. White | 799,269 | 39.12% | +2.24% | |
| Socialist Labor | Henning A. Blomen | 6,747 | 0.33% | +0.01% | |
| Prohibition | John C. Hedges | 3,189 | 0.16% | −0.06% | |
| Write-In | All Others | 78 | <0.01% | 0.00% | |
| Blank ballots | 175,381 | 8.59% | -6.90% | ||
| Total votes | 2,043,287 | 100% | -1.61% | ||
| 1970 United States gubernatorial election in Massachusetts (by county)[10] | |||||||||
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| County | Sargent % | Sargent # | White % | White # | Others % | Others # | Blanks % | Blanks # | Total # |
| Barnstable | 68.8% | 27,941 | 24.7% | 10,051 | 0.3% | 113 | 6.2% | 2,521 | 40,626 |
| Berkshire | 48.8% | 24,967 | 36.3% | 18,573 | 1% | 478 | 13.9% | 7,100 | 51,118 |
| Bristol | 42.0% | 68,994 | 44.5% | 73,024 | 0.2% | 365 | 13.3% | 21,790 | 164,173 |
| Dukes | 59.3% | 1,731 | 27.4% | 800 | 0.3% | 10 | 13% | 378 | 2,919 |
| Essex | 51.9% | 131,265 | 37.5% | 94,779 | 0.3% | 748 | 10.3% | 25,886 | 252,678 |
| Franklin | 54.1% | 12,328 | 34.5% | 7,848 | 0.5% | 129 | 10.9% | 2,475 | 22,780 |
| Hampden | 38.9% | 58,656 | 48.6% | 73,200 | 1% | 1,466 | 11.5% | 17,346 | 150,668 |
| Hampshire | 44.9% | 18,179 | 45.4% | 18,393 | 0.3% | 132 | 9.4% | 3,801 | 40,505 |
| Middlesex | 55.2% | 283,312 | 37.1% | 190,617 | 0.5% | 2,486 | 7.2% | 36,697 | 513,112 |
| Nantucket | 59.9% | 854 | 31.8% | 453 | 0.2% | 3 | 8.1% | 115 | 1,425 |
| Norfolk | 60.9% | 142,806 | 32.8% | 77,036 | 0.3% | 825 | 6% | 14,015 | 234,682 |
| Plymouth | 60.1% | 67,294 | 32.5% | 36,424 | 0.3% | 311 | 7,992 | 112,021 | |
| Suffolk | 50.0% | 113,801 | 42.5% | 96,636 | 1% | 2,179 | 6.5% | 14,915 | 227,531 |
| Worcester | 46.5% | 106,495 | 44.3% | 101,435 | 0.3% | 769 | 8.9% | 20,350 | 229,049 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
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