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| Turnout | 86.16%[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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 County results Municipality resultsBowles: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Shannon: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1948 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948.Democratic nomineeChester Bowles narrowly defeated incumbentRepublicanJames C. Shannon with 49.31% of the vote.
Major party candidates
Other candidates
TheProgressive Party nominatedThomas I. Emerson as their gubernatorial candidate, but planned on withdraw if an acceptable candidate was selected by the Democrats.Chester B. Bowles was deemed as acceptable and Emerson withdrew.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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| Democratic | Chester Bowles | 431,746 | 49.31% | ||
| Republican | James C. Shannon (incumbent) | 429,071 | 49.00% | ||
| Socialist | Jasper McLevy | 12,662 | 1.45% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Joseph Mackay | 1,363 | 0.16% | ||
| Socialist Workers | Morris Chertov | 778 | 0.09% | ||
| Total votes | 875,620 | 100.00% | |||
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