A Massachusetts general election was held on November 6, 1962, in the

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. The election included: * statewide elections for

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, Secretary of the Commonwealth,

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, and

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; * 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

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was elected over Republican incumbent

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, Socialist Labor candidate

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, 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,

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from

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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

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Edward J. McCormack, Jr. did not run for re-election. Republican Edward Brooke defeated Democrat

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to win the open race. Brooke became the first elected African-American Attorney General of any state in American history. .

Democratic primary

Candidates

, former Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General * James R. Lawton, State Representative from Brockton * Thomas L. McCormack *

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, attorney and candidate for Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1960 * Matthew G. McGrath, Jr.

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Edward Brooke Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979. He was the first African American elected to t ...

, Chairman of the

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and nominee for Secretary of the Commonwealth in 1960 *

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, 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

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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

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

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was elected over Republican George C. Lodge,

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H. Stuart Hughes,

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candidate Lawrence Gilfedder, and

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candidate

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in a special election to fill the unexpired term of

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, who was elected

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References

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