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Election
The
1974 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
was held on November 5, 1974.
Michael Dukakis
was elected to a four-year term, from January 2, 1975 until January 4, 1979. He defeated incumbent
Governor of Massachusetts
Francis W. Sargent
in the general election.
As of 2024, this is the most recent year in which the incumbent governor of Massachusetts lost the general election. (Two governors, Dukakis and
Edward J. King
, lost the Democratic nomination to each other in
1978
and
1982
, respectively. In
2002
, acting Governor
Jane Swift
ran for election but withdrew after polls showed her trailing
Mitt Romney
for the Republican nomination.)
Republican primary
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Lieutenant governor
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Incumbent lieutenant governor
Donald R. Dwight
was unopposed in the Republican Primary.
Democratic primary
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Governor
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Primary results by municipality
Lieutenant governor
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General election
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Dukakis defeated Sargent by 207,931 votes. It was the first gubernatorial victory for the Massachusetts Democratic Party since 1962.
Results by county
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1974 United States gubernatorial election in Massachusetts (by county)
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County
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Dukakis %
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Dukakis #
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Sargent %
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Sargent #
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Others %
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Others #
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Total #
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Barnstable
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39.9%
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19,362
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54.7%
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26,539
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5.4%
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2,641
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48,542
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Berkshire
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54.2%
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26,947
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40.4%
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20,105
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5.4%
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2,682
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49,734
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Bristol
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62.6%
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91,839
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32.1%
|
47,055
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5.4%
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7,876
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146,770
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Dukes
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36.4%
|
1,346
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59.1%
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2,189
|
4.5%
|
167
|
3,702
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Essex
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52.1%
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117,815
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42.6%
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96,475
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5.3%
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12,056
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226,346
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Franklin
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53.2%
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11,666
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41.5%
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9,087
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5.3%
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1,168
|
21,921
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Hampden
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63.6%
|
84,222
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30.9%
|
40,978
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5.5%
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7,257
|
132,457
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Hampshire
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59.2%
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24,051
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33.7%
|
13,691
|
7.1%
|
2,889
|
40,631
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Middlesex
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51.0%
|
243,914
|
44.2%
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211,511
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4.8%
|
22,938
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478,363
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Nantucket
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36.2%
|
537
|
58.4%
|
865
|
5.4%
|
80
|
1,482
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Norfolk
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48.1%
|
110,701
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45.4%
|
104,375
|
6.5%
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14,859
|
229,935
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Plymouth
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46.7%
|
54,781
|
44.9%
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52,738
|
8.4%
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9,811
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117,330
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Suffolk
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45.6%
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85,343
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39.3%
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73,491
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15.1%
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28,208
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187,042
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Worcester
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56.5%
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119,820
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40.2%
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85,254
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3.4%
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7,152
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212,226
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