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The 1958 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1958. Democrat Foster Furcolo was elected Governor of Massachusetts for a second term, defeating Republican Charles Gibbons, Socialist Labor candidate Henning A. Blomen, and Prohibition candidate Guy S. Williams.
In the race for Lieutenant Governor, Democrat Robert F. Murphy, defeated Republican Elmer C. Nelson, Prohibition candidate Harold E. Bassett, and Socialist Labor candidate Francis A. Votano.
Incumbent Governor Foster Furcolo ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination and George Fingold was unopposed in the Republican primary.
On August 31, 1958, Fingold died unexpectedly at his home in Concord, Massachusetts.[1] As his death occurred only nine days before the primary, Fingold was the only candidate for Governor on the Republican ballot. Former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Charles Gibbons, former State Public Works Commissioner John A. Volpe, and Assistant Attorney General Joseph P. McKay ran as write-in candidates.[2]
Robert F. Murphy and Elmer C. Nelson ran unopposed for the Democratic and Republican nominations for Lt. Governor, respectively.
Hayden, Irving N.; Grove, Lawrence R. (1959). A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1959-1960. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Company. pp. 298–99. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
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