1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1938 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1938.
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| Turnout | 41.55% (total pop.) | ||||||||||||||||
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County results Saltonstall: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Curley: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Former governor James Michael Curley defeated incumbent governor Charles F. Hurley in the Democratic primary, but Curley was defeated by former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Leverett Saltonstall in the general election.
Saltonstall's victory returned control of Beacon Hill to the Republicans after an unprecedented eight years of Democratic Governors.
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