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1950 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
	Municipal results
Governor before election; Paul A. Dever; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Paul A. Dever; Democratic

The 1950 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1950. Democratic incumbent Paul A. Dever defeated Republican Arthur W. Coolidge, Socialist Labor candidate Horace Hillis, and Prohibition candidate Mark R. Shaw.

Democratic primary

Paul Dever ran unopposed for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

Republican primary

Candidates

Clarence A. Barnes, former Massachusetts Attorney General
Arthur W. Coolidge, former Lieutenant Governor
Louis E. Denfeld, U.S. Navy Admiral
Frankland W. L. Miles, Justice of the Roxbury District Court
Daniel Needham, former Commander of the Massachusetts National Guard and Public Safety Commissioner
Edward Rowe, former State Senator

Results

1950 Republican gubernatorial primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur W. Coolidge	130,061	35.79%
	Republican	Louis E. Denfeld	68,560	18.87%
	Republican	Clarence A. Barnes	60,927	16.77%
	Republican	Daniel Needham	57,773	15.90%
	Republican	Frankland W. L. Miles	37,452	10.31%
	Republican	Edward Rowe	8,609	2.37%
Total votes			363,382	100.00%

General election

Results

Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 1950 ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul A. Dever	1,074,570	56.26%
	Republican	Arthur W. Coolidge	824,069	43.14%
	Socialist Labor	Horace Hillis	7,806	0.41%
	Prohibition	Mark R. Shaw	3,716	0.20%
Total votes			1,910,161	100.00%

References

[RepublicanGovernor-1] Election Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1950.

[2] Election Statistics; The Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1950.

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