1948 Massachusetts gubernatorial election

The 1948 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948. Democrat Paul A. Dever defeated Republican incumbent Robert F. Bradford, Socialist Labor candidate Horace Hillis, and Prohibition candidate Mark R. Shaw.

Candidates

 * Robert F. Bradford, incumbent Governor
 * Edward Rowe, State Senator

Candidates

 * Paul Dever, former Attorney General and candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1946

Withdrew

 * Maurice Tobin, former Governor (withdrew to become United States Secretary of Labor)