| Election Name: | 1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Flag Year: | 1908 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1962 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1962 |
| Next Election: | 1966 Massachusetts gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1964 |
| Image1: | File:John Volpe (1970).jpg |
| Nominee1: | John Volpe |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,176,462 |
| Percentage1: | 50.27% |
| Nominee2: | Francis Bellotti |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,153,416 |
| Percentage2: | 49.29% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Endicott Peabody |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | John Volpe |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1964 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Governor Endicott Peabody ran for re-election, but was defeated by then-Lieutenant Governor Francis X. Bellotti in the Democratic Party primary. Bellotti went on to lose the general election to former Governor John Volpe.[1]
The race between Volpe and Bellotti was the first time in Massachusetts history that the two major parties backed sons of Italian immigrants for governor.[2]
This was the final election held before the governor's term of office was extended from two to four years.
Volpe ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
Volpe defeated Bellotti by less than 25,000 votes. Volpe's victory came in a year in which Democrats gained seats in the United States House of Representatives and Senate and Lyndon Johnson won the presidential election in a landslide.[4]