Wisconsin gubernatorial elections are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November every four years on even, non-presidential election years since 1970. Between 1884 and 1970, gubernatorial elections were held on every even-numbered year. Prior to 1882, gubernatorial elections were held on every odd-numbered year.

The Wisconsin gubernatorial election selects the Governor of Wisconsin and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin who will take office for a four-year term beginning the first Monday of the first January following the election. The election operates under first-past-the-post rules with no runoff. Prior to 2014, the lieutenant gubernatorial election was a separate election on the same ballot.

The first Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held May 8, 1848, concurrent with a referendum to ratify the Wisconsin Constitution. Since then, there have been 74 regular Wisconsin gubernatorial elections and one special recall election.

Fifty-five elections have been won by Republican candidates. Seventeen elections were won by Democratic candidates. Three were won by Wisconsin Progressives. One was won by a Whig.

Incumbents have been re-elected 35 times and have been defeated 14 times.

List of election results

Percentages are approximate:

Year Elected Defeated
1848 Nelson Dewey Democratic 19,875 56% John Hubbard Tweedy 14,621 41%
Charles Durkee 1,134 3%
1849 Nelson Dewey (inc) Democratic 16,649 52% Alexander L. Collins 14,621 36%
Warren Chase 3,761 12%
1851 Leonard J. Farwell Whig 22,319 51% Don A. J. Upham 21,812 49%
1853 William A. Barstow Democratic 30,405 55% Edward D. Holton 21,886 39%
Henry S. Baird 3,304 6%
1855 Coles Bashford Republican 36,198 50% William A. Barstow (inc) 36,355 50%
1857 Alexander Randall Republican 44,693 50% James B. Cross 44,239 49%
1859 Alexander Randall (inc) Republican 59,999 53% Harrison Carroll Hobart 52,539 47%
1861 Louis P. Harvey Republican 53,777 54% Benjamin Ferguson 45,456 46%
1863 James Taylor Lewis Republican 72,717 60% Henry L. Palmer 49,053 40%
1865 Lucius Fairchild Republican 58,332 55% Harrison Carroll Hobart 48,330 45%
1867 Lucius Fairchild (inc) Republican 73,637 52% John J. Tallmadge 68,873 48%
1869 Lucius Fairchild (inc) Republican 69,502 53% Charles D. Robinson 61,239 47%
1871 Cadwallader C. Washburn Republican 78,301 53% James Rood Doolittle 68,910 47%
1873 William Robert Taylor Democratic 81,599 55% Cadwallader C. Washburn (inc) 66,224 45%
1875 Harrison Ludington Republican 85,155 50% William Robert Taylor (inc) 84,314 50%
1877 William E. Smith Republican 78,759 44% James A. Mallory 70,486 40%
Edward P. Allis 26,216 15%
Collin M. Campbell 2,176 1%
1879 William E. Smith (inc) Republican 100,535 53% James Graham Jenkins 75,030 40%
Reuben May 12,996 7%
1881 Jeremiah McLain Rusk Republican 81,754 48% Nicholas D. Fratt 69,797 41%
Theodore D. Kanouse 13,225 8%
Edward P. Allis 7,002 4%
1884 Jeremiah McLain Rusk (inc) Republican 163,214 51% Nicholas D. Fratt 143,945 45%
Samuel D. Hastings 8,545 3%
William L. Utley 4,274 1%
1886 Jeremiah McLain Rusk (inc) Republican 133,247 47% Gilbert M. Woodward 114,529 40%
John Cochrane 21,467 7%
John Myers Olin 17,089 6%
1888 William D. Hoard Republican 175,696 49% James Morgan 155,423 44%
E. G. Durant 14,373 4%
D. Frank Powell 9,196 3%
1890 George Wilbur Peck Democratic 160,388 52% William D. Hoard (inc) 132,068 43%
Charles Alexander 11,246 4%
Reuben May 5,447 2%
1892 George Wilbur Peck (inc) Democratic 178,095 48% John Coit Spooner 170,497 46%
Thomas C. Richmond 13,185 4%
Cyrus M. Butt 9,638 3%
1894 William H. Upham Republican 196,150 52% George Wilbur Peck (inc) 142,250 38%
D. Frank Powell 25,604 7%
John F. Cleghorn 11,240 3%
1896 Edward Scofield Republican 264,981 60% Willis C. Silverthorn 169,257 38%
Joshua H. Berkey 8,140 2%
Christ Tuttrop 1,306 0%
Robert Henderson 407 0%
1898 Edward Scofield (inc) Republican 173,137 53% Hiram Wilson Sawyer 135,353 41%
Albinus A. Worsley 8,518 3%
Eugene W. Chafin 8,078 2%
Howard Tuttle 2,544 1%
Henry Riese 1,473 0%
Robert M. La Follette 112 0%
1900 Robert M. La Follette Republican 264,419 60% Louis G. Bomrich 160,674 36%
J. Burritt Smith 9,707 2%
Howard Tuttle 6,590 1%
Frank R. Wilke 509 0%
1902 Robert M. La Follette (inc) Republican 193,417 53% David Stuart Rose 145,818 40%
Emil Seidel 15,970 4%
Edwin W. Drake 9,647 3%
Henry E. D. Puck 791 0%
1904 Robert M. La Follette (inc) Republican 227,253 51% George Wilbur Peck 173,301 39%
William A. Arnold 24,857 6%
Edward Scofield 12,136 3%
William H. Clark 8,764 2%
Charles M. Minkley 249 0%
1906 James O. Davidson (inc) Republican 183,558 57% John A. Aylward 103,311 32%
Winfield R. Gaylord 24,437 8%
Ephraim L. Eaton 8,211 3%
Ole T. Rosaas 455 0%
1908 James O. Davidson (inc) Republican 242,935 54% John A. Aylward 165,977 37%
Harvey D. Brown 28,583 6%
Winfred D. Cox 11,760 3%
Herman Bottema 393 0%
1910 Francis E. McGovern Republican 161,619 51% Adolph H. Schmitz 110,442 35%
William A. Jacobs 39,547 12%
Byron E. Van Keuren 7,450 2%
Fred G. Kremer 430 0%
1912 Francis E. McGovern (inc) Republican 179,360 46% John C. Karel 167,316 42%
Carl D. Thompson 34,468 9%
Charles L. Hill 9,433 2%
William H. Curtis 3,253 1%
1914 Emanuel L. Philipp Republican 140,787 43% John C. Karel 119,509 37%
John J. Blaine 32,560 10%
Oscar Ameringer 25,917 8%
David W. Emerson 6,279 2%
John Vierthaler 352 0%
1916 Emanuel L. Philipp (inc) Republican 229,889 53% Burt Williams 164,555 38%
Rae Weaver 30,649 7%
George McKerrow 9,193 2%
1918 Emanuel L. Philipp (inc) Republican 155,799 47% Henry A. Moehlenpah 112,576 34%
Emil Seidel 57,523 17%
William C. Dean 5,296 2%
1920 John J. Blaine Republican 366,247 53% Robert Bruce McCoy 247,746 36%
William Coleman 71,126 10%
Henry H. Tubbs 6,047 1%
1922 John J. Blaine (inc) Republican 367,929 76% Arthur A. Bentley 51,061 11%
Louis A. Arnold 39,570 8%
M. L. Welles 21,438 4%
Arthur A. Dietrich 1,444 0%
1924 John J. Blaine (inc) Republican 412,255 52% Martin L. Lueck 317,550 40%
William F. Quick 45,268 6%
Adolph R. Bucknam 11,516 1%
Severi Alanne 4,107 0%
Farrand K. Shuttleworth 4,079 0%
Jose Snover 1,452 0%
1926 Fred R. Zimmerman Republican 350,927 63% Charles B. Perry 76,507 14%
Virgil H. Cady 72,627 13%
Herman O. Kent 40,293 7%
David W. Emerson 7,333 1%
Alex Gorden 4,593 1%
1928 Walter J. Kohler, Sr. Republican 547,738 55% Albert G. Schmedeman 394,368 40%
Otto R. Hauser 36,924 4%
Adolph R. Bucknam 6,477 1%
Joseph Ehrhardt 1,938 0%
Alvar J. Hayes 1,420 0%
1930 Philip La Follette Republican 392,958 65% Charles E. Hammersley 170,020 28%
Frank Metcalfe 25,607 4%
Alfred B. Taynton 14,818 2%
Fred Basset Blair 2,998 0%
1932 Albert G. Schmedeman Democratic 590,114 52% Walter J. Kohler, Sr. 470,805 42%
Frank Metcalfe 56,965 5%
William C. Dean 3,148 0%
Fred Basset Blair 2,926 0%
Joseph Ehrhardt 398 0%
1934 Philip La Follette Progressive 373,093 39% Albert G. Schmedeman (inc) 359,467 38%
Howard Greene 172,980 18%
George A. Nelson 44,589 5%
Morris Childs 2,454 0%
Thomas W. North 857 0%
Joseph Ehrhardt 332 0%
1936 Philip La Follette (inc) Progressive 573,724 46% Alexander Wiley 363,973 29%
Arthur W. Lueck 268,530 22%
Joseph F. Walsh 27,934 2%
Joseph Ehrhardt 1,738 0%
August F. Fehlandt 1,008 0%
1938 Julius P. Heil Republican 543,675 55% Philip La Follette (inc) 353,381 36%
Harry W. Bolens 78,446 8%
Frank W. Smith 4,564 0%
John Schleier, Jr. 1,459 0%
1940 Julius P. Heil (inc) Republican 558,678 41% Orland Steen Loomis 546,436 40%
Francis E. McGovern 264,985 19%
Fred Basset Blair 2,340 0%
Louis Fisher 1,158 0%
1942 Orland Steen Loomis Progressive 397,664 50% Julius P. Heil (inc) 291,945 36%
William C. Sullivan 98,153 12%
Frank Zeidler 11,295 1%
Fred Basset Blair 1,092 0%
Georgia Cozzini 480 0%
1944 Walter Samuel Goodland (inc) Republican 697,740 53% Daniel Hoan 536,357 41%
Alexander O. Benz 76,028 6%
George A. Nelson 9,183 1%
Georgia Cozzini 1,122 0%
1946 Walter Samuel Goodland (inc) Republican 621,970 60% Daniel Hoan 406,499 39%
Walter H. Uphoff 8,996 1%
Sigmund G. Eisenscher 1,857 0%
Jerry R. Kenyon 959 0%
1948 Oscar Rennebohm (inc) Republican 684,839 54% Carl W. Thompson 558,497 44%
Henry J. Berquist 12,928 1%
Walter H. Uphoff 9,149 1%
James E. Boulton 356 0%
Georgia Cozzini 328 0%
1950 Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Republican 605,649 53% Carl W. Thompson 525,319 46%
M. Michael Essin 3,735 0%
William O. Hart 3,384 0%
1952 Walter J. Kohler, Jr. (inc) Republican 1,009,171 62% William Proxmire 601,844 37%
M. Michael Essin 3,706 0%
1954 Walter J. Kohler, Jr. (inc) Republican 596,158 51% William Proxmire 560,747 48%
Arthur Wepfer 1,722 0%
1956 Vernon Wallace Thomson Republican 808,273 52% William Proxmire 749,421 48%
1958 Gaylord Nelson Democratic 644,296 54% Vernon Wallace Thomson (inc) 556,391 46%
Wayne Leverenz 1,485 0%
1960 Gaylord Nelson (inc) Democratic 890,868 52% Phillip G. Kuehn 837,123 48%
1962 John W. Reynolds, Jr. Democratic 637,491 50% Phillip G. Kuehn 625,536 49%
Adolf Wiggert 2,477 0%
1964 Warren P. Knowles Republican 856,779 51% John W. Reynolds, Jr. (inc) 837,901 49%
1966 Warren P. Knowles (inc) Republican 626,041 54% Patrick Lucey 539,258 46%
Adolf Wiggert 4,745 0%
1968 Warren P. Knowles (inc) Republican 893,463 53% Bronson La Follette 791,100 47%
Adolf Wiggert 3,225 0%
Robert Wilkinson 1,813 0%
1970 Patrick Lucey Democratic 728,403 54% Jack B. Olson 602,617 45%
Leo James McDonald 9,035 1%
Georgia Cozzini 1,287 0%
Samuel K. Hunt 888 0%
Myrtle Kastner 628 0%
1974 Patrick Lucey (inc) Democratic 628,639 53% William Dyke 497,189 42%
William H. Upham 33,528 3%
Crazy Jim 12,107 1%
William Hart 5,113 0%
Fred Basset Blair 3,617 0%
Georgia Cozzini 1,492 0%
1978 Lee S. Dreyfus Republican 816,056 54% Martin J. Schreiber (inc) 673,813 45%
Eugene R. Zimmerman 6,355 0%
John C. Doherty 2,183 0%
Adrienne Kaplan 1,548 0%
Henry A. Ochsner 849 0%
1982 Tony Earl Democratic 896,872 57% Terry Kohler 662,738 42%
Larry Smiley 9,734 1%
James Wickstrom 7,721 0%
Peter Seidman 3,025 0%
1986 Tommy Thompson Republican 805,090 53% Tony Earl (inc) 705,578 46%
Kathryn A. Christensen 10,323 1%
Darold E. Wall 3,913 0%
Sanford Knapp 1,668 0%
1990 Tommy Thompson (inc) Republican 802,321 58% Thomas A. Loftus 576,280 42%
1994 Tommy Thompson (inc) Republican 1,051,326 67% Charles Chvala 482,850 31%
David S. Harmon 11,639 1%
Edward J. Frami 9,188 1%
Michael J. Mangan 8,150 1%
1998 Tommy Thompson (inc) Republican 1,047,716 60% Ed Garvey 679,553 39%
Jim Mueller 11,071 1%
Edward J. Frami 10,269 1%
Michael J. Mangan 4,985 0%
A-Ja-mu Muhammad 1,604 0%
Jeffrey L. Smith 14 0%
2002 Jim Doyle Democratic 800,515 45% Scott McCallum (inc) 734,779 41%
Ed Thompson 185,455 10%
Jim Young 44,111 2%
Alan D. Eisenberg 2,847 0%
Ty A. Bollerud 2,637 0%
Michael J. Mangan 1,710 0%
Aneb Jah Rasta Sensa-Utcha Nefer-I 929 0%
2006 Jim Doyle (inc) Democratic 1,139,115 53% Mark Andrew Green 979,427 45%
Nelson Eisman 40,709 2%
2010 Scott Walker Republican 1,128,941 52% Tom Barrett 1,004,303 46%
Jim Langer 10,608 0%
James James 8,273 0%
2012^ Scott Walker (inc) Republican 1,335,585 53% Tom Barrett 1,164,480 46%
Hari Trivedi 14,463 1%
2014 Scott Walker (inc) Republican 1,259,706 52% Mary Burke 1,122,913 47%
Robert Burke 18,720 1%
Dennis Fehr 7,530 1%
2018 Tony Evers Democratic 1,324,307 50% Scott Walker (inc) 1,295,080 48%
Phil Anderson 20,255 1%
Maggie Turnbull 18,884 1%
Michael White 11,087 0%
Arnie Enz 2,745 0%
2022 Tony Evers (inc) Democratic 1,358,774 51% Tim Michels 1,268,535 47%
Joan Ellis Beglinger 27,198 1%


^ Recall election

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.