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The 1946 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946.
Incumbent Republican Governor Walter Samuel Goodland defeated Democratic nominee Daniel Hoan in a rematch of the 1944 election with 59.78% of the vote.
Goodland was the last Republican until Tommy Thompson in 1990 to win Milwaukee County.
Primary election
Primary elections were held on August 13, 1946.
Democratic party
Candidates
- Daniel W. Hoan, former Mayor of Milwaukee and Democratic candidate for governor in 1944
- Stanley Z. Fajkowski, former tavern keeper and unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for governor in 1942
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Daniel W. Hoan | 56,445 | 77.33% | |
| Democratic | Stanley Z. Fajkowski | 16,546 | 22.67% | |
| Total votes | 72,991 | 100.00% | ||
Republican party
Candidates
- Ralph F. Amoth, unsuccessful candidate for Progressive nomination for governor in 1944
- Walter S. Goodland, incumbent governor
- Ralph M. Immell, former Wisconsin Adjutant General
- Delbert J. Kenny, businessman and unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for governor in 1944
- Otto R. Werkmeister, unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in 1944
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Walter S. Goodland (incumbent) | 193,199 | 42.45% | |
| Republican | Ralph M. Immell | 177,816 | 39.07% | |
| Republican | Delbert J. Kenny | 73,149 | 16.07% | |
| Republican | Otto R. Werkmeister | 5,680 | 1.25% | |
| Republican | Ralph F. Amoth | 5,329 | 1.17% | |
| Total votes | 455,173 | 100.00% | ||
Socialist party
Candidates
- Walter H. Uphoff, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1944
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Walter H. Uphoff | 3,806 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,806 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
- Walter S. Goodland, Democratic
- Daniel W. Hoan, Republican
Other candidates
- Sigmund G. Eisenscher, Communist
- Jerry R. Kenyon, Socialist Labor
- Walter H. Uphoff, Socialist
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Walter S. Goodland (incumbent) | 621,970 | 59.78% | +6.94% | |
| Democratic | Daniel W. Hoan | 406,499 | 39.07% | −1.55% | |
| Socialist | Walter H. Uphoff | 8,996 | 0.87% | +0.17% | |
| Communist | Sigmund G. Eisenscher | 1,857 | 0.18% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Jerry R. Kenyon | 959 | 0.09% | ||
| Scattering | 163 | 0.02% | |||
| Majority | 215,471 | 20.71% | |||
| Total votes | 1,040,444 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +8.49% | |||
Results by county
| County | Walter S. Goodland Republican |
Daniel W. Hoan Democratic |
Walter H. Uphoff Socialist |
All Others Various |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,387 | 63.19% | 790 | 35.99% | 14 | 0.64% | 4 | 0.18% | 597 | 27.20% | 2,195 |
| Ashland | 2,705 | 46.41% | 3,066 | 52.60% | 23 | 0.39% | 35 | 0.60% | -361 | -6.19% | 5,829 |
| Barron | 5,172 | 63.48% | 2,938 | 36.06% | 29 | 0.36% | 8 | 0.10% | 2,234 | 27.42% | 8,147 |
| Bayfield | 2,082 | 46.75% | 2,345 | 52.66% | 16 | 0.36% | 10 | 0.22% | -263 | -5.91% | 4,453 |
| Brown | 17,966 | 57.38% | 13,302 | 42.48% | 36 | 0.11% | 6 | 0.02% | 4,664 | 14.90% | 31,310 |
| Buffalo | 3,131 | 72.26% | 1,167 | 26.93% | 25 | 0.58% | 10 | 0.23% | 1,964 | 45.33% | 4,333 |
| Burnett | 1,591 | 57.11% | 1,173 | 42.10% | 10 | 0.36% | 12 | 0.43% | 418 | 15.00% | 2,786 |
| Calumet | 4,241 | 67.69% | 2,001 | 31.94% | 22 | 0.35% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,240 | 35.75% | 6,265 |
| Chippewa | 7,410 | 62.60% | 4,332 | 36.60% | 59 | 0.50% | 36 | 0.30% | 3,078 | 26.00% | 11,837 |
| Clark | 6,058 | 69.65% | 2,538 | 29.18% | 65 | 0.75% | 37 | 0.43% | 3,520 | 40.47% | 8,698 |
| Columbia | 7,250 | 70.97% | 2,937 | 28.75% | 29 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,313 | 42.22% | 10,216 |
| Crawford | 3,887 | 64.95% | 2,089 | 34.90% | 8 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,798 | 30.04% | 5,985 |
| Dane | 28,237 | 55.58% | 21,942 | 43.19% | 580 | 1.14% | 42 | 0.08% | 6,295 | 12.39% | 50,801 |
| Dodge | 10,297 | 67.49% | 4,903 | 32.13% | 50 | 0.33% | 8 | 0.05% | 5,394 | 35.35% | 15,258 |
| Door | 4,579 | 80.25% | 1,110 | 19.45% | 8 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.16% | 3,469 | 60.80% | 5,706 |
| Douglas | 6,515 | 44.42% | 8,037 | 54.80% | 80 | 0.55% | 34 | 0.23% | -1,522 | -10.38% | 14,666 |
| Dunn | 4,909 | 69.51% | 2,115 | 29.95% | 28 | 0.40% | 10 | 0.14% | 2,794 | 39.56% | 7,062 |
| Eau Claire | 9,547 | 60.93% | 6,050 | 38.61% | 62 | 0.40% | 11 | 0.07% | 3,497 | 22.32% | 15,670 |
| Florence | 615 | 57.00% | 458 | 42.45% | 5 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.09% | 157 | 14.55% | 1,079 |
| Fond du Lac | 14,139 | 69.69% | 6,036 | 29.75% | 67 | 0.33% | 45 | 0.22% | 8,103 | 39.94% | 20,287 |
| Forest | 1,260 | 41.04% | 1,796 | 58.50% | 10 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.13% | -536 | -17.46% | 3,070 |
| Grant | 9,615 | 75.57% | 3,050 | 23.97% | 27 | 0.21% | 32 | 0.25% | 6,565 | 51.60% | 12,724 |
| Green | 4,987 | 77.20% | 1,454 | 22.51% | 17 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,533 | 54.69% | 6,460 |
| Green Lake | 3,824 | 78.93% | 1,008 | 20.80% | 5 | 0.10% | 8 | 0.17% | 2,816 | 58.12% | 4,845 |
| Iowa | 5,168 | 75.73% | 1,649 | 24.16% | 4 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,519 | 51.57% | 6,824 |
| Iron | 1,465 | 41.63% | 2,028 | 57.63% | 16 | 0.45% | 10 | 0.28% | -563 | -16.00% | 3,519 |
| Jackson | 2,768 | 65.01% | 1,457 | 34.22% | 20 | 0.47% | 13 | 0.31% | 1,311 | 30.79% | 4,258 |
| Jefferson | 9,202 | 71.03% | 3,718 | 28.70% | 32 | 0.25% | 3 | 0.02% | 5,484 | 42.33% | 12,955 |
| Juneau | 3,776 | 73.74% | 1,318 | 25.74% | 24 | 0.47% | 3 | 0.06% | 2,458 | 48.00% | 5,121 |
| Kenosha | 11,839 | 44.80% | 14,101 | 53.36% | 214 | 0.81% | 273 | 1.03% | -2,262 | -8.56% | 26,427 |
| Kewaunee | 3,179 | 58.78% | 2,220 | 41.05% | 8 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.02% | 959 | 17.73% | 5,408 |
| La Crosse | 10,904 | 63.57% | 6,089 | 35.50% | 122 | 0.71% | 37 | 0.22% | 4,815 | 28.07% | 17,152 |
| Lafayette | 4,293 | 69.75% | 1,843 | 29.94% | 11 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.13% | 2,450 | 39.81% | 6,155 |
| Langlade | 3,991 | 56.27% | 3,042 | 42.89% | 33 | 0.47% | 27 | 0.38% | 949 | 13.38% | 7,093 |
| Lincoln | 4,154 | 65.15% | 2,161 | 33.89% | 44 | 0.69% | 17 | 0.27% | 1,993 | 31.26% | 6,376 |
| Manitowoc | 11,266 | 53.93% | 9,532 | 45.63% | 62 | 0.30% | 29 | 0.14% | 1,734 | 8.30% | 20,889 |
| Marathon | 12,688 | 55.22% | 10,004 | 43.54% | 266 | 1.16% | 19 | 0.08% | 2,684 | 11.68% | 22,977 |
| Marinette | 6,128 | 67.23% | 2,947 | 32.33% | 34 | 0.37% | 6 | 0.07% | 3,181 | 34.90% | 9,115 |
| Marquette | 2,116 | 81.83% | 462 | 17.87% | 4 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.15% | 1,654 | 63.96% | 2,586 |
| Milwaukee | 148,533 | 52.35% | 129,099 | 45.50% | 4,513 | 1.59% | 1,611 | 0.57% | 19,434 | 6.85% | 283,756 |
| Monroe | 5,693 | 71.75% | 2,206 | 27.80% | 31 | 0.39% | 5 | 0.06% | 3,487 | 43.94% | 7,935 |
| Oconto | 5,576 | 69.61% | 2,374 | 29.64% | 51 | 0.64% | 9 | 0.11% | 3,202 | 39.98% | 8,010 |
| Oneida | 3,113 | 53.86% | 2,636 | 45.61% | 21 | 0.36% | 10 | 0.17% | 477 | 8.25% | 5,780 |
| Outagamie | 15,482 | 65.31% | 8,095 | 34.15% | 97 | 0.41% | 31 | 0.13% | 7,387 | 31.16% | 23,705 |
| Ozaukee | 4,588 | 66.08% | 2,323 | 33.46% | 22 | 0.32% | 10 | 0.14% | 2,265 | 32.62% | 6,943 |
| Pepin | 1,487 | 67.32% | 716 | 32.41% | 4 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.09% | 771 | 34.90% | 2,209 |
| Pierce | 4,926 | 73.30% | 1,756 | 26.13% | 30 | 0.45% | 8 | 0.12% | 3,170 | 47.17% | 6,720 |
| Polk | 4,245 | 61.98% | 2,581 | 37.68% | 20 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,664 | 24.30% | 6,849 |
| Portage | 6,087 | 52.42% | 5,499 | 47.35% | 21 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.05% | 588 | 5.06% | 11,613 |
| Price | 2,718 | 50.34% | 2,594 | 48.05% | 50 | 0.93% | 37 | 0.69% | 124 | 2.30% | 5,399 |
| Racine | 17,265 | 48.60% | 17,989 | 50.64% | 183 | 0.52% | 89 | 0.25% | -724 | -2.04% | 35,526 |
| Richland | 4,443 | 77.97% | 1,242 | 21.80% | 12 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.02% | 3,201 | 56.18% | 5,698 |
| Rock | 18,001 | 66.82% | 8,744 | 32.46% | 157 | 0.58% | 38 | 0.14% | 9,257 | 34.36% | 26,940 |
| Rusk | 3,296 | 63.17% | 1,885 | 36.12% | 21 | 0.40% | 16 | 0.31% | 1,411 | 27.04% | 5,218 |
| Sauk | 8,305 | 74.54% | 2,636 | 23.66% | 187 | 1.68% | 14 | 0.13% | 5,669 | 50.88% | 11,142 |
| Sawyer | 2,049 | 53.79% | 1,705 | 44.76% | 27 | 0.71% | 28 | 0.74% | 344 | 9.03% | 3,809 |
| Shawano | 6,113 | 74.11% | 2,106 | 25.53% | 22 | 0.27% | 8 | 0.10% | 4,007 | 48.58% | 8,249 |
| Sheboygan | 13,239 | 53.28% | 10,813 | 43.51% | 750 | 3.02% | 47 | 0.19% | 2,426 | 9.76% | 24,849 |
| St. Croix | 5,459 | 67.55% | 2,598 | 32.15% | 19 | 0.24% | 5 | 0.06% | 2,861 | 35.40% | 8,081 |
| Taylor | 2,660 | 52.15% | 2,204 | 43.21% | 217 | 4.25% | 20 | 0.39% | 456 | 8.94% | 5,101 |
| Trempealeau | 4,468 | 63.96% | 2,489 | 35.63% | 16 | 0.23% | 13 | 0.19% | 1,979 | 28.33% | 6,986 |
| Vernon | 4,665 | 66.41% | 2,336 | 33.25% | 14 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.14% | 2,329 | 33.15% | 7,025 |
| Vilas | 1,443 | 43.19% | 1,865 | 55.82% | 8 | 0.24% | 25 | 0.75% | -422 | -12.63% | 3,341 |
| Walworth | 9,114 | 80.75% | 2,134 | 18.91% | 27 | 0.24% | 12 | 0.11% | 6,980 | 61.84% | 11,287 |
| Washburn | 1,707 | 55.95% | 1,331 | 43.63% | 7 | 0.23% | 6 | 0.20% | 376 | 12.32% | 3,051 |
| Washington | 7,283 | 66.40% | 3,653 | 33.30% | 31 | 0.28% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,630 | 33.09% | 10,969 |
| Waukesha | 17,713 | 72.56% | 6,544 | 26.81% | 112 | 0.46% | 43 | 0.18% | 11,169 | 45.75% | 24,412 |
| Waupaca | 7,924 | 78.15% | 2,186 | 21.56% | 20 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.10% | 5,738 | 56.59% | 10,140 |
| Waushara | 3,402 | 80.43% | 806 | 19.05% | 21 | 0.50% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,596 | 61.37% | 4,230 |
| Winnebago | 16,906 | 68.31% | 7,728 | 31.23% | 83 | 0.34% | 31 | 0.13% | 9,178 | 37.09% | 24,748 |
| Wood | 9,726 | 68.56% | 4,418 | 31.14% | 33 | 0.23% | 9 | 0.06% | 5,308 | 37.42% | 14,186 |
| Total | 621,970 | 59.78% | 406,499 | 39.07% | 8,996 | 0.86% | 2,979 | 0.29% | 215,471 | 20.71% | 1,040,444 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Notes
- "Independent Communist"
- "Independent Socialist Labor"
- These are not listed in the Blue Book but are listed in the Board of Canvassers report.
References
- ^ "LaFollette, Once Progressive Chief Seeks GOP Nod". Dixon Evening Telegraph. Dixon, Illinois. August 12, 1946. p. 2. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (1948). "Primary Vote For Governor By Counties". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1948. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 599.
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- "WI Governor, 1946 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
- ^ Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers for State Officers - General Election - 1946
- ^ The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (1948). "Summary Vote For Governor By Counties". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1948. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 670.
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Bibliography
- Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
- Ohm, Howard F.; Kuehn, Hazel L., eds. (1948). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1948. State of Wisconsin.
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