1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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The 1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. Democrat John W. Reynolds won the election with 50.36% of the vote, narrowly defeating Republican Philip Kuehn in the state's closest gubernatorial election since 1940. To date, this is the only time Menominee County has voted for the Republican candidate in a gubernatorial election.
Primary election
The primary election was held on September 11, 1962.
Democratic party
Candidates
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John W. Reynolds | 199,940 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 199,940 | 100.00% | ||
Republican party
Candidates
- Philip G. Kuehn, former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party (1955-1958) and nominee for governor in 1960
- Wilbur N. Renk
- Robert L. Sucher, grandson of Robert M. La Follette and Democratic nominee for Attorney General in 1956
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Philip G. Kuehn | 250,539 | 53.87% | |
| Republican | Wilbur N. Renk | 199,616 | 42.92% | |
| Republican | Robert L. Sucher | 14,952 | 3.21% | |
| Total votes | 465,107 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Candidates
- John W. Reynolds, Democrat
- Philip G. Kuehn, Republican
- Adolf Wiggert, Independent
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John W. Reynolds | 637,491 | 50.36% | −1.20% | |
| Republican | Philip G. Kuehn | 625,536 | 49.41% | +0.97% | |
| Independent | Adolf Wiggert | 2,477 | 0.20% | ||
| Scattering[a] | 396 | 0.03% | |||
| Majority | 11,955 | 0.94% | |||
| Total votes | 1,265,900 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | Swing | -2.17% | |||
Results by county
After this election, Rock County would not vote for the losing candidate again until 2010 and Brown County would not vote for the losing candidate again until 2002.
| County[2][3] | John W. Reynolds Democratic |
Philip G. Kuehn Republican |
Adolf Wiggert Independent |
Scattering Write-in |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,453 | 52.25% | 1,320 | 47.46% | 7 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.04% | 133 | 4.78% | 2,781 |
| Ashland | 3,846 | 59.90% | 2,574 | 40.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,272 | 19.81% | 6,421 |
| Barron | 4,172 | 44.85% | 5,118 | 55.02% | 12 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -946 | -10.17% | 9,302 |
| Bayfield | 2,468 | 55.70% | 1,955 | 44.12% | 8 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 513 | 11.58% | 4,431 |
| Brown | 19,178 | 49.11% | 19,790 | 50.67% | 86 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | -612 | -1.57% | 39,054 |
| Buffalo | 1,861 | 46.63% | 2,130 | 53.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -269 | -6.74% | 3,991 |
| Burnett | 1,755 | 53.34% | 1,530 | 46.50% | 5 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 225 | 6.84% | 3,290 |
| Calumet | 2,926 | 43.04% | 3,871 | 56.93% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -945 | -13.90% | 6,799 |
| Chippewa | 6,937 | 52.61% | 6,235 | 47.29% | 13 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 702 | 5.32% | 13,185 |
| Clark | 4,604 | 49.80% | 4,634 | 50.12% | 7 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -30 | -0.32% | 9,245 |
| Columbia | 5,121 | 43.56% | 6,622 | 56.32% | 9 | 0.08% | 5 | 0.04% | -1,501 | -12.77% | 11,757 |
| Crawford | 2,536 | 48.69% | 2,671 | 51.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.02% | -135 | -2.59% | 5,208 |
| Dane | 39,321 | 55.56% | 31,144 | 44.00% | 224 | 0.32% | 85 | 0.12% | 8,177 | 11.55% | 70,774 |
| Dodge | 8,068 | 42.72% | 10,799 | 57.18% | 7 | 0.04% | 11 | 0.06% | -2,731 | -14.46% | 18,885 |
| Door | 2,591 | 34.07% | 4,987 | 65.58% | 3 | 0.04% | 23 | 0.30% | -2,396 | -31.51% | 7,604 |
| Douglas | 10,514 | 65.16% | 5,603 | 34.72% | 19 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,911 | 30.44% | 16,136 |
| Dunn | 3,031 | 42.84% | 4,039 | 57.09% | 4 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,008 | -14.25% | 7,075 |
| Eau Claire | 9,349 | 49.84% | 9,378 | 49.99% | 31 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.01% | -29 | -0.15% | 18,759 |
| Florence | 753 | 51.58% | 706 | 48.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.07% | 47 | 3.22% | 1,460 |
| Fond du Lac | 9,855 | 43.31% | 12,864 | 56.54% | 27 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.03% | -3,009 | -13.23% | 22,752 |
| Forest | 1,724 | 57.18% | 1,286 | 42.65% | 5 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 438 | 14.53% | 3,015 |
| Grant | 3,910 | 35.02% | 7,242 | 64.86% | 11 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.03% | -3,332 | -29.84% | 11,166 |
| Green | 2,552 | 35.12% | 4,706 | 64.76% | 7 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.03% | -2,154 | -29.64% | 7,267 |
| Green Lake | 1,715 | 32.98% | 3,484 | 67.00% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,769 | -34.02% | 5,200 |
| Iowa | 2,499 | 41.02% | 3,583 | 58.81% | 4 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.10% | -1,084 | -17.79% | 6,092 |
| Iron | 1,741 | 60.85% | 1,112 | 38.87% | 8 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 629 | 21.99% | 2,861 |
| Jackson | 2,187 | 44.80% | 2,689 | 55.08% | 6 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -502 | -10.28% | 4,882 |
| Jefferson | 7,004 | 42.99% | 9,259 | 56.84% | 15 | 0.09% | 13 | 0.08% | -2,255 | -13.84% | 16,291 |
| Juneau | 2,498 | 43.78% | 3,204 | 56.15% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | -706 | -12.37% | 5,706 |
| Kenosha | 18,812 | 57.77% | 13,710 | 42.10% | 41 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,102 | 15.67% | 32,563 |
| Kewaunee | 3,277 | 52.14% | 3,006 | 47.83% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 271 | 4.31% | 6,285 |
| La Crosse | 10,410 | 43.81% | 13,251 | 55.76% | 102 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,841 | -11.96% | 23,763 |
| Lafayette | 2,085 | 41.65% | 2,913 | 58.19% | 3 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.10% | -828 | -16.54% | 5,006 |
| Langlade | 3,384 | 51.56% | 3,172 | 48.33% | 7 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 212 | 3.23% | 6,563 |
| Lincoln | 3,269 | 43.48% | 4,238 | 56.36% | 11 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.01% | -969 | -12.89% | 7,519 |
| Manitowoc | 14,860 | 58.01% | 10,697 | 41.76% | 61 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,163 | 16.25% | 25,618 |
| Marathon | 14,895 | 50.99% | 14,253 | 48.80% | 55 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.02% | 642 | 2.20% | 29,209 |
| Marinette | 5,560 | 47.92% | 6,028 | 51.95% | 12 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.03% | -468 | -4.03% | 11,603 |
| Marquette | 1,013 | 35.73% | 1,805 | 63.67% | 2 | 0.07% | 15 | 0.53% | -792 | -27.94% | 2,835 |
| Menominee | 283 | 49.05% | 292 | 50.61% | 2 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -9 | -1.56% | 577 |
| Milwaukee | 192,446 | 57.98% | 138,371 | 41.69% | 998 | 0.30% | 110 | 0.03% | 54,075 | 16.29% | 331,925 |
| Monroe | 4,006 | 44.20% | 5,051 | 55.73% | 6 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,045 | -11.53% | 9,063 |
| Oconto | 3,856 | 46.54% | 4,421 | 53.36% | 9 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -565 | -6.82% | 8,286 |
| Oneida | 4,079 | 48.66% | 4,299 | 51.29% | 3 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | -220 | -2.62% | 8,382 |
| Outagamie | 12,689 | 42.46% | 17,100 | 57.22% | 95 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | -4,411 | -14.76% | 29,884 |
| Ozaukee | 5,654 | 41.26% | 8,037 | 58.66% | 11 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,383 | -17.39% | 13,702 |
| Pepin | 1,215 | 51.42% | 1,147 | 48.54% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 68 | 2.88% | 2,363 |
| Pierce | 2,849 | 44.38% | 3,562 | 55.48% | 7 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.03% | -713 | -11.11% | 6,420 |
| Polk | 3,501 | 50.29% | 3,454 | 49.62% | 6 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 47 | 0.68% | 6,961 |
| Portage | 7,706 | 61.76% | 4,766 | 38.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.05% | 2,940 | 23.56% | 12,478 |
| Price | 2,546 | 50.65% | 2,473 | 49.19% | 8 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 73 | 1.45% | 5,027 |
| Racine | 25,130 | 53.31% | 21,966 | 46.60% | 38 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.00% | 3,164 | 6.71% | 47,135 |
| Richland | 2,070 | 38.02% | 3,367 | 61.84% | 6 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.04% | -1,297 | -23.82% | 5,445 |
| Rock | 13,807 | 41.90% | 19,098 | 57.96% | 39 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.02% | -5,291 | -16.06% | 32,951 |
| Rusk | 2,892 | 55.33% | 2,323 | 44.44% | 10 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.04% | 569 | 10.89% | 5,227 |
| Sauk | 4,414 | 40.16% | 6,552 | 59.62% | 12 | 0.11% | 12 | 0.11% | -2,138 | -19.45% | 10,990 |
| Sawyer | 1,334 | 41.19% | 1,896 | 58.54% | 9 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | -562 | -17.35% | 3,239 |
| Shawano | 4,055 | 39.77% | 6,127 | 60.09% | 15 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,072 | -20.32% | 10,197 |
| Sheboygan | 17,136 | 53.65% | 14,720 | 46.08% | 71 | 0.22% | 15 | 0.05% | 2,416 | 7.56% | 31,942 |
| St. Croix | 4,531 | 49.88% | 4,478 | 49.30% | 74 | 0.81% | 0 | 0.00% | 53 | 0.58% | 9,083 |
| Taylor | 2,907 | 54.52% | 2,414 | 45.27% | 11 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 493 | 9.25% | 5,332 |
| Trempealeau | 3,351 | 50.21% | 3,317 | 49.70% | 5 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.01% | 34 | 0.51% | 6,674 |
| Vernon | 3,665 | 45.34% | 4,416 | 54.63% | 2 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.01% | -751 | -9.29% | 8,084 |
| Vilas | 1,724 | 38.65% | 2,724 | 61.08% | 11 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,000 | -22.42% | 4,460 |
| Walworth | 5,489 | 34.33% | 10,484 | 65.57% | 14 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.01% | -4,995 | -31.24% | 15,989 |
| Washburn | 1,711 | 46.58% | 1,955 | 53.23% | 7 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | -244 | -6.64% | 3,673 |
| Washington | 6,226 | 42.82% | 8,299 | 57.07% | 8 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.06% | -2,073 | -14.26% | 14,541 |
| Waukesha | 23,574 | 43.31% | 30,734 | 56.46% | 99 | 0.18% | 24 | 0.04% | -7,160 | -13.15% | 54,431 |
| Waupaca | 3,976 | 34.57% | 7,520 | 65.39% | 5 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,544 | -30.81% | 11,501 |
| Waushara | 1,771 | 31.43% | 3,861 | 68.52% | 3 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,090 | -37.09% | 5,635 |
| Winnebago | 14,129 | 41.97% | 19,483 | 57.87% | 49 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.01% | -5,354 | -15.90% | 33,665 |
| Wood | 9,035 | 49.41% | 9,221 | 50.43% | 23 | 0.13% | 6 | 0.03% | -186 | -1.02% | 18,285 |
| Total | 637,491 | 50.36% | 625,536 | 49.41% | 2,477 | 0.20% | 396 | 0.03% | 11,955 | 0.94% | 1,265,900 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Note
- ^ These are not listed in the Blue Book but are listed in the Board of Canvassers report.
References
- ^ a b Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1964). "Vote For State Officers By County, Wisconsin Primary Election, September 11, 1962". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1964. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 709.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers for State Officers - General Election - 1962
- ^ a b Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1964). "Vote For State Officers By County, Wisconsin General Election, November 6, 1962". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1964. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 863.
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