# Wisconsin gubernatorial elections

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