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. As of 2024[update], this is the only time Menominee County has voted for the Republican candidate in a gubernatorial election.
Primary election
[edit]The primary election was held on September 11, 1962.
Democratic party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John W. Reynolds | 199,940 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 199,940 | 100.00% | ||
Republican party
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- John W. Reynolds, Democrat
- Philip G. Kuehn, Republican
- Adolf Wiggert, Independent
Results
[edit]| 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
[edit]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
[edit]Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Note
[edit]- ^ These are not listed in the Blue Book but are listed in the Board of Canvassers report.
References
[edit]- ^ 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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