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Election 1948 Results

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1948 Wisconsin governor election

Oscar Rennebohm (Republican) beat Carl W. Thompson (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1948, 54.1% to 44.1%, a margin of 10.0 points and 126,342 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1946, when Walter S. Goodland won.

Republicans led in 63 of the 71 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 8. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 340,475 votes and went to the Democrat by 6.0 points. The closest was Forest, where 181 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Oscar Rennebohm won Republican 684,839 54.1%
Carl W. Thompson Democratic 558,497 44.1%
All other candidates 22,761 1.8%
Total1,266,097

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 174,598 51.3% 154,141 45.3% 11,736 340,475 D+6.0
Dane 37,602 60.8% 23,669 38.3% 565 61,836 D+22.5
Racine 20,885 48.5% 21,544 50.1% 605 43,034 R+1.5
Brown 17,258 48.6% 18,163 51.2% 75 35,496 R+2.5
Rock 14,738 43.9% 18,634 55.5% 190 33,562 R+11.6
Waukesha 12,481 39.2% 19,110 59.9% 286 31,877 R+20.8
Kenosha 16,285 51.4% 14,739 46.5% 658 31,682 D+4.9
Winnebago 11,541 36.5% 19,784 62.6% 293 31,618 R+26.1
Sheboygan 14,888 49.9% 14,161 47.4% 809 29,858 D+2.4
Marathon 13,300 47.7% 14,215 51.0% 354 27,869 R+3.3
Outagamie 9,427 34.2% 18,054 65.5% 93 27,574 R+31.3
Manitowoc 11,330 46.5% 12,877 52.8% 167 24,374 R+6.3
Fond Du Lac 7,396 31.5% 15,910 67.7% 179 23,485 R+36.3
La Crosse 10,241 44.5% 12,543 54.5% 228 23,012 R+10.0
Dodge 7,023 36.3% 12,269 63.5% 42 19,334 R+27.1
Douglas 9,034 49.3% 8,658 47.3% 616 18,308 D+2.1
Eau Claire 7,359 40.7% 10,614 58.7% 109 18,082 R+18.0
Wood 6,209 38.1% 9,993 61.4% 83 16,285 R+23.2
Walworth 4,243 26.3% 11,789 73.0% 112 16,144 R+46.7
Jefferson 6,702 41.7% 9,297 57.8% 85 16,084 R+16.1
Grant 5,102 34.3% 9,759 65.5% 35 14,896 R+31.3
Chippewa 5,447 39.0% 8,376 60.0% 136 13,959 R+21.0
Portage 8,145 59.2% 5,560 40.4% 57 13,762 D+18.8
Sauk 4,960 36.7% 8,398 62.2% 146 13,504 R+25.5
Waupaca 3,163 24.1% 9,919 75.5% 57 13,139 R+51.4
Marinette 5,195 40.8% 7,406 58.1% 137 12,738 R+17.4
Columbia 5,003 40.5% 7,309 59.2% 35 12,347 R+18.7
Barron 4,214 35.6% 7,373 62.2% 261 11,848 R+26.7
Washington 3,719 32.0% 7,819 67.4% 70 11,608 R+35.3
Clark 3,205 29.5% 7,322 67.4% 329 10,856 R+37.9
Shawano 3,169 29.3% 7,575 70.0% 82 10,826 R+40.7
Monroe 3,980 38.4% 6,310 60.9% 72 10,362 R+22.5
St. Croix 4,303 41.8% 5,929 57.6% 67 10,299 R+15.8
Vernon 4,503 46.9% 5,087 52.9% 18 9,608 R+6.1
Polk 3,912 42.3% 5,220 56.4% 124 9,256 R+14.1
Dunn 3,404 37.3% 5,634 61.7% 89 9,127 R+24.4
Oconto 3,242 36.2% 5,652 63.2% 52 8,946 R+26.9
Ozaukee 3,209 36.4% 5,547 62.9% 61 8,817 R+26.5
Green 2,800 33.2% 5,598 66.4% 34 8,432 R+33.2
Trempealeau 3,579 44.4% 4,449 55.2% 29 8,057 R+10.8
Pierce 2,791 34.9% 5,150 64.4% 61 8,002 R+29.5
Oneida 2,952 37.2% 4,686 59.0% 304 7,942 R+21.8
Lincoln 2,475 31.4% 5,286 67.0% 125 7,886 R+35.6
Langlade 3,250 41.5% 4,447 56.8% 130 7,827 R+15.3
Iowa 3,050 40.0% 4,541 59.6% 31 7,622 R+19.6
Door 2,109 29.1% 5,123 70.6% 24 7,256 R+41.5
Lafayette 3,281 45.4% 3,921 54.3% 17 7,219 R+8.9
Ashland 2,432 33.9% 4,469 62.3% 273 7,174 R+28.4
Calumet 2,310 33.7% 4,535 66.1% 16 6,861 R+32.4
Crawford 3,148 46.0% 3,680 53.8% 14 6,842 R+7.8
Juneau 2,311 34.2% 4,405 65.1% 46 6,762 R+31.0
Richland 2,356 34.9% 4,373 64.8% 19 6,748 R+29.9
Price 2,101 31.8% 4,188 63.5% 310 6,599 R+31.6
Taylor 2,300 37.8% 3,520 57.8% 269 6,089 R+20.0
Rusk 2,269 37.6% 3,609 59.8% 153 6,031 R+22.2
Kewaunee 2,293 38.3% 3,685 61.5% 13 5,991 R+23.2
Green Lake 1,428 24.6% 4,342 74.9% 30 5,800 R+50.2
Bayfield 1,915 34.6% 3,239 58.5% 382 5,536 R+23.9
Jackson 1,892 35.0% 3,468 64.2% 43 5,403 R+29.2
Waushara 1,128 21.8% 3,990 77.0% 67 5,185 R+55.2
Washburn 1,693 36.1% 2,795 59.5% 207 4,695 R+23.5
Buffalo 1,497 31.9% 3,144 67.0% 49 4,690 R+35.1
Vilas 1,266 28.7% 2,979 67.6% 159 4,404 R+38.9
Sawyer 1,253 29.0% 2,993 69.3% 73 4,319 R+40.3
Burnett 1,536 41.3% 2,086 56.1% 97 3,719 R+14.8
Iron 1,830 51.5% 1,537 43.3% 185 3,552 D+8.2
Forest 1,699 50.5% 1,518 45.1% 149 3,366 D+5.4
Marquette 818 25.3% 2,393 74.1% 19 3,230 R+48.8
Adams 1,009 37.7% 1,635 61.0% 35 2,679 R+23.4
Pepin 803 31.2% 1,747 68.0% 21 2,571 R+36.7
Florence 508 29.5% 949 55.1% 264 1,721 R+25.6

Counties as they stood in 1948; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Wisconsin governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Tony Evers (D) D+3.4
2018 Tony Evers (D) D+1.1
2014 Scott Walker (R) R+5.7
2010 Scott Walker (R) R+5.8
2006 James E. Doyle (D) D+7.4
2002 Jim Doyle (D) D+3.7
1998 Tommy G. Thompson (R) R+21.0
1994 Tommy G. Thompson (R) R+36.4
1990 Tommy G. Thompson (R) R+16.4
1986 Tommy G. Thompson (R) R+6.5
1982 Anthony S. Earl (D) D+14.8
1978 Lee S. Dreyfus (R) R+9.5
1974 Patrick J. Lucey (D) D+11.1
1970 Patrick J. Lucey (D) D+9.4
1968 Warren P. Knowles (R) R+6.1
1966 Warren P. Knowles (R) R+7.4
1964 Warren P. Knowles (R) R+1.1
1962 John W. Reynolds (D) D+0.9
1960 Gaylord Anton Nelson (D) D+3.1
1958 Gaylord Anton Nelson (D) D+7.3
1956 Vernon W. Thomson (R) R+3.8
1954 Walter J. Kohler Jr. (R) R+3.1
1952 Walter J. Kohler Jr. (R) R+25.2
1950 Walter J. Kohler Jr. (R) R+7.1
1948 Oscar Rennebohm (R) R+10.0
1946 Walter S. Goodland (R) R+20.7
1944 Walter S. Goodland (R) R+12.2
1942 Orland S. Loomis (other)
1940 Julius P. Heil (R) R+21.4
1938 Julius P. Heil (R) R+47.4
1936 Philip La Follette (other)
1934 Philip La Follette (other)
1932 Albert G. Schmedeman (D) D+10.6
1930 Philip F. La Follette (R) R+36.8
1928 Walter J. Kohler Sr. (R) R+15.5
1926 Fred R. Zimmerman (R) R+50.3
1924 John J. Blaine (R) R+11.9
1922 John J. Blaine (R) R+65.8
1920 John J. Blaine (R) R+17.1
1918 Emanuel L. Philipp (R) R+13.0
1916 Emanuel L. Philipp (R) R+15.0
1914 Emanuel L. Philipp (R) R+6.5
1912 Francis E. McGovern (R) R+3.1
1910 Francis E. McGovern (R) R+16.0
1908 James O. Davidson (R) R+17.1
1906 James O. Davidson (R) R+25.1
1904 Robert M. La Follette (R) R+11.3
1902 Robert M. La Follette (R) R+13.0
1900 Robert M. La Follette (R) R+23.5
1898 Edward Scofield (R) R+11.5
1896 Edward Scofield (R) R+21.6
1894 William H. Upham (R) R+14.4
1892 George W. Peck (D) D+2.0
1890 George W. Peck (D) D+9.2
1888 William D. Hoard (R) R+5.7
1886 Jeremiah M. Rusk (R) R+6.5
1884 Jeremiah M. Rusk (R) R+6.0
1881 Jeremiah M. Rusk (R) R+7.0
1879 William E. Smith (R) R+13.5
1877 William E. Smith (R) R+4.6
1875 Harrison Ludington (R) R+0.5
1873 William R. Taylor (D) D+10.4
1871 Cadwallader C. Washburn (R) R+6.4
1869 Lucius Fairchild (R) R+6.3
1867 Lucius Fairchild (R) R+3.3
1865 Lucius Fairchild (R) R+9.4