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Election 1970 Results

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1970 Wisconsin governor election

Patrick J. Lucey (Democrat) beat Jack B. Olson (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1970, 54.2% to 44.9%, a margin of 9.4 points and 125,786 votes.

Wisconsin changed party: in 1968 it went Republican, for Warren P. Knowles.

Democrats led in 44 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 28. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 309,895 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.9 points. The closest was Florence, where 1 vote 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
Patrick J. Lucey won Democratic 728,403 54.2%
Jack B. Olson Republican 602,617 44.9%
All other candidates 12,140 0.9%
Total1,343,160

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 196,941 63.6% 110,436 35.6% 2,518 309,895 D+27.9
Dane 49,868 55.9% 38,078 42.7% 1,272 89,218 D+13.2
Waukesha 32,969 46.8% 36,828 52.2% 689 70,486 R+5.5
Racine 30,086 57.8% 21,573 41.4% 399 52,058 D+16.4
Brown 23,869 52.0% 21,395 46.6% 636 45,900 D+5.4
Rock 20,358 51.8% 18,689 47.5% 275 39,322 D+4.2
Winnebago 17,507 46.9% 19,286 51.7% 540 37,333 R+4.8
Kenosha 22,136 64.5% 11,944 34.8% 223 34,303 D+29.7
Sheboygan 17,697 51.9% 16,077 47.1% 344 34,118 D+4.7
Outagamie 15,855 47.4% 17,318 51.7% 295 33,468 R+4.4
Marathon 17,665 55.3% 13,903 43.5% 376 31,944 D+11.8
Manitowoc 15,975 59.2% 10,577 39.2% 414 26,966 D+20.0
Fond Du Lac 12,434 48.7% 12,872 50.4% 237 25,543 R+1.7
La Crosse 11,639 46.0% 13,335 52.8% 305 25,279 R+6.7
Dodge 9,510 46.8% 10,683 52.6% 124 20,317 R+5.8
Wood 10,975 54.3% 9,083 45.0% 141 20,199 D+9.4
Eau Claire 11,252 55.8% 8,787 43.6% 109 20,148 D+12.2
Washington 9,686 49.8% 9,636 49.5% 134 19,456 D+0.3
Jefferson 9,034 47.1% 10,047 52.4% 108 19,189 R+5.3
Walworth 7,789 41.5% 10,903 58.1% 66 18,758 R+16.6
Ozaukee 6,830 39.8% 10,184 59.3% 156 17,170 R+19.5
Douglas 10,608 70.9% 4,255 28.4% 94 14,957 D+42.5
Portage 9,580 66.0% 4,797 33.1% 134 14,511 D+33.0
Columbia 5,592 42.3% 7,542 57.0% 98 13,232 R+14.7
Sauk 5,601 43.9% 7,036 55.1% 135 12,772 R+11.2
Chippewa 7,523 60.4% 4,863 39.0% 75 12,461 D+21.3
Marinette 6,358 51.7% 5,871 47.7% 78 12,307 D+4.0
Grant 4,621 39.6% 6,846 58.6% 207 11,674 R+19.1
Waupaca 4,302 38.8% 6,726 60.7% 47 11,075 R+21.9
Shawano 4,696 43.6% 6,027 56.0% 49 10,772 R+12.4
Barron 5,052 49.8% 5,045 49.8% 42 10,139 D+0.1
St. Croix 5,045 52.6% 4,534 47.2% 19 9,598 D+5.3
Clark 5,017 53.2% 4,345 46.1% 73 9,435 D+7.1
Polk 4,616 52.3% 4,180 47.4% 25 8,821 D+4.9
Oneida 4,401 50.7% 4,224 48.6% 58 8,683 D+2.0
Calumet 4,295 50.5% 4,174 49.1% 37 8,506 D+1.4
Oconto 4,321 51.0% 4,101 48.4% 53 8,475 D+2.6
Monroe 3,694 45.3% 4,403 54.0% 55 8,152 R+8.7
Vernon 3,688 45.9% 4,251 52.9% 101 8,040 R+7.0
Dunn 3,963 51.0% 3,770 48.5% 33 7,766 D+2.5
Green 2,894 37.6% 4,772 62.0% 32 7,698 R+24.4
Lincoln 3,860 50.9% 3,667 48.4% 56 7,583 D+2.5
Trempealeau 4,038 55.1% 3,266 44.6% 20 7,324 D+10.5
Door 3,014 41.9% 4,153 57.7% 30 7,197 R+15.8
Pierce 3,769 52.9% 3,344 46.9% 10 7,123 D+6.0
Richland 2,368 39.8% 3,444 57.9% 138 5,950 R+18.1
Kewaunee 3,100 52.4% 2,795 47.2% 23 5,918 D+5.2
Green Lake 2,343 40.1% 3,461 59.2% 44 5,848 R+19.1
Lafayette 2,414 42.4% 3,255 57.2% 26 5,695 R+14.8
Price 3,137 55.4% 2,500 44.1% 27 5,664 D+11.2
Langlade 3,110 55.3% 2,488 44.2% 30 5,628 D+11.1
Iowa 2,403 43.0% 3,141 56.3% 38 5,582 R+13.2
Juneau 2,483 46.4% 2,825 52.8% 41 5,349 R+6.4
Ashland 3,541 66.7% 1,708 32.2% 58 5,307 D+34.5
Crawford 2,298 43.4% 2,517 47.6% 476 5,291 R+4.1
Vilas 2,185 43.6% 2,795 55.8% 29 5,009 R+12.2
Waushara 1,824 38.1% 2,933 61.3% 26 4,783 R+23.2
Jackson 2,592 54.9% 2,117 44.8% 14 4,723 D+10.1
Bayfield 2,977 64.4% 1,623 35.1% 24 4,624 D+29.3
Rusk 2,540 57.9% 1,819 41.4% 30 4,389 D+16.4
Washburn 2,319 54.8% 1,896 44.8% 18 4,233 D+10.0
Taylor 2,019 50.8% 1,896 47.7% 57 3,972 D+3.1
Buffalo 1,890 52.7% 1,693 47.2% 6 3,589 D+5.5
Sawyer 1,703 49.5% 1,716 49.9% 20 3,439 R+0.4
Burnett 1,999 58.4% 1,413 41.3% 10 3,422 D+17.1
Marquette 1,203 40.7% 1,735 58.7% 20 2,958 R+18.0
Adams 1,560 53.1% 1,358 46.2% 19 2,937 D+6.9
Forest 1,724 62.0% 1,043 37.5% 12 2,779 D+24.5
Iron 1,741 67.4% 832 32.2% 12 2,585 D+35.2
Pepin 1,126 54.7% 924 44.9% 10 2,060 D+9.8
Florence 696 49.9% 695 49.8% 4 1,395 D+0.1
Menominee 485 73.5% 169 25.6% 6 660 D+47.9

Counties as they stood in 1970; 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