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Election 1978 Results

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1978 Wisconsin governor election

Lee S. Dreyfus (Republican) beat Martin J. Schreiber (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1978, 54.4% to 44.9%, a margin of 9.5 points and 142,243 votes.

Wisconsin changed party: in 1974 it went Democratic, for Patrick J. Lucey.

Republicans led in 54 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 18. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 316,439 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.4 points. The closest was Florence, where 30 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
Lee S. Dreyfus won Republican 816,056 54.4%
Martin J. Schreiber Democratic 673,813 44.9%
All other candidates 11,127 0.7%
Total1,500,996

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 168,854 53.4% 145,363 45.9% 2,222 316,439 D+7.4
Dane 54,916 48.7% 56,631 50.2% 1,166 112,713 R+1.5
Waukesha 32,138 33.9% 62,062 65.5% 509 94,709 R+31.6
Brown 23,146 41.9% 31,610 57.2% 514 55,270 R+15.3
Racine 24,734 47.7% 26,744 51.6% 334 51,812 R+3.9
Winnebago 18,137 41.7% 24,874 57.2% 441 43,452 R+15.5
Outagamie 16,030 40.1% 23,544 58.9% 409 39,983 R+18.8
Marathon 12,973 34.2% 24,536 64.7% 433 37,942 R+30.5
Rock 17,647 48.0% 18,834 51.2% 273 36,754 R+3.2
Sheboygan 16,355 46.0% 18,936 53.3% 235 35,526 R+7.3
Kenosha 18,976 58.1% 13,518 41.4% 188 32,682 D+16.7
Fond Du Lac 11,848 41.6% 16,305 57.3% 300 28,453 R+15.7
La Crosse 12,053 42.7% 15,954 56.5% 218 28,225 R+13.8
Manitowoc 13,898 50.9% 13,130 48.1% 294 27,322 D+2.8
Washington 9,951 38.7% 15,645 60.8% 127 25,723 R+22.1
Ozaukee 8,160 32.1% 17,145 67.5% 96 25,401 R+35.4
Wood 9,077 39.0% 14,045 60.3% 155 23,277 R+21.3
Eau Claire 10,898 47.1% 12,063 52.2% 164 23,125 R+5.0
Dodge 8,656 37.5% 14,280 61.9% 138 23,074 R+24.4
Portage 8,272 39.1% 12,722 60.2% 146 21,140 R+21.1
Jefferson 8,519 40.7% 12,255 58.6% 141 20,915 R+17.9
Walworth 7,386 36.4% 12,808 63.1% 98 20,292 R+26.7
Grant 6,134 40.4% 8,963 59.0% 94 15,191 R+18.6
Douglas 8,494 60.1% 5,504 38.9% 135 14,133 D+21.2
Chippewa 5,880 43.2% 7,624 56.0% 118 13,622 R+12.8
Marinette 6,030 44.7% 7,376 54.6% 98 13,504 R+10.0
Columbia 5,063 37.5% 8,377 62.1% 52 13,492 R+24.6
Waupaca 4,273 31.8% 9,096 67.7% 57 13,426 R+35.9
Sauk 5,063 38.9% 7,867 60.5% 82 13,012 R+21.5
Oneida 3,632 31.6% 7,818 68.0% 50 11,500 R+36.4
Shawano 4,097 36.3% 7,145 63.3% 44 11,286 R+27.0
Clark 4,583 42.5% 6,123 56.8% 73 10,779 R+14.3
St. Croix 5,515 54.2% 4,602 45.2% 66 10,183 D+9.0
Barron 4,901 49.9% 4,868 49.6% 51 9,820 D+0.3
Calumet 4,091 42.1% 5,593 57.5% 41 9,725 R+15.4
Dunn 4,824 51.8% 4,317 46.4% 163 9,304 D+5.4
Polk 5,027 55.6% 3,950 43.7% 70 9,047 D+11.9
Monroe 3,061 34.1% 5,868 65.4% 50 8,979 R+31.3
Lincoln 2,975 33.5% 5,838 65.8% 63 8,876 R+32.3
Door 3,520 40.1% 5,226 59.5% 37 8,783 R+19.4
Green 3,493 40.0% 5,211 59.6% 35 8,739 R+19.7
Oconto 3,497 40.2% 5,149 59.1% 63 8,709 R+19.0
Langlade 2,624 33.2% 5,213 66.0% 60 7,897 R+32.8
Pierce 4,295 54.9% 3,460 44.2% 65 7,820 D+10.7
Trempealeau 3,595 46.5% 4,108 53.1% 27 7,730 R+6.6
Vernon 3,048 40.0% 4,538 59.5% 37 7,623 R+19.5
Juneau 2,743 38.4% 4,356 60.9% 52 7,151 R+22.6
Vilas 2,190 32.0% 4,619 67.5% 30 6,839 R+35.5
Kewaunee 2,690 43.6% 3,446 55.9% 33 6,169 R+12.3
Richland 2,340 38.4% 3,712 61.0% 36 6,088 R+22.5
Lafayette 2,596 43.3% 3,370 56.2% 31 5,997 R+12.9
Iowa 2,519 43.3% 3,269 56.1% 36 5,824 R+12.9
Green Lake 1,737 29.8% 4,056 69.7% 27 5,820 R+39.8
Price 2,027 34.9% 3,740 64.4% 40 5,807 R+29.5
Ashland 3,108 53.7% 2,641 45.6% 43 5,792 D+8.1
Taylor 2,338 40.4% 3,391 58.6% 56 5,785 R+18.2
Waushara 1,729 31.2% 3,791 68.4% 23 5,543 R+37.2
Jackson 2,157 40.6% 3,118 58.7% 36 5,311 R+18.1
Bayfield 2,889 54.5% 2,354 44.4% 56 5,299 D+10.1
Rusk 2,269 47.0% 2,517 52.1% 42 4,828 R+5.1
Washburn 2,447 51.0% 2,306 48.1% 45 4,798 D+2.9
Burnett 2,664 57.0% 1,931 41.3% 77 4,672 D+15.7
Adams 1,941 42.7% 2,567 56.5% 35 4,543 R+13.8
Crawford 2,071 46.7% 2,332 52.6% 28 4,431 R+5.9
Buffalo 2,329 53.7% 1,980 45.7% 28 4,337 D+8.0
Marquette 1,495 37.9% 2,422 61.4% 30 3,947 R+23.5
Sawyer 1,434 36.9% 2,442 62.8% 15 3,891 R+25.9
Forest 1,493 47.0% 1,653 52.1% 28 3,174 R+5.0
Iron 1,384 51.1% 1,296 47.8% 31 2,711 D+3.2
Pepin 1,647 61.3% 1,016 37.8% 24 2,687 D+23.5
Florence 722 50.7% 692 48.6% 11 1,425 D+2.1
Menominee 515 71.7% 201 28.0% 2 718 D+43.7

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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