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Election 1982 Results

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1982 Wisconsin governor election

Anthony S. Earl (Democrat) beat Terry J. Kohler (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1982, 56.7% to 41.9%, a margin of 14.8 points and 233,974 votes.

Wisconsin changed party: in 1978 it went Republican, for Lee S. Dreyfus.

Democrats led in 40 of the 72 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 32. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 312,055 votes and went to the Democrat by 35.6 points. The closest was Taylor, where 18 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
Anthony S. Earl won Democratic 896,812 56.7%
Terry J. Kohler Republican 662,838 41.9%
All other candidates 20,694 1.3%
Total1,580,344

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 210,142 67.3% 98,925 31.7% 2,988 312,055 D+35.6
Dane 86,228 70.5% 34,631 28.3% 1,513 122,372 D+42.2
Waukesha 43,128 46.8% 47,860 52.0% 1,119 92,107 R+5.1
Brown 31,375 53.5% 26,605 45.3% 706 58,686 D+8.1
Racine 33,079 60.5% 20,914 38.2% 700 54,693 D+22.2
Winnebago 24,375 52.2% 21,649 46.4% 641 46,665 D+5.8
Rock 26,130 62.1% 15,432 36.7% 515 42,077 D+25.4
Outagamie 21,655 52.8% 18,741 45.7% 588 40,984 D+7.1
Marathon 19,451 49.9% 18,602 47.7% 950 39,003 D+2.2
Sheboygan 21,211 56.6% 15,769 42.1% 482 37,462 D+14.5
Kenosha 24,315 68.3% 11,015 30.9% 271 35,601 D+37.4
Fond Du Lac 16,302 51.3% 14,921 47.0% 532 31,755 D+4.3
La Crosse 17,962 56.9% 13,191 41.8% 420 31,573 D+15.1
Manitowoc 17,069 59.8% 10,447 36.6% 1,038 28,554 D+23.2
Eau Claire 16,520 61.4% 10,025 37.3% 358 26,903 D+24.1
Washington 12,114 46.6% 13,505 51.9% 385 26,004 R+5.3
Wood 13,084 52.8% 11,304 45.6% 401 24,789 D+7.2
Ozaukee 9,852 42.5% 13,147 56.8% 161 23,160 R+14.2
Dodge 10,425 46.4% 11,745 52.2% 309 22,479 R+5.9
Walworth 9,603 43.7% 12,229 55.6% 165 21,997 R+11.9
Jefferson 9,862 49.8% 9,629 48.6% 309 19,800 D+1.2
Portage 12,704 67.8% 5,690 30.4% 347 18,741 D+37.4
Chippewa 9,128 59.3% 6,021 39.1% 232 15,381 D+20.2
Douglas 11,160 73.2% 3,961 26.0% 116 15,237 D+47.2
St. Croix 8,557 58.0% 6,097 41.3% 100 14,754 D+16.7
Columbia 7,056 49.0% 7,158 49.7% 192 14,406 R+0.7
Grant 5,960 41.6% 8,268 57.7% 103 14,331 R+16.1
Sauk 6,430 46.1% 7,403 53.1% 115 13,948 R+7.0
Marinette 6,757 48.7% 6,985 50.3% 134 13,876 R+1.6
Waupaca 5,307 40.9% 7,497 57.8% 171 12,975 R+16.9
Oneida 6,525 50.8% 5,996 46.7% 319 12,840 D+4.1
Barron 6,355 50.6% 6,136 48.8% 79 12,570 D+1.7
Shawano 4,863 41.0% 6,708 56.5% 294 11,865 R+15.5
Dunn 6,588 57.1% 4,778 41.4% 173 11,539 D+15.7
Oconto 4,991 43.7% 6,305 55.2% 133 11,429 R+11.5
Clark 5,056 46.5% 5,610 51.6% 198 10,864 R+5.1
Calumet 4,953 47.4% 5,246 50.2% 260 10,459 R+2.8
Polk 5,933 57.0% 4,344 41.8% 126 10,403 D+15.3
Door 4,292 42.3% 5,790 57.1% 66 10,148 R+14.8
Monroe 4,156 41.4% 5,752 57.3% 127 10,035 R+15.9
Pierce 5,768 57.9% 4,118 41.3% 79 9,965 D+16.6
Lincoln 4,768 48.1% 4,932 49.7% 217 9,917 R+1.7
Green 4,423 45.9% 5,118 53.1% 96 9,637 R+7.2
Vernon 4,124 43.0% 5,328 55.5% 144 9,596 R+12.5
Trempealeau 4,959 56.4% 3,753 42.7% 79 8,791 D+13.7
Kewaunee 3,695 49.8% 3,640 49.1% 80 7,415 D+0.7
Juneau 2,954 40.4% 4,230 57.9% 121 7,305 R+17.5
Vilas 3,028 41.5% 4,054 55.5% 218 7,300 R+14.1
Jackson 3,710 51.2% 3,426 47.3% 105 7,241 D+3.9
Langlade 3,667 52.7% 3,199 45.9% 96 6,962 D+6.7
Burnett 4,179 60.0% 2,660 38.2% 122 6,961 D+21.8
Lafayette 2,889 41.8% 3,987 57.7% 35 6,911 R+15.9
Taylor 3,237 48.9% 3,255 49.1% 134 6,626 R+0.3
Crawford 2,913 44.0% 3,643 55.1% 61 6,617 R+11.0
Ashland 3,949 59.8% 2,558 38.8% 92 6,599 D+21.1
Green Lake 2,292 35.3% 4,099 63.2% 99 6,490 R+27.8
Richland 2,250 35.8% 3,971 63.1% 72 6,293 R+27.3
Bayfield 3,761 60.0% 2,448 39.1% 58 6,267 D+21.0
Iowa 2,759 44.6% 3,361 54.3% 68 6,188 R+9.7
Price 2,764 46.5% 3,033 51.0% 149 5,946 R+4.5
Waushara 2,432 41.4% 3,360 57.2% 79 5,871 R+15.8
Rusk 2,875 51.4% 2,598 46.5% 119 5,592 D+5.0
Washburn 2,817 52.2% 2,528 46.9% 50 5,395 D+5.4
Buffalo 2,772 54.0% 2,314 45.1% 48 5,134 D+8.9
Adams 2,514 51.8% 2,249 46.4% 88 4,851 D+5.5
Sawyer 2,286 49.0% 2,321 49.8% 55 4,662 R+0.8
Marquette 1,868 44.7% 2,215 53.0% 95 4,178 R+8.3
Forest 1,998 55.5% 1,509 41.9% 95 3,602 D+13.6
Iron 2,105 63.9% 1,136 34.5% 55 3,296 D+29.4
Pepin 1,297 59.0% 885 40.3% 15 2,197 D+18.8
Florence 667 45.6% 766 52.4% 30 1,463 R+6.8
Menominee 439 79.0% 113 20.3% 4 556 D+58.6

Counties as they stood in 1982; 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