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1948 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1948 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

← 1946 November 2, 1948 1950 →
 
Nominee Oscar Rennebohm Carl W. Thompson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 684,839 558,497
Percentage 54.09% 44.11%

County results
Rennebohm:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Thompson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Oscar Rennebohm
Republican

Elected Governor

Oscar Rennebohm
Republican

The 1948 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948.

Incumbent Republican Governor Oscar Rennebohm defeated Democratic nominee Carl W. Thompson with 54.09% of the vote.

Primary election

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Primary elections were held on September 21, 1948.

Democratic party

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carl W. Thompson 72,084 65.32%
Democratic William D. Carroll 38,275 34.68%
Total votes 110,359 100.00%

Republican party

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Oscar Rennebohm (incumbent) 278,650 58.19%
Republican Ralph M. Immell 200,248 41.81%
Total votes 478,898 100.00%

People's Progressive party

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Candidates

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Results

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People's Progressive primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Henry J. Berquist 6,525 100.00%
Total votes 6,525 100.00%

Socialist party

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Candidates

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  • Walter H. Uphoff, candidate for governor in 1946

Results

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Socialist primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist Walter H. Uphoff 3,798 100.00%
Total votes 3,798 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

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1948 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Oscar Rennebohm (incumbent) 684,839 54.09% −5.69%
Democratic Carl W. Thompson 558,497 44.11% +5.04%
Progressive Henry J. Berquist 12,928 1.02%
Socialist Walter H. Uphoff 9,149 0.72% −0.14%
Socialist Workers[a] James E. Boulton 356 0.03% −0.15%
Socialist Labor[b] Georgia Cozzini 328 0.03% −0.07%
Scattering[c] 42 0.00%
Majority 126,342 9.98%
Total votes 1,266,139 100.00%
Republican hold Swing -10.73%

Results by county

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County[7][8] Oscar Rennebohm
Republican
Carl W. Thompson
Democratic
Henry J. Berquist
Progressive
Walter H. Uphoff
Socialist
All Others
Various
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,635 61.03% 1,009 37.66% 28 1.05% 7 0.26% 0 0.00% 626 23.37% 2,679
Ashland 4,469 62.29% 2,432 33.90% 249 3.47% 21 0.29% 3 0.04% 2,037 28.39% 7,174
Barron 7,373 62.22% 4,214 35.56% 233 1.97% 28 0.24% 1 0.01% 3,159 26.66% 11,849
Bayfield 3,239 58.51% 1,915 34.59% 362 6.54% 17 0.31% 3 0.05% 1,324 23.92% 5,536
Brown 18,163 51.17% 17,258 48.62% 46 0.13% 27 0.08% 4 0.01% 905 2.55% 35,498
Buffalo 3,144 67.04% 1,497 31.92% 19 0.41% 27 0.58% 3 0.06% 1,647 35.12% 4,690
Burnett 2,086 56.09% 1,536 41.30% 86 2.31% 7 0.19% 4 0.11% 550 14.79% 3,719
Calumet 4,535 66.10% 2,310 33.67% 11 0.16% 5 0.07% 0 0.00% 2,225 32.43% 6,861
Chippewa 8,376 60.00% 5,447 39.02% 100 0.72% 33 0.24% 3 0.02% 2,929 20.98% 13,959
Clark 7,322 67.45% 3,205 29.52% 267 2.46% 56 0.52% 6 0.06% 4,117 37.92% 10,856
Columbia 7,309 59.20% 5,003 40.52% 16 0.13% 19 0.15% 0 0.00% 2,306 18.68% 12,347
Crawford 3,680 53.78% 3,148 46.00% 3 0.04% 9 0.13% 3 0.04% 532 7.77% 6,843
Dane 23,669 38.28% 37,602 60.81% 219 0.35% 340 0.55% 6 0.01% -13,933 -22.53% 61,836
Dodge 12,269 63.45% 7,023 36.32% 1 0.01% 41 0.21% 2 0.01% 5,246 27.13% 19,336
Door 5,123 70.60% 2,109 29.07% 17 0.23% 7 0.10% 0 0.00% 3,014 41.54% 7,256
Douglas 8,658 47.29% 9,034 49.34% 560 3.06% 42 0.23% 15 0.08% -376 -2.05% 18,309
Dunn 5,634 61.72% 3,404 37.29% 65 0.71% 20 0.22% 6 0.07% 2,230 24.43% 9,129
Eau Claire 10,614 58.69% 7,359 40.69% 65 0.36% 39 0.22% 8 0.04% 3,255 18.00% 18,085
Florence 949 55.14% 508 29.52% 252 14.64% 10 0.58% 2 0.12% 441 25.62% 1,721
Fond du Lac 15,910 67.75% 7,396 31.49% 79 0.34% 97 0.41% 3 0.01% 8,514 36.25% 23,485
Forest 1,518 45.10% 1,699 50.48% 131 3.89% 17 0.51% 1 0.03% -181 -5.38% 3,366
Grant 9,759 65.51% 5,102 34.25% 11 0.07% 17 0.11% 7 0.05% 4,657 31.26% 14,896
Green 5,598 66.38% 2,800 33.20% 17 0.20% 16 0.19% 2 0.02% 2,798 33.18% 8,433
Green Lake 4,342 74.86% 1,428 24.62% 16 0.28% 13 0.22% 1 0.02% 2,914 50.24% 5,800
Iowa 4,541 59.58% 3,050 40.02% 16 0.21% 10 0.13% 5 0.07% 1,491 19.56% 7,622
Iron 1,537 43.27% 1,830 51.52% 173 4.87% 7 0.20% 5 0.14% -293 -8.25% 3,552
Jackson 3,468 64.19% 1,892 35.02% 18 0.33% 24 0.44% 1 0.02% 1,576 29.17% 5,403
Jefferson 9,297 57.79% 6,702 41.66% 36 0.22% 46 0.29% 6 0.04% 2,595 16.13% 16,087
Juneau 4,405 65.14% 2,311 34.18% 30 0.44% 13 0.19% 3 0.04% 2,094 30.97% 6,762
Kenosha 14,739 46.52% 16,285 51.40% 434 1.37% 201 0.63% 23 0.07% -1,546 -4.88% 31,682
Kewaunee 3,685 61.51% 2,293 38.27% 7 0.12% 3 0.05% 3 0.05% 1,392 23.23% 5,991
La Crosse 12,543 54.51% 10,241 44.50% 82 0.36% 138 0.60% 8 0.03% 2,302 10.00% 23,012
Lafayette 3,921 54.32% 3,281 45.45% 10 0.14% 7 0.10% 0 0.00% 640 8.87% 7,219
Langlade 4,447 56.82% 3,250 41.52% 114 1.46% 13 0.17% 3 0.04% 1,197 15.29% 7,827
Lincoln 5,286 67.03% 2,475 31.38% 100 1.27% 16 0.20% 9 0.11% 2,811 35.65% 7,886
Manitowoc 12,877 52.83% 11,330 46.48% 93 0.38% 70 0.29% 4 0.02% 1,547 6.35% 24,374
Marathon 14,215 51.01% 13,300 47.72% 171 0.61% 171 0.61% 9 0.03% 915 3.28% 27,869
Marinette 7,406 58.14% 5,195 40.78% 101 0.79% 35 0.27% 1 0.01% 2,211 17.36% 12,738
Marquette 2,393 74.09% 818 25.33% 13 0.40% 6 0.19% 0 0.00% 1,575 48.76% 3,230
Milwaukee 154,141 45.27% 174,598 51.28% 5,630 1.65% 5,694 1.67% 417 0.12% -20,457 -6.01% 340,480
Monroe 6,310 60.87% 3,980 38.39% 24 0.23% 46 0.44% 7 0.07% 2,330 22.48% 10,367
Oconto 5,652 63.18% 3,242 36.24% 33 0.37% 17 0.19% 2 0.02% 2,410 26.94% 8,946
Oneida 4,686 59.00% 2,952 37.16% 279 3.51% 22 0.28% 4 0.05% 1,734 21.83% 7,943
Outagamie 18,054 65.47% 9,427 34.19% 44 0.16% 43 0.16% 6 0.02% 8,627 31.29% 27,574
Ozaukee 5,547 62.91% 3,209 36.40% 47 0.53% 14 0.16% 0 0.00% 2,338 26.52% 8,817
Pepin 1,747 67.87% 803 31.20% 9 0.35% 11 0.43% 4 0.16% 944 36.67% 2,574
Pierce 5,150 64.36% 2,791 34.88% 42 0.52% 16 0.20% 3 0.04% 2,359 29.48% 8,002
Polk 5,220 56.38% 3,912 42.26% 98 1.06% 23 0.25% 5 0.05% 1,308 14.13% 9,258
Portage 5,560 40.39% 8,145 59.17% 36 0.26% 19 0.14% 5 0.04% -2,585 -18.78% 13,765
Price 4,188 63.46% 2,101 31.84% 279 4.23% 25 0.38% 6 0.09% 2,087 31.63% 6,599
Racine 21,544 50.06% 20,885 48.53% 443 1.03% 149 0.35% 13 0.03% 659 1.53% 43,034
Richland 4,373 64.80% 2,356 34.91% 11 0.16% 2 0.03% 6 0.09% 2,017 29.89% 6,748
Rock 18,634 55.52% 14,738 43.91% 91 0.27% 94 0.28% 7 0.02% 3,896 11.61% 33,564
Rusk 3,609 59.84% 2,269 37.62% 136 2.26% 17 0.28% 0 0.00% 1,340 22.22% 6,031
Sauk 8,398 62.19% 4,960 36.73% 37 0.27% 108 0.80% 1 0.01% 3,438 25.46% 13,504
Sawyer 2,993 69.28% 1,253 29.00% 61 1.41% 11 0.25% 2 0.05% 1,740 40.28% 4,320
Shawano 7,575 69.97% 3,169 29.27% 53 0.49% 26 0.24% 3 0.03% 4,406 40.70% 10,826
Sheboygan 14,161 47.43% 14,888 49.86% 348 1.17% 435 1.46% 26 0.09% -727 -2.43% 29,858
St. Croix 5,929 57.57% 4,303 41.78% 35 0.34% 31 0.30% 1 0.01% 1,626 15.79% 10,299
Taylor 3,520 57.81% 2,300 37.77% 119 1.95% 150 2.46% 0 0.00% 1,220 20.04% 6,089
Trempealeau 4,449 55.22% 3,579 44.42% 15 0.19% 12 0.15% 2 0.02% 870 10.80% 8,057
Vernon 5,087 52.94% 4,503 46.86% 11 0.11% 7 0.07% 1 0.01% 584 6.08% 9,609
Vilas 2,979 67.64% 1,266 28.75% 141 3.20% 17 0.39% 1 0.02% 1,713 38.90% 4,404
Walworth 11,789 73.02% 4,243 26.28% 76 0.47% 33 0.20% 3 0.02% 7,546 46.74% 16,144
Washburn 2,795 59.52% 1,693 36.05% 193 4.11% 6 0.13% 9 0.19% 1,102 23.47% 4,696
Washington 7,819 67.36% 3,719 32.04% 25 0.22% 45 0.39% 0 0.00% 4,100 35.32% 11,608
Waukesha 19,110 59.95% 12,481 39.15% 135 0.42% 141 0.44% 11 0.03% 6,629 20.79% 31,878
Waupaca 9,919 75.49% 3,163 24.07% 41 0.31% 16 0.12% 1 0.01% 6,756 51.42% 13,140
Waushara 3,990 76.95% 1,128 21.76% 49 0.95% 17 0.33% 1 0.02% 2,862 55.20% 5,185
Winnebago 19,784 62.57% 11,541 36.50% 91 0.29% 189 0.60% 13 0.04% 8,243 26.07% 31,618
Wood 9,993 61.36% 6,209 38.13% 45 0.28% 35 0.21% 3 0.02% 3,784 23.24% 16,285
Total 684,839 54.09% 558,497 44.11% 12,928 1.02% 9,149 0.72% 726 0.06% 126,342 9.98% 1,266,139

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Independent Socialist Workers"
  2. ^ "Independent Socialist Labor"
  3. ^ These are not listed in the Blue Book but are listed in the Board of Canvassers report.

References

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  1. ^ "William Carroll, Prairie du Chien Mayor, Dead at 72". Janesville Daily Gazette. Janesville, Wisconsin. November 14, 1955. p. 3. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "Defeat of Stevenson For House Lone Upset In Wisconsin Primary". Evening star. Washington, D.C. September 22, 1948. p. A-2. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (1950). "Primary Vote For Governor By Counties". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1950. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 647.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "WI Governor, 1948 - D Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  5. ^ "WI Governor, 1948 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  6. ^ "Milwaukee SWP Runs J. Boulton for Mayor" (PDF). The Militant. New York, NY. December 22, 1947. p. 4. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers for State Officers - General Election - 1948
  8. ^ a b The Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (1950). "Vote For Governor By Counties". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1950. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 749.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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