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 County results Kohler: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Proxmire: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1954 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1954.
IncumbentRepublicanGovernorWalter J. Kohler Jr. defeatedDemocratic nomineeWilliam Proxmire in a rematch of the1952 election with 51.45% of the vote.
Primary elections were held on September 14, 1954.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | William Proxmire | 141,548 | 62.43% | |
| Democratic | James E. Doyle | 85,187 | 37.57% | |
| Total votes | 226,735 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Walter J. Kohler Jr. (incumbent) | 331,006 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 331,006 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Walter J. Kohler Jr. (incumbent) | 596,158 | 51.45% | −11.03% | |
| Democratic | William Proxmire | 560,747 | 48.40% | +11.13% | |
| Socialist Labor[a] | Arthur Wepfer | 1,722 | 0.15% | ||
| Scattering[b] | 39 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 35,411 | 3.06% | |||
| Total votes | 1,158,666 | 100.00% | |||
| Republicanhold | Swing | -22.16% | |||
Proxmire was the first Democrat sinceGeorge W. Peck in1904 to winFlorence County. By voting for Proxmire,Rusk County backed the losing candidate for the first time since its establishment in 1901.
| County[4][5] | Walter J. Kohler Jr. Republican | William Proxmire Democratic | Arthur Wepfer Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,440 | 51.01% | 1,380 | 48.88% | 3 | 0.11% | 60 | 2.13% | 2,823 |
| Ashland | 2,730 | 44.40% | 3,414 | 55.52% | 5 | 0.08% | -684 | -11.12% | 6,149 |
| Barron | 5,874 | 52.81% | 5,245 | 47.15% | 4 | 0.04% | 629 | 5.65% | 11,123 |
| Bayfield | 1,978 | 45.82% | 2,327 | 53.90% | 0 | 0.00% | -349 | -8.08% | 4,317[c] |
| Brown | 18,832 | 54.00% | 16,009 | 45.91% | 32 | 0.09% | 2,823 | 8.09% | 34,874[d] |
| Buffalo | 2,290 | 54.32% | 1,926 | 45.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 364 | 8.63% | 4,216 |
| Burnett | 1,602 | 50.60% | 1,559 | 49.24% | 3 | 0.09% | 43 | 1.36% | 3,166[e] |
| Calumet | 4,244 | 65.47% | 2,235 | 34.48% | 2 | 0.03% | 2,009 | 30.99% | 6,482[d] |
| Chippewa | 6,212 | 49.01% | 6,452 | 50.90% | 11 | 0.09% | -240 | -1.89% | 12,675 |
| Clark | 5,593 | 52.10% | 5,142 | 47.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 451 | 4.20% | 10,735 |
| Columbia | 6,431 | 59.35% | 4,390 | 40.51% | 15 | 0.14% | 2,041 | 18.84% | 10,836 |
| Crawford | 3,388 | 56.83% | 2,569 | 43.09% | 5 | 0.08% | 819 | 13.74% | 5,962 |
| Dane | 25,220 | 42.78% | 33,634 | 57.05% | 98 | 0.17% | -8,414 | -14.27% | 58,955[f] |
| Dodge | 11,429 | 61.42% | 7,168 | 38.52% | 11 | 0.06% | 4,261 | 22.90% | 18,608 |
| Door | 4,399 | 64.28% | 2,444 | 35.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,955 | 28.57% | 6,843 |
| Douglas | 6,393 | 37.48% | 10,655 | 62.47% | 9 | 0.05% | -4,262 | -24.99% | 17,057 |
| Dunn | 4,367 | 54.17% | 3,692 | 45.80% | 1 | 0.01% | 675 | 8.37% | 8,062[e] |
| Eau Claire | 8,228 | 47.36% | 9,111 | 52.44% | 34 | 0.20% | -883 | -5.08% | 17,374[d] |
| Florence | 741 | 48.15% | 786 | 51.07% | 12 | 0.78% | -45 | -2.92% | 1,539 |
| Fond du Lac | 14,436 | 63.08% | 8,423 | 36.80% | 27 | 0.12% | 6,013 | 26.27% | 22,886 |
| Forest | 1,320 | 39.04% | 2,055 | 60.78% | 6 | 0.18% | -735 | -21.74% | 3,381 |
| Grant | 8,545 | 70.27% | 3,595 | 29.56% | 20 | 0.16% | 4,950 | 40.70% | 12,161[d] |
| Green | 4,986 | 65.25% | 2,648 | 34.66% | 7 | 0.09% | 2,338 | 30.60% | 7,641 |
| Green Lake | 3,838 | 72.57% | 1,443 | 27.28% | 8 | 0.15% | 2,395 | 45.28% | 5,289 |
| Iowa | 3,233 | 56.41% | 2,493 | 43.50% | 5 | 0.09% | 740 | 12.91% | 5,731 |
| Iron | 1,258 | 33.74% | 2,464 | 66.08% | 7 | 0.19% | -1,206 | -32.34% | 3,729 |
| Jackson | 2,552 | 45.27% | 3,077 | 54.59% | 8 | 0.14% | -525 | -9.31% | 5,637 |
| Jefferson | 8,503 | 56.37% | 6,573 | 43.58% | 8 | 0.05% | 1,930 | 12.80% | 15,084 |
| Juneau | 3,466 | 60.66% | 2,231 | 39.04% | 17 | 0.30% | 1,235 | 21.61% | 5,714 |
| Kenosha | 12,759 | 41.29% | 18,120 | 58.64% | 21 | 0.07% | -5,361 | -17.35% | 30,900 |
| Kewaunee | 3,558 | 54.35% | 2,982 | 45.55% | 6 | 0.09% | 576 | 8.80% | 6,546 |
| La Crosse | 12,023 | 53.24% | 10,497 | 46.48% | 64 | 0.28% | 1,526 | 6.76% | 22,584 |
| Lafayette | 2,976 | 58.57% | 2,104 | 41.41% | 1 | 0.02% | 872 | 17.16% | 5,081 |
| Langlade | 3,460 | 48.62% | 3,649 | 51.28% | 7 | 0.10% | -189 | -2.66% | 7,116 |
| Lincoln | 4,166 | 56.99% | 3,141 | 42.97% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,025 | 14.02% | 7,310 |
| Manitowoc | 11,118 | 48.96% | 11,557 | 50.89% | 35 | 0.15% | -439 | -1.93% | 22,710 |
| Marathon | 11,771 | 44.75% | 14,488 | 55.08% | 45 | 0.17% | -2,717 | -10.33% | 26,304 |
| Marinette | 5,671 | 51.27% | 5,387 | 48.70% | 4 | 0.04% | 284 | 2.57% | 11,062 |
| Marquette | 2,225 | 67.61% | 1,062 | 32.27% | 4 | 0.12% | 1,163 | 35.34% | 3,291 |
| Milwaukee | 129,318 | 44.16% | 162,858 | 55.62% | 631 | 0.22% | -33,540 | -11.45% | 292,815[g] |
| Monroe | 4,603 | 56.58% | 3,530 | 43.39% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,073 | 13.19% | 8,136 |
| Oconto | 4,606 | 54.91% | 3,776 | 45.01% | 7 | 0.08% | 830 | 9.89% | 8,389 |
| Oneida | 3,766 | 53.52% | 3,266 | 46.42% | 4 | 0.06% | 500 | 7.11% | 7,036 |
| Outagamie | 16,565 | 65.12% | 8,826 | 34.70% | 45 | 0.18% | 7,739 | 30.43% | 25,436 |
| Ozaukee | 5,557 | 58.50% | 3,930 | 41.37% | 12 | 0.13% | 1,627 | 17.13% | 9,499 |
| Pepin | 1,141 | 57.66% | 835 | 42.19% | 2 | 0.10% | 306 | 15.46% | 1,979[d] |
| Pierce | 4,363 | 60.61% | 2,827 | 39.27% | 9 | 0.13% | 1,536 | 21.34% | 7,199 |
| Polk | 3,901 | 51.84% | 3,616 | 48.05% | 8 | 0.11% | 285 | 3.79% | 7,525 |
| Portage | 5,168 | 40.42% | 7,605 | 59.48% | 11 | 0.09% | -2,437 | -19.06% | 12,785[d] |
| Price | 2,692 | 47.12% | 3,002 | 52.55% | 19 | 0.33% | -310 | -5.43% | 5,713 |
| Racine | 19,158 | 45.80% | 22,634 | 54.11% | 34 | 0.08% | -3,476 | -8.31% | 41,826 |
| Richland | 3,949 | 60.20% | 2,603 | 39.68% | 6 | 0.09% | 1,346 | 20.52% | 6,560[e] |
| Rock | 16,633 | 58.27% | 11,852 | 41.52% | 60 | 0.21% | 4,781 | 16.75% | 28,545 |
| Rusk | 2,447 | 49.86% | 2,448 | 49.88% | 11 | 0.22% | -1 | -0.02% | 4,908[e] |
| Sauk | 7,065 | 59.40% | 4,816 | 40.49% | 12 | 0.10% | 2,249 | 18.91% | 11,893 |
| Sawyer | 2,078 | 59.05% | 1,439 | 40.89% | 2 | 0.06% | 639 | 18.16% | 3,519 |
| Shawano | 6,566 | 64.32% | 3,634 | 35.60% | 8 | 0.08% | 2,932 | 28.72% | 10,208 |
| Sheboygan | 18,512 | 55.28% | 14,821 | 44.26% | 153 | 0.46% | 3,691 | 11.02% | 33,486 |
| St. Croix | 4,700 | 53.10% | 4,148 | 46.86% | 4 | 0.05% | 552 | 6.24% | 8,852 |
| Taylor | 2,399 | 46.83% | 2,713 | 52.96% | 11 | 0.21% | -314 | -6.13% | 5,123 |
| Trempealeau | 3,680 | 47.30% | 4,095 | 52.63% | 5 | 0.06% | -415 | -5.33% | 7,780 |
| Vernon | 4,099 | 48.57% | 4,337 | 51.39% | 3 | 0.04% | -238 | -2.82% | 8,439 |
| Vilas | 2,564 | 63.70% | 1,457 | 36.20% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,107 | 27.50% | 4,025 |
| Walworth | 9,622 | 68.86% | 4,339 | 31.05% | 13 | 0.09% | 5,283 | 37.81% | 13,974 |
| Washburn | 1,948 | 52.39% | 1,768 | 47.55% | 2 | 0.05% | 180 | 4.84% | 3,718 |
| Washington | 6,924 | 64.54% | 3,804 | 35.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,120 | 29.08% | 10,728 |
| Waukesha | 20,358 | 57.53% | 15,001 | 42.39% | 26 | 0.07% | 5,357 | 15.14% | 35,386[d] |
| Waupaca | 8,185 | 71.44% | 3,266 | 28.51% | 5 | 0.04% | 4,919 | 42.93% | 11,457[d] |
| Waushara | 3,386 | 72.03% | 1,305 | 27.76% | 10 | 0.21% | 2,081 | 44.27% | 4,701 |
| Winnebago | 18,428 | 62.21% | 11,170 | 37.71% | 26 | 0.09% | 7,258 | 24.50% | 29,624 |
| Wood | 8,522 | 55.16% | 6,899 | 44.66% | 28 | 0.18% | 1,623 | 10.51% | 15,449 |
| Total | 596,158 | 51.45% | 560,747 | 48.40% | 1,722 | 0.15% | 35,411 | 3.06% | 1,158,666 |
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