1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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Nominee John W. Reynolds Philip Kuehn
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 637,491 625,536
Percentage 50.36% 49.41%

County results
Reynolds:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Kuehn:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Governor before election

Gaylord A. Nelson
Democratic

Elected Governor

John W. Reynolds
Democratic

The 1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. Democrat John W. Reynolds won the election with 50.36% of the vote, narrowly defeating Republican Philip Kuehn in the state's closest gubernatorial election since 1940. As of 2024, this is the only time Menominee County has voted for the Republican candidate in a gubernatorial election.

Primary election

The primary election was held on September 11, 1962.

Democratic party

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John W. Reynolds 199,940 100.00%
Total votes 199,940 100.00%

Republican party

Candidates

  • Philip G. Kuehn, former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party (1955-1958) and nominee for governor in 1960
  • Wilbur N. Renk
  • Robert L. Sucher, grandson of Robert M. La Follette and Democratic nominee for Attorney General in 1956

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Philip G. Kuehn 250,539 53.87%
Republican Wilbur N. Renk 199,616 42.92%
Republican Robert L. Sucher 14,952 3.21%
Total votes 465,107 100.00%

General election

Candidates

  • John W. Reynolds, Democrat
  • Philip G. Kuehn, Republican
  • Adolf Wiggert, Independent

Results

1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic John W. Reynolds 637,491 50.36% −1.20%
Republican Philip G. Kuehn 625,536 49.41% +0.97%
Independent Adolf Wiggert 2,477 0.20%
Scattering[a] 396 0.03%
Majority 11,955 0.94%
Total votes 1,265,900 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing -2.17%

Results by county

After this election, Rock County would not vote for the losing candidate again until 2010 and Brown County would not vote for the losing candidate again until 2002.

County[2][3] John W. Reynolds
Democratic
Philip G. Kuehn
Republican
Adolf Wiggert
Independent
Scattering
Write-in
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,453 52.25% 1,320 47.46% 7 0.25% 1 0.04% 133 4.78% 2,781
Ashland 3,846 59.90% 2,574 40.09% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,272 19.81% 6,421
Barron 4,172 44.85% 5,118 55.02% 12 0.13% 0 0.00% -946 -10.17% 9,302
Bayfield 2,468 55.70% 1,955 44.12% 8 0.18% 0 0.00% 513 11.58% 4,431
Brown 19,178 49.11% 19,790 50.67% 86 0.22% 0 0.00% -612 -1.57% 39,054
Buffalo 1,861 46.63% 2,130 53.37% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -269 -6.74% 3,991
Burnett 1,755 53.34% 1,530 46.50% 5 0.15% 0 0.00% 225 6.84% 3,290
Calumet 2,926 43.04% 3,871 56.93% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% -945 -13.90% 6,799
Chippewa 6,937 52.61% 6,235 47.29% 13 0.10% 0 0.00% 702 5.32% 13,185
Clark 4,604 49.80% 4,634 50.12% 7 0.18% 0 0.00% -30 -0.32% 9,245
Columbia 5,121 43.56% 6,622 56.32% 9 0.08% 5 0.04% -1,501 -12.77% 11,757
Crawford 2,536 48.69% 2,671 51.29% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% -135 -2.59% 5,208
Dane 39,321 55.56% 31,144 44.00% 224 0.32% 85 0.12% 8,177 11.55% 70,774
Dodge 8,068 42.72% 10,799 57.18% 7 0.04% 11 0.06% -2,731 -14.46% 18,885
Door 2,591 34.07% 4,987 65.58% 3 0.04% 23 0.30% -2,396 -31.51% 7,604
Douglas 10,514 65.16% 5,603 34.72% 19 0.12% 0 0.00% 4,911 30.44% 16,136
Dunn 3,031 42.84% 4,039 57.09% 4 0.06% 1 0.01% -1,008 -14.25% 7,075
Eau Claire 9,349 49.84% 9,378 49.99% 31 0.17% 1 0.01% -29 -0.15% 18,759
Florence 753 51.58% 706 48.36% 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 47 3.22% 1,460
Fond du Lac 9,855 43.31% 12,864 56.54% 27 0.12% 6 0.03% -3,009 -13.23% 22,752
Forest 1,724 57.18% 1,286 42.65% 5 0.17% 0 0.00% 438 14.53% 3,015
Grant 3,910 35.02% 7,242 64.86% 11 0.10% 3 0.03% -3,332 -29.84% 11,166
Green 2,552 35.12% 4,706 64.76% 7 0.10% 2 0.03% -2,154 -29.64% 7,267
Green Lake 1,715 32.98% 3,484 67.00% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% -1,769 -34.02% 5,200
Iowa 2,499 41.02% 3,583 58.81% 4 0.07% 6 0.10% -1,084 -17.79% 6,092
Iron 1,741 60.85% 1,112 38.87% 8 0.28% 0 0.00% 629 21.99% 2,861
Jackson 2,187 44.80% 2,689 55.08% 6 0.12% 0 0.00% -502 -10.28% 4,882
Jefferson 7,004 42.99% 9,259 56.84% 15 0.09% 13 0.08% -2,255 -13.84% 16,291
Juneau 2,498 43.78% 3,204 56.15% 2 0.04% 2 0.04% -706 -12.37% 5,706
Kenosha 18,812 57.77% 13,710 42.10% 41 0.13% 0 0.00% 5,102 15.67% 32,563
Kewaunee 3,277 52.14% 3,006 47.83% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 271 4.31% 6,285
La Crosse 10,410 43.81% 13,251 55.76% 102 0.43% 0 0.00% -2,841 -11.96% 23,763
Lafayette 2,085 41.65% 2,913 58.19% 3 0.06% 5 0.10% -828 -16.54% 5,006
Langlade 3,384 51.56% 3,172 48.33% 7 0.11% 0 0.00% 212 3.23% 6,563
Lincoln 3,269 43.48% 4,238 56.36% 11 0.15% 1 0.01% -969 -12.89% 7,519
Manitowoc 14,860 58.01% 10,697 41.76% 61 0.24% 0 0.00% 4,163 16.25% 25,618
Marathon 14,895 50.99% 14,253 48.80% 55 0.19% 6 0.02% 642 2.20% 29,209
Marinette 5,560 47.92% 6,028 51.95% 12 0.10% 3 0.03% -468 -4.03% 11,603
Marquette 1,013 35.73% 1,805 63.67% 2 0.07% 15 0.53% -792 -27.94% 2,835
Menominee 283 49.05% 292 50.61% 2 0.35% 0 0.00% -9 -1.56% 577
Milwaukee 192,446 57.98% 138,371 41.69% 998 0.30% 110 0.03% 54,075 16.29% 331,925
Monroe 4,006 44.20% 5,051 55.73% 6 0.07% 0 0.00% -1,045 -11.53% 9,063
Oconto 3,856 46.54% 4,421 53.36% 9 0.11% 0 0.00% -565 -6.82% 8,286
Oneida 4,079 48.66% 4,299 51.29% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% -220 -2.62% 8,382
Outagamie 12,689 42.46% 17,100 57.22% 95 0.32% 0 0.00% -4,411 -14.76% 29,884
Ozaukee 5,654 41.26% 8,037 58.66% 11 0.08% 0 0.00% -2,383 -17.39% 13,702
Pepin 1,215 51.42% 1,147 48.54% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 68 2.88% 2,363
Pierce 2,849 44.38% 3,562 55.48% 7 0.11% 2 0.03% -713 -11.11% 6,420
Polk 3,501 50.29% 3,454 49.62% 6 0.09% 0 0.00% 47 0.68% 6,961
Portage 7,706 61.76% 4,766 38.20% 0 0.00% 6 0.05% 2,940 23.56% 12,478
Price 2,546 50.65% 2,473 49.19% 8 0.16% 0 0.00% 73 1.45% 5,027
Racine 25,130 53.31% 21,966 46.60% 38 0.08% 1 0.00% 3,164 6.71% 47,135
Richland 2,070 38.02% 3,367 61.84% 6 0.11% 2 0.04% -1,297 -23.82% 5,445
Rock 13,807 41.90% 19,098 57.96% 39 0.12% 7 0.02% -5,291 -16.06% 32,951
Rusk 2,892 55.33% 2,323 44.44% 10 0.19% 2 0.04% 569 10.89% 5,227
Sauk 4,414 40.16% 6,552 59.62% 12 0.11% 12 0.11% -2,138 -19.45% 10,990
Sawyer 1,334 41.19% 1,896 58.54% 9 0.28% 0 0.00% -562 -17.35% 3,239
Shawano 4,055 39.77% 6,127 60.09% 15 0.15% 0 0.00% -2,072 -20.32% 10,197
Sheboygan 17,136 53.65% 14,720 46.08% 71 0.22% 15 0.05% 2,416 7.56% 31,942
St. Croix 4,531 49.88% 4,478 49.30% 74 0.81% 0 0.00% 53 0.58% 9,083
Taylor 2,907 54.52% 2,414 45.27% 11 0.21% 0 0.00% 493 9.25% 5,332
Trempealeau 3,351 50.21% 3,317 49.70% 5 0.07% 1 0.01% 34 0.51% 6,674
Vernon 3,665 45.34% 4,416 54.63% 2 0.02% 1 0.01% -751 -9.29% 8,084
Vilas 1,724 38.65% 2,724 61.08% 11 0.25% 1 0.02% -1,000 -22.42% 4,460
Walworth 5,489 34.33% 10,484 65.57% 14 0.09% 2 0.01% -4,995 -31.24% 15,989
Washburn 1,711 46.58% 1,955 53.23% 7 0.19% 0 0.00% -244 -6.64% 3,673
Washington 6,226 42.82% 8,299 57.07% 8 0.06% 8 0.06% -2,073 -14.26% 14,541
Waukesha 23,574 43.31% 30,734 56.46% 99 0.18% 24 0.04% -7,160 -13.15% 54,431
Waupaca 3,976 34.57% 7,520 65.39% 5 0.04% 0 0.00% -3,544 -30.81% 11,501
Waushara 1,771 31.43% 3,861 68.52% 3 0.05% 0 0.00% -2,090 -37.09% 5,635
Winnebago 14,129 41.97% 19,483 57.87% 49 0.15% 4 0.01% -5,354 -15.90% 33,665
Wood 9,035 49.41% 9,221 50.43% 23 0.13% 6 0.03% -186 -1.02% 18,285
Total 637,491 50.36% 625,536 49.41% 2,477 0.20% 396 0.03% 11,955 0.94% 1,265,900

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Note

  1. ^ These are not listed in the Blue Book but are listed in the Board of Canvassers report.

References

  1. ^ a b Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1964). "Vote For State Officers By County, Wisconsin Primary Election, September 11, 1962". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1964. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 709.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers for State Officers - General Election - 1962
  3. ^ a b Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1964). "Vote For State Officers By County, Wisconsin General Election, November 6, 1962". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1964. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 863.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)