1936 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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The 1936 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936. Primary elections were held on September 15, 1936. Incumbent Progressive Governor Philip La Follette won re-election, defeating Republican nominee Alexander Wiley and Democratic nominee Arthur W. Lueck. As of 2022, this is the last time that Shawano County did not vote for the Republican nominee for governor and the last time Dodge County voted Democratic for governor.

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1936 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
← 1934
November 3, 1936
1938 â†’
 
Nominee Philip La Follette Alexander Wiley Arthur W. Lueck
Party Progressive Republican Democratic
Popular vote 573,724 363,973 268,530
Percentage 46.38% 29.42% 21.71%
County results
La Follette:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Wiley:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
Lueck:      30–40%
Governor before election

Philip La Follette
Progressive

 Elected Governor

Philip La Follette
Progressive

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Progressive primary

Nominee

Results

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Progressive primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Philip La Follette (inc.) 178,134 100.00%
Total votes 178,134 100.00%
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Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Arthur W. Lueck, attorney[2]

Eliminated in primary

Results

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Democratic primary results[1][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Arthur W. Lueck 86,912 59.22%
Democratic William D. Carroll 59,855 40.78%
Total votes 146,767 100.00%
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Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Results

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Republican primary results[1][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alexander Wiley 86,090 51.81%
Republican John Bowman Chapple 80,065 48.19%
Total votes 166,155 100.00%
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Independents and minor parties

General election

Results

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1936 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Philip La Follette (incumbent) 573,724 46.38% +7.26%
Republican Alexander Wiley 363,973 29.42% +11.29%
Democratic Arthur W. Lueck 268,530 21.71% −15.98%
Union Joseph F. Walsh 27,934 2.26%
Socialist Labor Joseph Ehrhardt 1,738 0.14% +0.11%
Prohibition August F. Fehlandt 1,008 0.08% −0.01%
Scattering[a] 188 0.02%
Majority 209,751 16.96%
Total votes 1,237,095 100.00%
Progressive hold Swing +15.53%
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Results by county

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County[7][8] Philip La Follette
Progressive		 Alexander Wiley
Republican		 Arthur W. Lueck
Democratic		 Joseph F. Walsh
Union		 All Others
Various		 Margin[b] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 2,044 58.50% 973 27.85% 445 12.74% 27 0.80% 4 0.11% 1,071 30.65% 3,494
Ashland 4,529 52.62% 2,394 27.81% 1,578 18.33% 38 0.44% 68 0.79% 2,135 24.81% 8,607
Barron 7,279 55.07% 4,740 35.86% 996 7.54% 140 1.06% 63 0.48% 2,539 19.21% 13,218
Bayfield 3,891 59.27% 1,934 29.46% 711 10.83% 19 0.29% 10 0.15% 1,957 29.81% 6,565
Brown 12,879 43.49% 7,576 25.58% 8,731 29.48% 384 1.30% 44 0.15% 4,148[c] 14.01% 29,614
Buffalo 3,522 59.69% 1,876 31.80% 445 7.54% 47 0.80% 10 0.17% 1,646 27.90% 5,900
Burnett 2,488 57.46% 1,013 23.39% 765 17.67% 55 1.27% 9 0.21% 1,475 34.06% 4,330
Calumet 2,675 38.42% 1,554 22.32% 2,588 37.17% 136 1.95% 9 0.13% 87[c] 1.25% 6,962
Chippewa 6,134 41.37% 7,131 48.09% 1,323 8.92% 215 1.45% 24 0.16% -997 -6.72% 14,827
Clark 5,957 46.66% 4,538 35.54% 2,056 16.10% 187 1.46% 29 0.23% 1,419 11.11% 12,767
Columbia 6,741 45.46% 5,034 33.95% 2,929 19.75% 108 0.73% 15 0.10% 1,707 11.51% 14,827
Crawford 2,771 36.69% 2,574 34.08% 1,837 24.32% 364 4.82% 7 0.09% 197 2.61% 7,553
Dane 34,413 63.75% 14,832 27.48% 4,271 7.91% 352 0.65% 111 0.21% 19,581 36.28% 53,979
Dodge 8,204 36.61% 5,108 22.79% 8,714 38.88% 342 1.53% 44 0.20% -510[d] -2.28% 22,412
Door 3,469 48.04% 2,758 38.19% 916 12.69% 69 0.96% 9 0.12% 711 9.85% 7,221
Douglas 12,977 60.16% 4,911 22.77% 3,627 16.81% 26 0.12% 31 0.14% 8,066 37.39% 21,572
Dunn 4,827 45.43% 4,606 43.35% 944 8.88% 220 2.07% 29 0.27% 221 2.08% 10,626
Eau Claire 8,556 50.32% 6,794 39.96% 1,595 9.38% 44 0.26% 15 0.09% 1,762 10.36% 17,004
Florence 835 45.80% 596 32.69% 363 19.91% 27 1.48% 2 0.11% 239 13.11% 1,823
Fond du Lac 8,341 32.12% 8,577 33.03% 8,114 31.25% 805 3.10% 131 0.50% -236 -0.91% 25,968
Forest 2,391 54.94% 977 22.45% 953 21.90% 26 0.60% 5 0.11% 1,414 32.49% 4,352
Grant 7,030 39.90% 6,791 38.54% 2,376 13.48% 1,401 7.95% 22 0.12% 239 1.36% 17,620
Green 5,471 56.41% 3,434 35.41% 732 7.55% 48 0.49% 14 0.14% 2,037 21.00% 9,699
Green Lake 2,179 32.59% 2,469 36.92% 1,978 29.58% 21 0.31% 40 0.60% -290 -4.34% 6,687
Iowa 4,305 48.26% 3,502 39.26% 936 10.49% 153 1.72% 25 0.28% 803 9.00% 8,921
Iron 2,503 61.21% 807 19.74% 767 18.76% 6 0.15% 6 0.15% 1,696 41.48% 4,089
Jackson 4,097 60.63% 1,837 27.19% 787 11.65% 20 0.30% 16 0.24% 2,260 33.45% 6,757
Jefferson 7,092 41.20% 4,881 28.35% 5,013 29.12% 210 1.22% 18 0.10% 2,079[c] 12.08% 17,214
Juneau 4,012 49.59% 2,812 34.76% 1,096 13.55% 151 1.87% 19 0.23% 1,200 14.83% 8,090
Kenosha 14,604 54.47% 7,231 26.97% 4,230 15.78% 702 2.62% 45 0.17% 7,373 27.50% 26,812
Kewaunee 2,969 47.25% 1,345 21.41% 1,887 30.03% 74 1.18% 8 0.13% 1,082[c] 17.22% 6,283
La Crosse 13,121 57.89% 7,290 32.16% 1,967 8.68% 259 1.14% 30 0.13% 5,831 25.72% 22,667
Lafayette 3,670 40.65% 3,537 39.18% 1,584 17.55% 224 2.48% 13 0.14% 133 1.47% 9,028
Langlade 3,783 44.32% 2,234 26.17% 2,489 29.16% 12 0.14% 17 0.20% 1,294[c] 15.16% 8,535
Lincoln 5,116 56.38% 2,890 31.85% 952 10.49% 98 1.08% 18 0.20% 2,226 24.53% 9,074
Manitowoc 10,369 44.48% 4,657 19.98% 5,721 24.54% 2,471 10.60% 96 0.41% 4,648[c] 19.94% 23,314
Marathon 12,551 47.21% 6,743 25.36% 6,644 24.99% 594 2.23% 55 0.21% 5,808 21.85% 26,587
Marinette 5,743 41.69% 4,926 35.76% 2,981 21.64% 106 0.77% 19 0.14% 817 5.93% 13,775
Marquette 1,197 31.10% 1,886 49.00% 735 19.10% 27 0.70% 4 0.10% -689 -17.90% 3,849
Milwaukee 132,209 45.31% 57,727 19.79% 92,407 31.67% 8,714 2.99% 712 0.24% 39,802[c] 13.64% 291,769
Monroe 6,543 55.37% 3,981 33.69% 1,052 8.90% 163 1.38% 78 0.66% 2,562 21.68% 11,817
Oconto 5,348 50.08% 3,158 29.57% 2,027 18.98% 115 1.08% 31 0.29% 2,190 20.51% 10,679
Oneida 4,356 55.97% 2,130 27.37% 1,182 15.19% 99 1.27% 16 0.21% 2,226 28.60% 7,783
Outagamie 10,256 38.18% 9,463 35.23% 6,219 23.15% 879 3.27% 44 0.16% 793 2.95% 26,861
Ozaukee 3,192 42.00% 1,651 21.72% 2,518 33.13% 217 2.86% 22 0.29% 674[c] 8.87% 7,600
Pepin 1,385 42.76% 1,316 40.63% 478 14.76% 53 1.64% 7 0.22% 69 2.13% 3,239
Pierce 4,354 49.50% 3,347 38.05% 607 6.90% 446 5.07% 42 0.48% 1,007 11.45% 8,796
Polk 6,687 64.82% 2,409 23.35% 913 8.85% 253 2.45% 54 0.52% 4,278 41.47% 10,316
Portage 7,054 48.16% 3,383 23.10% 4,151 28.34% 50 0.34% 9 0.06% 2,903[c] 19.82% 14,647
Price 4,113 55.15% 2,067 27.72% 1,221 16.37% 41 0.55% 16 0.21% 2,046 27.43% 7,458
Racine 17,097 45.61% 11,009 29.37% 8,271 22.06% 1,035 2.76% 74 0.20% 6,088 16.24% 37,486
Richland 3,054 35.91% 4,145 48.74% 1,136 13.36% 121 1.42% 48 0.56% -1,091 -12.83% 8,504
Rock 12,869 38.93% 14,803 44.78% 5,012 15.16% 318 0.96% 54 0.16% -1,934 -5.85% 33,056
Rusk 3,363 50.53% 2,316 34.80% 896 13.46% 64 0.96% 16 0.24% 1,047 15.73% 6,655
Sauk 7,195 49.74% 5,317 36.76% 1,764 12.19% 145 1.00% 45 0.31% 1,878 12.98% 14,466
Sawyer 2,158 45.51% 1,444 30.45% 1,118 23.58% 13 0.27% 9 0.19% 714 15.06% 4,742
Shawano 7,323 57.26% 3,137 24.53% 2,285 17.87% 25 0.20% 19 0.15% 4,186 32.73% 12,789
Sheboygan 9,480 32.97% 9,084 31.59% 9,500 33.04% 652 2.27% 39 0.14% -20[d] -0.07% 28,755
St. Croix 4,678 43.12% 3,778 34.83% 1,026 9.46% 1,334 12.30% 32 0.29% 900 8.30% 10,848
Taylor 3,864 56.07% 1,756 25.48% 1,149 16.67% 0 0.00% 122 1.77% 2,108 30.59% 6,891
Trempealeau 5,594 58.66% 2,738 28.71% 1,093 11.46% 95 1.00% 17 0.18% 2,856 29.95% 9,537
Vernon 5,847 52.31% 4,387 39.25% 868 7.77% 48 0.43% 28 0.25% 1,460 13.06% 11,178
Vilas 1,642 40.80% 1,312 32.60% 962 23.90% 87 2.16% 22 0.55% 330 8.20% 4,025
Walworth 4,704 29.79% 8,507 53.87% 2,346 14.86% 207 1.31% 27 0.17% -3,803 -24.08% 15,791
Washburn 3,131 61.24% 1,543 30.18% 371 7.26% 57 1.11% 11 0.22% 1,588 31.06% 5,113
Washington 4,316 36.54% 3,290 27.86% 3,507 29.69% 679 5.75% 19 0.16% 809[c] 6.85% 11,811
Waukesha 9,198 37.39% 9,067 36.86% 5,706 23.20% 584 2.37% 43 0.17% 131 0.53% 24,598
Waupaca 6,287 43.86% 6,265 43.71% 1,600 11.16% 157 1.10% 24 0.17% 22 0.15% 14,333
Waushara 2,438 39.29% 3,019 48.65% 618 9.96% 118 1.90% 12 0.19% -581 -9.36% 6,205
Winnebago 11,485 36.95% 11,946 38.44% 6,908 22.23% 662 2.13% 79 0.25% -461 -1.48% 31,080
Wood 7,769 49.66% 4,710 30.11% 2,843 18.17% 294 1.88% 29 0.19% 3,059 19.55% 15,645
Total573,72446.38%363,97329.42%268,53021.71%27,9342.26%2,9340.24%209,75116.96%1,237,095
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Progressive

Counties that flipped from Progressive to Republican

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. [a]
    These are not listed in the Blue Book but are listed in the Board of Canvassers report.
  2. [b]
    All margins are La Follette over Wiley unless otherwise noted
  3. [c]
    La Follette's margin over Lueck
  4. [d]
    Lueck's margin over La Follette

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