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DescriptionThe Governor of Wisconsin is the highest executive authority in the government of the state of Wisconsin. The position was first filled by Nelson Dewey on June 7, 1848, the year Wisconsin became a state. Prior to statehood, there were four Governors of Wisconsin Territory.

The Governor of Wisconsin is responsible for ensuring that the laws of Wisconsin are carried out, and is also required to "communicate to the legislature, at every session, the condition of the state, and recommend such matters to them for their consideration as he may deem expedient."

Any bill passed by the Wisconsin State Legislature must be presented to the governor, who either signs it into law, or vetoes it. In the event of a veto, the bill is returned the legislature, who may then vote to override the veto. In 1930, the Wisconsin Constitution was amended to give the governor line-item veto power, with which portions of appropriations bills may be vetoed; the partial veto may still be overridden by the legislature. In 1990, a further amendment specified that the line-item veto does not give the governor power to veto individual letters of appropriations bills, thereby forming new words.

The governor is the commander-in-chief of the militia of the state. If it is deemed necessary, the governor may also convene extraordinary sessions of the state legislature; and he may convene them anywhere in the state, if Madison, the state capital, is deemed unfit for the purpose due to invasion or contagious disease.

The governor has the power to pardon or commute sentences or grant reprieves thereto, except in cases of treason or impeachment; it is required that notifications of these be submitted to the Wisconsin State Legislature each year, along with the reason for them. In cases of treason, may suspend the carrying out of the sentence until the next session of the legislature, who then vote to grant a pardon, commutation or reprieve, or to carry out the sentence.

RACES [Show Primaries]
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Date Type Results
Nov 08, 2022 General Election
 Tony Evers(I)
1,358,774
51.15% 		 Tim Michels
1,268,535
47.75% 		 Joan Beglinger
27,198
1.02% 		  Write-In (W)
1,879
0.07% 		 Seth Haskins (W)
104
0.00%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Tony Evers
1,324,307
49.54% 		 Scott Walker(I)
1,295,080
48.44% 		 Phillip N. Anderson
20,225
0.76% 		 Maggie Turnbull
18,884
0.71% 		 Michael J. White
11,087
0.41% 		 Arnie Enz
2,745
0.10% 		  Write-In (W)
966
0.04%
  Ryan Cason (W)
4
0.00% 		 William Henry Davis III (W)
3
0.00% 		 Richard M. Turtenwald (W)
2
0.00% 		 Mark Grimek (W)
2
0.00% 		 Corban Gehler (W)
1
0.00% 		 Paul Boucher (W)
1
0.00%
  Robbie Hoffman (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 Scott Walker(I)
1,259,706
52.26% 		 Mary Burke
1,122,913
46.59% 		 Robert Burke
18,720
0.78% 		 Dennis Fehr
7,530
0.31% 		  Write-In (W)
1,445
0.06%
Jun 05, 2012 Recall
 Scott Walker(I)
1,335,585
53.08% 		 Tom Barrett
1,164,480
46.28% 		 Hari Trivedi
14,463
0.57% 		  Scattering (W)
1,537
0.06%
Nov 02, 2010 General Election
 Scott Walker
1,128,941
52.25% 		 Tom Barrett
1,004,303
46.48% 		 James Dean Langer
10,608
0.49% 		 James James
8,273
0.38% 		 Terry Virgil
6,790
0.31% 		  Scattering (W)
1,858
0.09% 		 Patricia Messicci (W)
22
0.00%
  Leslie Ervin Smetak (W)
19
0.00% 		 Hari Trivedi (W)
18
0.00%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Jim Doyle(I)
1,139,115
52.70% 		 Mark Green
979,427
45.31% 		 Nelson Eisman
40,709
1.88% 		  Others (W)
2,449
0.11%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Jim Doyle
800,515
45.09% 		 Scott McCallum(I)
734,779
41.39% 		 Ed Thompson
185,455
10.45% 		 Jim Young
44,111
2.48% 		 Alan D. Eisenberg
2,847
0.16% 		 Ty A. Bollerud
2,637
0.15% 		  Others (W)
2,366
0.13%
  Mike Mangan
1,710
0.10% 		 Aneb Jah Rasta
929
0.05%
Feb 01, 2001 Appointment
 Scott McCallum
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1998 General Election
 Tommy Thompson(I)
1,047,716
59.66% 		 Ed Garvey
679,553
38.70% 		 Jim Mueller
11,071
0.63% 		 Edward J. Frami
10,269
0.58% 		 Mike Mangan
4,985
0.28% 		 A-Ja-mu Muhammad
1,604
0.09% 		  Others (W)
802
0.05%
  Jeffrey L. Smith (W)
14
0.00%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Tommy Thompson(I)
1,051,326
67.26% 		 Chuck Chvala
482,850
30.89% 		 David Harmon
11,639
0.74% 		 Edward J. Frami
9,188
0.59% 		 Mike Mangan
8,150
0.52%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 Tommy Thompson(I)
802,321
58.20% 		 Thomas Loftus
576,280
41.80%
Nov 04, 1986 General Election
 Tommy Thompson
805,090
52.74% 		 Anthony S. "Tony" Earl(I)
705,578
46.22% 		 Kathryn Christensen
10,323
0.68% 		 Darold E. Wall
3,913
0.26% 		 Sanford G. Knapp
1,668
0.11%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 Anthony S. "Tony" Earl
896,872
56.76% 		 Terry Kohler
662,738
41.94% 		 Larry Smiley
9,734
0.62% 		 James P. Wickstrom
7,721
0.49% 		 Peter Seidman
3,025
0.19%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 Lee S. Dreyfus, Sr.
816,056
54.37% 		 Martin J. Schreiber(I)
673,813
44.90% 		 Eugene R. Zimmerman
6,355
0.42% 		 John C. Doherty
2,183
0.15% 		 Adrienne Kaplan
1,548
0.10% 		 Henry A. Ochsner
849
0.06%
May 26, 1977 Appointment
 Martin J. Schreiber
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1974 General Election
 Patrick J. Lucey(I)
628,639
53.20% 		 William D. Dyke
497,189
42.07% 		 William H. Upham
33,528
2.84% 		 Crazy Jim
12,107
1.02% 		 William Osborne Hart
5,113
0.43% 		 Fred B. Blair
3,617
0.31% 		 Georgia Cozzini
1,492
0.13%
Nov 03, 1970 General Election
 Patrick J. Lucey
728,403
54.24% 		 Jack B. Olson
602,617
44.88% 		 Leo James McDonald
9,035
0.67% 		 Georgia Cozzini
1,287
0.10% 		 Samuel K. Hunt
888
0.07% 		 Myrtle C. Kastner
628
0.05%
Nov 05, 1968 General Election
 Warren P. Knowles(I)
893,463
52.88% 		 Bronson Cutting La Follette
791,100
46.82% 		 Adolf Wiggert
3,225
0.19% 		 Robert Wilkinson
1,813
0.11%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 Warren P. Knowles(I)
626,041
53.51% 		 Patrick J. Lucey
539,258
46.09% 		 Adolf Wiggert
4,745
0.41%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
 Warren P. Knowles
856,779
50.55% 		 John W. Reynolds(I)
837,901
49.44% 		  Others (W)
207
0.01%
Nov 06, 1962 General Election
 John W. Reynolds
637,491
50.37% 		 Philip G. Kuehn
625,536
49.43% 		 Adolf Wiggert
2,477
0.20%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 Gaylord A. Nelson(I)
890,868
51.55% 		 Philip G. Kuehn
837,123
48.44% 		  Others (W)
18
0.00%
Nov 04, 1958 General Election
 Gaylord A. Nelson
644,296
53.59% 		 Vernon W. Thomson(I)
556,391
46.28% 		 Wayne P. Leverenz
1,485
0.12% 		  Scattering (W)
47
0.00%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
 Vernon W. Thomson
808,273
51.89% 		 William "Bill" Proxmire
749,421
48.11% 		  Scattering (W)
94
0.01%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 Walter J. Kohler(I)
596,158
51.45% 		 William "Bill" Proxmire
560,747
48.40% 		 Arthur Wepfer
1,722
0.15% 		  Scattering (W)
39
0.00%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 Walter J. Kohler(I)
1,009,171
62.48% 		 William "Bill" Proxmire
601,844
37.26% 		 Michael Essin
3,706
0.23%
Nov 07, 1950 General Election
 Walter J. Kohler
605,649
53.21% 		 Carl W. Thompson
525,319
46.16% 		 Michael Essin
3,735
0.33% 		 William Osborne Hart
3,384
0.30% 		  Scattering (W)
61
0.01%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Oscar Rennebohm(I)
684,839
54.09% 		 Carl W. Thompson
558,497
44.11% 		 Henry J. Berquist
12,928
1.02% 		 Walter H. Uphoff
9,149
0.72% 		 James E. Boulton
356
0.03% 		 Georgia Cozzini
328
0.03% 		  Others (W)
42
0.00%
Mar 12, 1947 Appointment
 Oscar Rennebohm
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 Walter S. Goodland(I)
621,970
59.78% 		 Daniel Webster Hoan
406,499
39.07% 		 Walter H. Uphoff
8,996
0.86% 		 Sigmund Eisenscher
1,857
0.18% 		 Jerry Kenyon
959
0.09% 		  Others (W)
163
0.02%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 Walter S. Goodland(I)
697,740
52.84% 		 Daniel Webster Hoan
536,357
40.62% 		 Alexander O. Benz
76,028
5.76% 		 George A. Nelson
9,183
0.70% 		 Georgia Cozzini
1,122
0.08% 		  Others (W)
53
0.00%
Jan 04, 1943 Appointment
 Walter S. Goodland
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 Orland S. Loomis
397,664
49.65% 		 Julius P. Heil(I)
291,945
36.45% 		 William C. Sullivan
98,153
12.25% 		 Frank P. Zeidler
11,295
1.41% 		 Fred B. Blair
1,092
0.14% 		 Georgia Cozzini
490
0.06% 		  Others
346
0.04%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Julius P. Heil(I)
558,678
40.67% 		 Orland S. Loomis
546,436
39.78% 		 Francis E. McGovern
264,985
19.29% 		 Fred B. Blair
2,340
0.17% 		 Louis Fisher
1,158
0.08% 		  Others
157
0.01%
Nov 08, 1938 General Election
 Julius P. Heil
543,675
55.39% 		 Philip Fox La Follette(I)
353,381
36.00% 		 Harry W. Bolens
78,446
7.99% 		 Frank W. Smith
4,564
0.46% 		 John Schleier, Jr.
1,459
0.15% 		  Others
35
0.00%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Philip Fox La Follette(I)
573,724
46.38% 		 Alexander Wiley
363,973
29.42% 		 Arthur W. Lueck
268,530
21.71% 		 Joseph F. Walsh
27,934
2.26% 		 Joseph Ehrhardt
1,738
0.14% 		 August F. Fehlandt
1,008
0.08% 		  Others
188
0.02%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 Philip Fox La Follette
373,093
39.12% 		 Albert George Schmedeman(I)
359,467
37.69% 		 Howard T. Greene
172,980
18.14% 		 George A. Nelson
44,589
4.67% 		 George A. Childs
2,454
0.26% 		 Thomas W. North
857
0.09% 		 Joseph Ehrhardt
332
0.03%
   Others
25
0.00%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Albert George Schmedeman
590,114
52.48% 		 Walter Jodok Kohler, Sr.
470,805
41.87% 		 Frank B. Metcalfe
56,965
5.07% 		 William C. Dean
3,148
0.28% 		 Fred B. Blair
2,926
0.26% 		 Joseph Ehrhardt
398
0.04% 		  Others
146
0.01%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 Philip Fox La Follette
392,958
64.76% 		 Charles E. Hammersley
170,020
28.02% 		 Frank B. Metcalfe
25,607
4.22% 		 Alfred B. Taynton
14,818
2.44% 		 Fred B. Blair
2,998
0.49% 		  Others
424
0.07%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Walter Jodok Kohler, Sr.
547,738
55.38% 		 Albert George Schmedeman
394,368
39.87% 		 Otto R. Hauser
36,924
3.73% 		 Adolph R. Bucknam
6,477
0.65% 		 Joseph Ehrhardt
1,938
0.20% 		 Alvar J. Hayes
1,420
0.14% 		  Others
278
0.03%
Nov 02, 1926 General Election
 Fred R. Zimmerman
350,927
63.47% 		 Charles B. Perry
76,507
13.84% 		 Virgil H. Cady
72,627
13.14% 		 Herman O. Kent
40,293
7.29% 		 David W. Emerson
7,333
1.33% 		 Alex Gordon
4,593
0.83% 		  Others
632
0.11%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 John J. Blaine(I)
412,255
51.76% 		 Martin L. Lueck
317,550
39.87% 		 William F. Quick
45,268
5.68% 		 Adolph R. Bucknam
11,516
1.45% 		 Severi Alanne
4,107
0.52% 		 Farrand K. Shuttleworth
4,079
0.51% 		 Joseph G. Snover
1,452
0.18%
   Others
205
0.03%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 John J. Blaine(I)
367,929
76.36% 		 Arthur A. Bentley
51,061
10.60% 		 Louis A. Arnold
39,570
8.21% 		 M. L. Welles
21,438
4.45% 		 Arthur A. Dietrich
1,444
0.30% 		  Others
386
0.08%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 John J. Blaine
366,247
52.98% 		 Robert B. McCoy
247,746
35.84% 		 William C. Coleman
71,126
10.29% 		 Henry H. Tubbs
6,047
0.87% 		  Others
128
0.02%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 Emanuel L. Philipp(I)
155,799
46.99% 		 Henry A. Moehlenpah
112,576
33.95% 		 Emil Seidel
57,523
17.35% 		 William C. Dean
5,296
1.60% 		  Others (W)
388
0.12%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Emanuel L. Philipp(I)
229,889
52.93% 		 Burt Williams
164,555
37.89% 		 Rae Weaver
30,649
7.06% 		 George McKerrow
9,193
2.12% 		  Others
54
0.01%
Nov 03, 1914 General Election
 Emanuel L. Philipp
140,787
43.26% 		 John C. "Ikey" Karel
119,509
36.72% 		 John J. Blaine
32,560
10.01% 		 Oscar T. Ameringer
25,917
7.96% 		 David W. Emerson
6,279
1.93% 		 John Vierthaler
352
0.11% 		  Others
26
0.01%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 Francis E. McGovern(I)
179,360
45.54% 		 John C. "Ikey" Karel
167,316
42.48% 		 Carl D. Thompson
34,468
8.75% 		 Charles L. Hill
9,433
2.40% 		 William H. Curtis
3,253
0.83% 		  Others
19
0.00%
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 Francis E. McGovern
161,619
50.58% 		 Adolph J. Schmitz
110,442
34.56% 		 William A. Jacobs
39,547
12.38% 		 Byron E. Van Keuren
7,450
2.33% 		 Fred G. Kremer
430
0.13% 		  Others
34
0.01%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 James O. Davidson(I)
242,935
54.03% 		 John A. Aylward
165,977
36.91% 		 H. D. Brown
28,583
6.36% 		 Winfield D. Cox
11,760
2.62% 		 Herman Bottema
393
0.09% 		  Others
8
0.00%
Nov 06, 1906 General Election
 James O. Davidson(I)
183,558
57.36% 		 John A. Aylward
103,311
32.28% 		 Winfield R. Gaylord
24,437
7.64% 		 Ephraim Llewellyn Eaton
8,211
2.57% 		 Ole T. Rosaas
455
0.14% 		  Others
31
0.01%
Jan 01, 1906 Appointment
 James O. Davidson
1
100.00%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 Robert M. La Follette(I)
227,253
50.55% 		 George Wilbur Peck
176,301
39.22% 		 William A. Arnold
24,857
5.53% 		 Edward Scofield
12,136
2.70% 		 William H. Clark
8,764
1.95% 		 Carl Minkley
249
0.06% 		  Others
10
0.00%
Nov 04, 1902 General Election
 Robert M. La Follette(I)
193,417
52.89% 		 David Stuart Rose
145,818
39.88% 		 Emil Seidel
15,970
4.37% 		 Edwin W. Drake
9,647
2.64% 		 Henry E. D. Puck
791
0.22% 		  Others
33
0.01%
Nov 06, 1900 General Election
 Robert M. La Follette
264,419
59.84% 		 Louis G. Bohmrich
160,674
36.36% 		 J. Burritt Smith
9,707
2.20% 		 Howard Tuttle
6,590
1.49% 		 Frank Wilke
509
0.12% 		  Others
1
0.00%
Nov 08, 1898 General Election
 Edward Scofield(I)
173,137
52.56% 		 Hiram Wilson Sawyer
135,353
41.09% 		 Albinus A. Worsley
8,518
2.59% 		 Eugene W. Chafin
8,078
2.45% 		 Howard Tuttle
2,544
0.77% 		 Henry Riese
1,473
0.45% 		  Others
327
0.10%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
 Edward Scofield
264,981
59.67% 		 Willis C. Silverthorn
169,257
38.11% 		 Joshua H. Berkey
8,140
1.83% 		 Christ Tuttrop
1,306
0.29% 		 Robert Henderson
407
0.09% 		  Others
19
0.00%
Nov 06, 1894 General Election
 William H. Upham
196,150
52.24% 		 George Wilbur Peck(I)
142,250
37.89% 		 David Frank Powell
25,604
6.82% 		 John F. Cleghorn
11,240
2.99% 		  Others
205
0.05%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 George Wilbur Peck(I)
178,095
47.93% 		 John Coit Spooner
170,497
45.89% 		 Thomas C. Richmond
13,185
3.55% 		 Cyrus M. Butt
9,638
2.59% 		  Others
144
0.04%
Nov 04, 1890 General Election
 George Wilbur Peck
160,388
51.86% 		 William Dempster Hoard(I)
132,068
42.71% 		 Charles Alexander
11,246
3.64% 		 Reuben May
5,447
1.76% 		  Others
105
0.03%
Nov 06, 1888 General Election
 William Dempster Hoard
175,696
49.53% 		 James Morgan
155,423
43.82% 		 Edward G. Durant
14,373
4.05% 		 David Frank Powell
9,196
2.59% 		  Others
26
0.01%
Nov 02, 1886 General Election
 Jeremiah McClain Rusk(I)
133,247
46.53% 		 Gilbert Motier Woodward
114,529
39.99% 		 John Cochrane
21,467
7.50% 		 John Myers Olin
17,089
5.97% 		  Others
36
0.01%
Nov 04, 1884 General Election
 Jeremiah McClain Rusk(I)
163,214
51.00% 		 Nicholas D. Fratt
143,945
44.98% 		 Samuel Dexter Hastings
8,545
2.67% 		 William L. Utley
4,274
1.34% 		  Others
19
0.01%
Nov 08, 1881 General Election
 Jeremiah McClain Rusk
81,754
47.57% 		 Nicholas D. Fratt
69,797
40.61% 		 Theodore D. Kanouse
13,225
7.70% 		 Edward Phelps Allis
7,002
4.07% 		  Others
78
0.05%
Nov 04, 1879 General Election
 William E. Smith(I)
100,535
53.19% 		 James G. Jenkins
75,030
39.70% 		 Reuben May
12,996
6.88% 		  Others
444
0.23%
Nov 06, 1877 General Election
 William E. Smith
78,759
44.22% 		 James A. Mallory
70,486
39.57% 		 Edward Phelps Allis
26,216
14.72% 		 Collin M. Campbell
2,176
1.22% 		  Others
485
0.27%
Nov 02, 1875 General Election
 Harrison Ludington
85,155
50.07% 		 William Robert Taylor(I)
84,314
49.58% 		  Others
601
0.35%
Nov 04, 1873 General Election
 William Robert Taylor
81,599
55.19% 		 Cadwallader Colden Washburn(I)
66,224
44.79% 		  Others
33
0.02%
Nov 07, 1871 General Election
 Cadwallader Colden Washburn
78,301
53.17% 		 James Rood Doolittle
68,910
46.79% 		  Others
63
0.04%
Nov 02, 1869 General Election
 Lucius Fairchild(I)
69,502
53.14% 		 Charles D. Robinson
61,239
46.83% 		  Others
40
0.03%
Nov 05, 1867 General Election
 Lucius Fairchild(I)
73,637
51.67% 		 John J. Tallmadge
68,873
48.32% 		  Others
12
0.01%
Nov 07, 1865 General Election
 Lucius Fairchild
58,332
54.68% 		 Harrison C. Hobart
48,330
45.31% 		  Others
12
0.01%
Nov 03, 1863 General Election
 James Taylor Lewis
72,717
59.59% 		 Henry L. Palmer
49,053
40.20% 		  Others
259
0.21%
Apr 19, 1862 Appointment
 Edward Salomon
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1861 General Election
 Louis Powell Harvey
53,777
54.18% 		 Benjamin Ferguson
45,456
45.80% 		  Others
25
0.03%
Nov 08, 1859 General Election
 Alexander W. Randall(I)
59,999
53.31% 		 Harrison C. Hobart
52,539
46.69%
Nov 03, 1857 General Election
 Alexander W. Randall
44,693
50.26% 		 James B. Cross
44,239
49.74%
Mar 20, 1856 Acting
 Arthur MacArthur
1
100.00%
Nov 06, 1855 General Election
 Coles Bashford
36,198
49.89% 		 William A. Barstow(I)
36,355
50.11%
Nov 08, 1853 General Election
 William A. Barstow
30,405
54.69% 		 Edward D. Holton
21,886
39.37% 		 Henry S. Baird
3,304
5.94%
Nov 04, 1851 General Election
 Leonard J. Farwell
22,319
50.57% 		 Don A. Upham
21,812
49.43%
Nov 06, 1849 General Election
 Nelson Dewey(I)
16,649
52.48% 		 Alexander L. Collins
11,317
35.67% 		 Warren Chase
3,761
11.85%
May 08, 1848 General Election
 Nelson Dewey
19,538
55.63% 		 John H. Tweedy
14,449
41.14% 		 Charles Durkee
1,134
3.23%

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