1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
November 6, 1990
 
Nominee Tommy Thompson Thomas A. Loftus
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Scott McCallum Joseph Czarnezki
Popular vote 802,321 576,280
Percentage 58.15% 41.77%
Thompson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Loftus:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      
Governor before election

Tommy G. Thompson
Republican

 Elected Governor

Tommy G. Thompson
Republican

The 1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Republican governor Tommy Thompson won the election with 58% of the vote, winning a second term as Governor of Wisconsin. The primary elections were held on September 11, 1990.

As of 2022, this is the most recent Wisconsin gubernatorial election in which a Republican candidate won at the same time the party held the presidency. Neither party would pull off such a feat again until 2022, when Democratic governor Tony Evers won re-election during the presidency of fellow Democrat Joe Biden.

Republican primary

Governor

Nominee

Eliminated in primary
  • Michele Ann Gess (write-in)
  • Edmond Hou-Seye, perennial candidate
  • Willie G. Lovelace (write-in)
  • Bennett A. Masel
Results
Republican gubernatorial primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tommy G. Thompson (incumbent) 201,467 92.68%
Republican Bennett A. Masel 11,230 5.17%
Republican Edmond Hou-Seye 4,665 2.15%
Republican Willie G. Lovelace (write-in) 8 0.00%
Total votes 217,370 100.00%

Lieutenant Governor

Nominee

Results

Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott McCallum (incumbent) 169,403 100.00%
Total votes 169,403 100.00%

Democratic party

Governor

Nominee

Results

Democratic gubernatorial primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas A. Loftus 153,346 100.00%
Total votes 153,346 100.00%

Lieutenant Governor

Nominee

Results

Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joseph Czarnezki 128,885 100.00%
Total votes 128,885 100.00%

Labor-Farm party

Governor

Nominee

  • Rickey D. Keilholtz

Results

Labor-Farm gubernatorial primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labor-Farm Rickey D. Keilholtz (write-in) 223 100.00%
Total votes 223 100.00%

Lieutenant Governor

Nominee

  • Richard L. Ackley

Results

Labor-Farm lieutenant gubernatorial primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Labor-Farm Richard L. Ackley (write-in) 208 100.00%
Total votes 208 100.00%

General election

Results

1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Tommy G. Thompson 802,321 58.15% +5.43%
Democratic Thomas A. Loftus 576,280 41.77% −4.44%
Scattering 1,126 0.08%
Majority 226,041 16.38%
Total votes 1,379,727 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +9.87%

Results by county

Thompson was the first Republican since Philip La Follette in 1930 to win Iron County, the first since Walter S. Goodland in 1946 to win Milwaukee County, and the first since Walter J. Kohler Jr. in 1952 to win Douglas County and Kenosha County.

County[3][4] Tommy G. Thompson
Republican		 Thomas A. Loftus
Democratic		 Scattering
Write-in		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 2,391 52.60% 2,154 47.38% 1 0.02% 237 5.21% 4,546
Ashland 3,066 59.49% 2,087 40.49% 1 0.02% 979 18.99% 5,154
Barron 5,494 52.37% 4,982 47.49% 14 0.13% 512 4.88% 10,490
Bayfield 3,309 59.24% 2,276 40.74% 1 0.02% 1,033 18.49% 5,586
Brown 35,561 57.62% 26,143 42.36% 14 0.02% 9,418 15.26% 61,718
Buffalo 2,262 52.06% 2,083 47.94% 0 0.00% 179 4.12% 4,345
Burnett 2,175 48.44% 2,307 51.38% 8 0.18% -132 -2.94% 4,490
Calumet 6,109 65.96% 3,151 34.02% 2 0.02% 2,958 31.94% 9,262
Chippewa 7,954 54.86% 6,542 45.12% 3 0.02% 1,412 9.74% 14,499
Clark 5,761 58.22% 4,131 41.75% 3 0.03% 1,630 16.47% 9,895
Columbia 8,304 57.92% 6,021 42.00% 12 0.08% 2,283 15.92% 14,337
Crawford 2,456 55.37% 1,976 44.54% 4 0.09% 480 10.82% 4,436
Dane 55,998 45.63% 66,638 54.29% 98 0.08% -10,640 -8.67% 122,734
Dodge 12,325 64.27% 6,842 35.68% 9 0.05% 5,483 28.59% 19,176
Door 5,291 62.06% 3,235 37.94% 0 0.00% 2,056 24.11% 8,526
Douglas 7,898 56.25% 6,140 43.73% 4 0.03% 1,758 12.52% 14,042
Dunn 4,613 48.42% 4,900 51.43% 14 0.15% -287 -3.01% 9,527
Eau Claire 14,864 53.89% 12,711 46.09% 5 0.02% 2,153 7.81% 27,580
Florence 808 58.00% 585 42.00% 0 0.00% 223 16.01% 1,393
Fond du Lac 16,043 66.73% 7,992 33.24% 7 0.03% 8,051 33.49% 24,042
Forest 1,711 55.64% 1,364 44.36% 0 0.00% 347 11.28% 3,075
Grant 6,782 62.11% 4,131 37.83% 7 0.06% 2,651 24.28% 10,920
Green 4,454 58.31% 3,180 41.63% 4 0.05% 1,274 16.68% 7,638
Green Lake 3,412 69.10% 1,526 30.90% 0 0.00% 1,886 38.19% 4,938
Iowa 3,425 56.84% 2,593 43.03% 8 0.13% 832 13.81% 6,026
Iron 1,794 69.83% 774 30.13% 1 0.04% 1,020 39.70% 2,569
Jackson 3,196 52.27% 2,918 47.73% 0 0.00% 278 4.55% 6,114
Jefferson 10,646 62.79% 6,305 37.18% 5 0.03% 4,341 25.60% 16,956
Juneau 5,244 70.83% 2,158 29.15% 2 0.03% 3,086 41.68% 7,404
Kenosha 14,750 53.19% 12,977 46.79% 6 0.02% 1,773 6.39% 27,733
Kewaunee 4,140 57.29% 3,087 42.71% 0 0.00% 1,053 14.57% 7,227
La Crosse 16,790 54.24% 14,164 45.76% 2 0.01% 2,626 8.48% 30,956
Lafayette 3,203 61.22% 2,028 38.76% 1 0.02% 1,175 22.46% 5,232
Langlade 3,637 60.80% 2,341 39.13% 4 0.07% 1,296 21.66% 5,982
Lincoln 4,443 55.69% 3,534 44.30% 1 0.01% 909 11.39% 7,978
Manitowoc 12,967 56.15% 10,098 43.73% 28 0.12% 2,869 12.42% 23,093
Marathon 21,908 59.86% 14,693 40.14% 0 0.00% 7,215 19.71% 36,601
Marinette 7,524 58.73% 5,286 41.26% 2 0.02% 2,238 17.47% 12,812
Marquette 2,245 59.47% 1,526 40.42% 4 0.11% 719 19.05% 3,775
Menominee 390 41.76% 544 58.24% 0 0.00% -154 -16.49% 934
Milwaukee 128,835 54.06% 108,812 45.66% 670 0.28% 20,023 8.40% 238,317
Monroe 5,189 59.38% 3,546 40.58% 3 0.03% 1,643 18.80% 8,738
Oconto 5,441 58.68% 3,831 41.32% 0 0.00% 1,610 17.36% 9,272
Oneida 7,208 62.47% 4,328 37.51% 2 0.02% 2,880 24.96% 11,538
Outagamie 27,500 64.68% 15,010 35.31% 5 0.01% 12,490 29.38% 42,515
Ozaukee 16,078 75.58% 5,193 24.41% 1 0.00% 10,885 51.17% 21,272
Pepin 1,047 50.97% 1,006 48.98% 1 0.05% 41 2.00% 2,054
Pierce 4,809 55.79% 3,806 44.15% 5 0.06% 1,003 11.64% 8,620
Polk 5,779 55.08% 4,711 44.90% 2 0.02% 1,068 10.18% 10,492
Portage 7,976 51.47% 7,514 48.49% 5 0.03% 462 2.98% 15,495
Price 3,592 54.88% 2,949 45.06% 4 0.06% 643 9.82% 6,545
Racine 29,318 61.64% 18,243 38.36% 0 0.00% 11,075 23.29% 47,561
Richland 2,666 61.37% 1,678 38.63% 0 0.00% 988 22.74% 4,344
Rock 19,979 55.14% 16,231 44.80% 23 0.06% 3,748 10.34% 36,233
Rusk 2,697 51.67% 2,523 48.33% 0 0.00% 174 3.33% 5,220
Sauk 8,191 59.99% 5,458 39.97% 6 0.04% 2,733 20.01% 13,655
Sawyer 2,530 58.96% 1,757 40.95% 4 0.09% 773 18.01% 4,291
Shawano 6,690 64.35% 3,705 35.64% 2 0.02% 2,985 28.71% 10,397
Sheboygan 18,903 60.93% 12,118 39.06% 5 0.02% 6,785 21.87% 31,026
St. Croix 7,052 53.37% 6,158 46.61% 3 0.02% 894 6.77% 13,213
Taylor 3,280 57.26% 2,443 42.65% 5 0.09% 837 14.61% 5,728
Trempealeau 3,566 47.85% 3,878 52.04% 8 0.11% -312 -4.19% 7,452
Vernon 3,945 53.48% 3,426 46.44% 6 0.08% 519 7.04% 7,377
Vilas 5,003 68.18% 2,331 31.77% 4 0.05% 2,672 36.41% 7,338
Walworth 11,937 64.92% 6,447 35.06% 3 0.02% 5,490 29.86% 18,387
Washburn 2,743 55.46% 2,201 44.50% 2 0.04% 542 10.96% 4,946
Washington 15,983 70.58% 6,662 29.42% 0 0.00% 9,321 41.16% 22,645
Waukesha 61,002 71.19% 24,679 28.80% 13 0.02% 36,323 42.39% 85,694
Waupaca 7,227 66.57% 3,619 33.34% 10 0.09% 3,608 33.24% 10,856
Waushara 3,300 63.49% 1,896 36.48% 2 0.04% 1,404 27.01% 5,198
Winnebago 25,972 64.58% 14,187 35.28% 57 0.14% 11,785 29.30% 40,216
Wood 11,540 59.64% 7,811 40.36% 0 0.00% 3,729 19.27% 19,351
Total802,32158.15%576,28041.77%1,1260.08%226,04116.38%1,379,727

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1991). "Vote For State Officers, By County". The State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1991-1992. Madison, Wisconsin. pp. 886–887.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1991). "Vote For State Officers, By County". The State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1991-1992. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 888.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. 1 2 Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1991). "Vote For State Officers, By County". The State of Wisconsin Blue Book 1991-1992. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 907.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. 1 2 Richard M. Scammon; Alice V. McGillivray, eds. (1991). America Votes 19, A Handbook of Contemporary American Election Statistics. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly. p. 473.
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