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The 1940 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940. Primary elections were held on September 17, 1940.
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County results Heil: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Loomis: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% McGovern: 30–40% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Republican Governor Julius P. Heil defeated Progressive nominee Orland Steen Loomis and Democratic nominee Francis E. McGovern with 40.67% of the vote.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Julius P. Heil (incumbent) | 249,269 | 67.98% | |
Republican | James K. Robinson | 117,385 | 32.02% | |
Total votes | 366,654 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Orland Steen Loomis | 50,699 | 33.05% | |
Progressive | Harold E. Stafford | 41,311 | 26.93% | |
Progressive | Philip E. Nelson | 24,485 | 15.96% | |
Progressive | Paul Alfonsi | 22,531 | 14.69% | |
Progressive | Henry Gunderson | 14,372 | 9.37% | |
Total votes | 153,398 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Francis E. McGovern | 54,025 | 38.91% | |
Democratic | William R. Callahan | 44,868 | 32.31% | |
Democratic | Raymond J. Cannon | 30,560 | 22.01% | |
Democratic | Gerhard A. Hagedorn | 9,407 | 6.77% | |
Total votes | 138,860 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Julius P. Heil (incumbent) | 558,678 | 40.67% | −14.72% | |
Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 546,436 | 39.78% | +3.77% | |
Democratic | Francis E. McGovern | 264,985 | 19.29% | +11.30% | |
Communist[lower-alpha 1] | Fred Basset Blair | 2,340 | 0.17% | ||
Socialist Labor[lower-alpha 2] | Louis Fisher | 1,158 | 0.08% | −0.06% | |
Scattering[lower-alpha 3] | 157 | 0.01% | |||
Plurality | 12,242 | 0.89% | |||
Total votes | 1,373,754 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing | -18.50% |
Barron County, Buffalo County, Grant County, Monroe County, Sauk County, Trempealeau County, and Vernon County voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1892, while Juneau County voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1890.
County[9][10] | Julius P. Heil Republican |
Orland S. Loomis Progressive |
Francis E. McGovern Democratic |
All Others Various |
Margin[lower-alpha 4] | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 1,231 | 34.54% | 2,112 | 59.26% | 211 | 5.92% | 10 | 0.28% | -881 | -24.72% | 3,564 |
Ashland | 3,120 | 34.46% | 4,340 | 47.93% | 1,537 | 16.98% | 57 | 0.63% | -1,220 | -13.47% | 9,054 |
Barron | 5,422 | 39.47% | 7,216 | 52.53% | 1,071 | 7.80% | 29 | 0.21% | -1,794 | -13.06% | 13,738 |
Bayfield | 2,198 | 31.51% | 3,833 | 54.95% | 906 | 12.99% | 38 | 0.54% | -1,635 | -23.44% | 6,975 |
Brown | 13,536 | 40.08% | 8,910 | 26.38% | 11,305 | 33.47% | 25 | 0.07% | 2,231[lower-alpha 5] | 6.61% | 33,776 |
Buffalo | 2,803 | 44.65% | 3,077 | 49.01% | 393 | 6.26% | 5 | 0.08% | -274 | -4.36% | 6,278 |
Burnett | 1,756 | 36.46% | 2,451 | 50.89% | 587 | 12.19% | 22 | 0.46% | -695 | -14.43% | 4,816 |
Calumet | 4,156 | 54.94% | 2,051 | 27.12% | 1,350 | 17.85% | 7 | 0.09% | 2,105 | 27.83% | 7,564 |
Chippewa | 6,979 | 44.88% | 6,889 | 44.31% | 1,659 | 10.67% | 22 | 0.14% | 90 | 0.58% | 15,549 |
Clark | 6,977 | 49.93% | 5,735 | 41.04% | 1,203 | 8.61% | 59 | 0.42% | 1,242 | 8.89% | 13,974 |
Columbia | 5,907 | 38.93% | 7,709 | 50.80% | 1,548 | 10.20% | 11 | 0.07% | -1,802 | -11.87% | 15,175 |
Crawford | 3,712 | 46.64% | 2,431 | 30.55% | 1,813 | 22.78% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,281 | 16.10% | 7,958 |
Dane | 15,863 | 25.14% | 42,136 | 66.78% | 5,012 | 7.94% | 84 | 0.13% | -26,273 | -41.64% | 63,095 |
Dodge | 10,712 | 45.75% | 8,079 | 34.50% | 4,599 | 19.64% | 25 | 0.11% | 2,633 | 11.24% | 23,415 |
Door | 4,384 | 55.66% | 2,596 | 32.96% | 853 | 10.83% | 43 | 0.55% | 1,788 | 22.70% | 7,876 |
Douglas | 6,359 | 29.70% | 10,418 | 48.66% | 4,490 | 20.97% | 141 | 0.66% | -4,059 | -18.96% | 21,408 |
Dunn | 5,047 | 45.35% | 5,185 | 46.59% | 882 | 7.93% | 14 | 0.13% | -138 | -1.24% | 11,128 |
Eau Claire | 8,095 | 42.03% | 9,224 | 47.90% | 1,922 | 9.98% | 17 | 0.09% | -1,129 | -5.86% | 19,258 |
Florence | 749 | 40.46% | 677 | 36.57% | 411 | 22.20% | 14 | 0.76% | 72 | 3.89% | 1,851 |
Fond du Lac | 13,212 | 48.48% | 8,535 | 31.32% | 5,435 | 19.94% | 73 | 0.27% | 4,677 | 17.16% | 27,255 |
Forest | 1,267 | 29.72% | 1,366 | 32.04% | 1,617 | 37.93% | 13 | 0.30% | -251[lower-alpha 6] | -5.89% | 4,263 |
Grant | 7,664 | 42.50% | 8,046 | 44.62% | 2,298 | 12.74% | 26 | 0.14% | -382 | -2.12% | 18,034 |
Green | 4,786 | 47.37% | 4,264 | 42.20% | 1,044 | 10.33% | 10 | 0.10% | 522 | 5.17% | 10,104 |
Green Lake | 4,071 | 56.86% | 1,591 | 22.22% | 1,487 | 20.77% | 11 | 0.15% | 2,480 | 34.64% | 7,160 |
Iowa | 3,834 | 42.82% | 4,092 | 45.70% | 1,019 | 11.38% | 9 | 0.10% | -258 | -2.88% | 8,954 |
Iron | 1,512 | 30.91% | 2,671 | 54.60% | 687 | 14.04% | 22 | 0.45% | -1,159 | -23.69% | 4,892 |
Jackson | 2,675 | 35.92% | 4,294 | 57.66% | 474 | 6.36% | 4 | 0.05% | -1,619 | -21.74% | 7,447 |
Jefferson | 8,105 | 46.00% | 5,576 | 31.65% | 3,923 | 22.26% | 16 | 0.09% | 2,529 | 14.35% | 17,620 |
Juneau | 2,615 | 30.11% | 5,632 | 64.85% | 434 | 5.00% | 4 | 0.05% | -3,017 | -34.74% | 8,685 |
Kenosha | 10,355 | 35.63% | 10,631 | 36.58% | 8,013 | 27.57% | 60 | 0.21% | -276 | -0.95% | 29,059 |
Kewaunee | 3,331 | 48.95% | 1,560 | 22.92% | 1,886 | 27.71% | 28 | 0.41% | 1,445[lower-alpha 5] | 21.23% | 6,805 |
La Crosse | 11,504 | 43.95% | 10,277 | 39.26% | 4,375 | 16.72% | 18 | 0.07% | 1,227 | 4.69% | 26,174 |
Lafayette | 4,065 | 44.29% | 3,330 | 36.28% | 1,778 | 19.37% | 5 | 0.05% | 735 | 8.01% | 9,178 |
Langlade | 3,627 | 38.76% | 2,710 | 28.96% | 2,996 | 32.02% | 25 | 0.27% | 631[lower-alpha 5] | 6.74% | 9,358 |
Lincoln | 4,352 | 44.01% | 4,441 | 44.91% | 1,060 | 10.72% | 36 | 0.36% | -89 | -0.90% | 9,889 |
Manitowoc | 10,266 | 40.11% | 9,832 | 38.41% | 5,477 | 21.40% | 22 | 0.09% | 434 | 1.70% | 25,597 |
Marathon | 12,769 | 44.22% | 9,872 | 34.19% | 6,164 | 21.35% | 71 | 0.25% | 2,897 | 10.03% | 28,876 |
Marinette | 7,433 | 49.91% | 2,921 | 19.61% | 4,508 | 30.27% | 32 | 0.21% | 2,925[lower-alpha 5] | 19.64% | 14,894 |
Marquette | 2,541 | 60.72% | 1,128 | 26.95% | 510 | 12.19% | 6 | 0.14% | 1,413 | 33.76% | 4,185 |
Milwaukee | 115,732 | 33.35% | 147,826 | 42.59% | 82,036 | 23.64% | 1,462 | 0.42% | -32,094 | -9.25% | 347,056 |
Monroe | 4,539 | 36.08% | 7,134 | 56.71% | 889 | 7.07% | 17 | 0.14% | -2,595 | -20.63% | 12,579 |
Oconto | 5,104 | 45.48% | 2,739 | 24.41% | 3,364 | 29.98% | 15 | 0.13% | 1,740[lower-alpha 5] | 15.51% | 11,222 |
Oneida | 2,938 | 33.45% | 3,658 | 41.65% | 2,157 | 24.56% | 29 | 0.33% | -720 | -8.20% | 8,782 |
Outagamie | 15,637 | 52.96% | 7,421 | 25.13% | 6,406 | 21.70% | 61 | 0.21% | 8,216 | 27.83% | 29,525 |
Ozaukee | 3,641 | 43.33% | 2,908 | 34.61% | 1,838 | 21.88% | 15 | 0.18% | 733 | 8.72% | 8,402 |
Pepin | 1,787 | 54.02% | 1,137 | 34.37% | 376 | 11.37% | 8 | 0.24% | 650 | 19.65% | 3,308 |
Pierce | 4,355 | 46.64% | 4,160 | 44.55% | 811 | 8.69% | 11 | 0.12% | 195 | 2.09% | 9,337 |
Polk | 4,044 | 37.29% | 5,805 | 53.53% | 975 | 8.99% | 21 | 0.19% | -1,761 | -16.24% | 10,845 |
Portage | 4,736 | 30.84% | 5,445 | 35.46% | 5,161 | 33.61% | 13 | 0.08% | -709 | -4.62% | 15,355 |
Price | 3,558 | 46.25% | 2,616 | 34.00% | 1,392 | 18.09% | 127 | 1.65% | 942 | 12.24% | 7,693 |
Racine | 16,754 | 39.65% | 15,583 | 36.88% | 9,795 | 23.18% | 126 | 0.30% | 1,171 | 2.77% | 42,258 |
Richland | 4,720 | 53.24% | 3,041 | 34.30% | 1,089 | 12.28% | 15 | 0.17% | 1,679 | 18.94% | 8,865 |
Rock | 18,482 | 50.39% | 11,661 | 31.79% | 6,451 | 17.59% | 84 | 0.23% | 6,821 | 18.60% | 36,678 |
Rusk | 3,221 | 46.89% | 2,333 | 33.96% | 1,288 | 18.75% | 27 | 0.39% | 888 | 12.93% | 6,869 |
Sauk | 6,535 | 42.36% | 7,385 | 47.87% | 1,492 | 9.67% | 15 | 0.10% | -850 | -5.51% | 15,427 |
Sawyer | 2,218 | 45.71% | 1,540 | 31.74% | 1,085 | 22.36% | 9 | 0.19% | 678 | 13.97% | 4,852 |
Shawano | 6,745 | 49.92% | 4,757 | 35.21% | 1,987 | 14.71% | 22 | 0.16% | 1,988 | 14.71% | 13,511 |
Sheboygan | 14,141 | 44.24% | 6,955 | 21.76% | 10,732 | 33.58% | 135 | 0.42% | 3,409[lower-alpha 5] | 10.67% | 31,963 |
St. Croix | 4,871 | 43.77% | 4,484 | 40.29% | 1,756 | 15.78% | 17 | 0.15% | 387 | 3.48% | 11,128 |
Taylor | 3,068 | 41.03% | 2,712 | 36.27% | 1,668 | 22.31% | 30 | 0.40% | 356 | 4.76% | 7,478 |
Trempealeau | 3,852 | 39.52% | 4,611 | 47.31% | 1,277 | 13.10% | 6 | 0.06% | -759 | -7.79% | 9,746 |
Vernon | 5,352 | 44.15% | 5,833 | 48.12% | 926 | 7.64% | 12 | 0.10% | -481 | -3.97% | 12,123 |
Vilas | 1,870 | 41.12% | 1,213 | 26.67% | 1,427 | 31.38% | 38 | 0.84% | 443[lower-alpha 5] | 9.74% | 4,548 |
Walworth | 10,980 | 64.88% | 3,245 | 19.18% | 2,688 | 15.88% | 10 | 0.06% | 7,735 | 45.71% | 16,923 |
Washburn | 1,903 | 34.77% | 3,033 | 55.42% | 525 | 9.59% | 12 | 0.22% | -1,130 | -20.65% | 5,473 |
Washington | 6,767 | 51.37% | 3,951 | 29.99% | 2,445 | 18.56% | 11 | 0.08% | 2,816 | 21.38% | 13,174 |
Waukesha | 15,344 | 51.88% | 9,668 | 32.69% | 4,532 | 15.32% | 33 | 0.11% | 5,676 | 19.19% | 29,577 |
Waupaca | 8,371 | 53.53% | 5,813 | 37.17% | 1,423 | 9.10% | 31 | 0.20% | 2,558 | 16.36% | 15,638 |
Waushara | 4,179 | 63.44% | 1,759 | 26.70% | 628 | 9.53% | 21 | 0.32% | 2,420 | 36.74% | 6,587 |
Winnebago | 17,013 | 49.67% | 9,751 | 28.47% | 7,413 | 21.64% | 73 | 0.21% | 7,262 | 21.20% | 34,250 |
Wood | 7,231 | 40.85% | 8,421 | 47.57% | 2,016 | 11.39% | 33 | 0.19% | -1,190 | -6.72% | 17,701 |
Total | 558,678 | 40.67% | 546,436 | 39.78% | 264,985 | 19.29% | 3,655 | 0.27% | 12,242 | 0.89% | 1,373,754 |
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