1978 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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 County results Dreyfus: 50–60% 60–70% Schreiber: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1978. Republican Lee S. Dreyfus won the election with 54% of the vote, winning his first term as Governor of Wisconsin and defeating incumbent Democrat Martin J. Schreiber.[1] Bob Kasten unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.
As of 2018, this marks the last occasion that Florence County has voted Democratic in a gubernatorial election.
Results
| Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 1978[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Republican | Lee S. Dreyfus | 816,056 | 54.37% | ||
| Democrat | Martin J. Schreiber (incumbent) | 673,813 | 44.90% | ||
| Conservative | Eugene Zimmerman | 6,355 | 0.42% | ||
| Independent | John Doherty | 2,183 | 0.15% | ||
| Socialist Workers | Adrienne Kaplan | 1,548 | 0.10% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Henry Ochsner | 849 | 0.06% | ||
| Total votes | 1,500,804 | 100 | |||
References
- ^ Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, Wisconsin Legislature (2015). Wisconsin Blue Book 2015-2016. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Administration. pp. 699–701. ISBN 978-0-9752820-7-6.
- ^ "1978 Gubernatorial General Election Results in Wisconsin".
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