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1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
← 1924 November 2, 1926 1928 →
 
Nominee Fred R. Zimmerman Charles B. Perry
Party Republican Independent
Popular vote 350,927 76,507
Percentage 63.47% 13.84%
 
Nominee Virgil H. Cady Herman O. Kent
Party Democratic Socialist
Popular vote 72,627 40,293
Percentage 13.14% 7.29%
County results

Zimmerman:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Cady:      40–50%
Governor before election

John J. Blaine
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Elected Governor

Fred R. Zimmerman
Republican

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The 1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Primary elections were held on September 7, 1926.

Incumbent Republican Governor John J. Blaine retired to run for the U.S. Senate. Republican nominee Fred R. Zimmerman defeated Independent Charles B. Perry, Democratic nominee Virgil H. Cady and Socialist nominee Herman O. Kent.

Primary election

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Republican party

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Fred R. Zimmerman 215,546 46.77%
Republican Herman L. Ekern 178,252 38.68%
Republican Charles B. Perry 41,856 9.08%
Republican W. Stanley Smith 25,188 5.47%
Total votes 460,842 100.00%

Democratic party

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Virgil H. Cady 16,358 100.00%
Total votes 16,358 100.00%

Socialist party

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Candidates

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Results

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Socialist primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Socialist Herman O. Kent 11,307 100.00%
Total votes 11,307 100.00%

Prohibition party

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Candidates

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Results

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Prohibition primary results[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Prohibition David W. Emerson 576 39.21%
Prohibition Adolph R. Bucknam 546 37.17%
Prohibition Alex McEathron 347 23.62%
Total votes 1,469 100.00%

Other party nominations

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General election

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Results

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1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Fred R. Zimmerman 350,927 63.47% +11.71%
Independent Charles B. Perry 76,507 13.84%
Democratic Virgil H. Cady 72,627 13.14% −26.74%
Socialist Herman O. Kent 40,293 7.29% +1.60%
Prohibition David W. Emerson 7,333 1.33% −0.12%
Socialist Labor[a] Alex Gorden 4,593 0.83% +0.65%
Scattering 632 0.11%
Majority 274,420 49.63%
Total votes 552,912 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +37.74%

Results by county

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County[6][7] Fred R. Zimmerman
Republican 		Charles B. Perry
Independent 		Virgil H. Cady
Democratic 		Herman O. Kent
Socialist 		All Others
Various 		Margin[b] Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 743 68.17% 98 8.99% 155 14.22% 54 4.95% 40 3.67% 588[c] 53.94% 1,090
Ashland 2,970 64.43% 907 19.67% 390 8.46% 160 3.47% 183 3.97% 2,063 44.75% 4,610
Barron 4,577 74.36% 704 11.44% 356 5.78% 261 4.24% 257 4.18% 3,873 62.92% 6,155
Bayfield 2,193 82.79% 167 6.30% 102 3.85% 83 3.13% 104 3.93% 2,026 76.48% 2,649
Brown 7,757 54.73% 1,267 8.94% 4,093 28.88% 780 5.50% 276 1.95% 3,664[c] 25.85% 14,173
Buffalo 1,581 75.97% 182 8.75% 158 7.59% 97 4.66% 63 3.03% 1,399 67.23% 2,081
Burnett 1,591 85.31% 87 4.66% 52 2.79% 46 2.47% 89 4.77% 1,504 50.64% 1,865
Calumet 1,817 53.87% 263 7.80% 1,182 35.04% 59 1.75% 52 1.54% 635[c] 18.83% 3,373
Chippewa 5,874 71.35% 1,309 15.90% 590 7.17% 117 1.42% 343 4.17% 4,565 55.45% 8,233
Clark 5,778 76.87% 884 11.76% 479 6.37% 153 2.04% 223 2.97% 4,894 65.11% 7,517
Columbia 5,075 70.55% 824 11.46% 1,006 13.99% 138 1.92% 150 2.09% 4,069[c] 56.57% 7,193
Crawford 2,081 63.10% 283 8.58% 805 24.41% 45 1.36% 84 2.55% 1,276[c] 38.69% 3,298
Dane 13,215 58.88% 5,029 22.41% 2,427 10.81% 1,029 4.58% 745 3.32% 8,186 36.47% 22,445
Dodge 6,420 55.53% 934 8.08% 3,588 31.03% 467 4.04% 153 1.32% 2,832[c] 24.49% 11,562
Door 2,234 66.57% 861 25.66% 120 3.58% 33 0.98% 108 3.22% 1,373 40.91% 3,356
Douglas 8,852 83.92% 789 7.48% 385 3.65% 208 1.97% 314 2.98% 8,063 76.44% 10,548
Dunn 4,371 79.68% 643 11.72% 204 3.72% 127 2.31% 141 2.57% 3,728 67.95% 5,486
Eau Claire 5,355 68.11% 1,789 22.76% 391 4.97% 107 1.36% 220 2.80% 3,566 45.36% 7,862
Florence 1,004 89.01% 67 5.94% 23 2.04% 9 0.80% 25 2.22% 937 83.07% 1,128
Fond du Lac 8,270 66.22% 1,250 10.01% 2,558 20.48% 185 1.48% 226 1.81% 5,712[c] 45.74% 12,489
Forest 1,571 74.88% 180 8.58% 275 13.11% 23 1.10% 49 2.34% 1,296[c] 61.77% 2,098
Grant 6,469 69.55% 1,284 13.80% 1,208 12.99% 120 1.29% 220 2.37% 5,185 55.75% 9,301
Green 3,253 77.34% 475 11.29% 291 6.92% 70 1.66% 117 2.78% 2,778 66.05% 4,206
Green Lake 2,725 71.07% 477 12.44% 499 13.02% 27 0.70% 106 2.76% 2,226[c] 58.06% 3,834
Iowa 3,178 62.68% 1,304 25.72% 359 7.08% 84 1.66% 145 2.86% 1,874 36.96% 5,070
Iron 1,724 82.77% 196 9.41% 57 2.74% 43 2.06% 63 3.02% 1,528 73.36% 2,083
Jackson 2,424 81.45% 270 9.07% 106 3.56% 84 2.82% 92 3.09% 2,154 72.38% 2,976
Jefferson 6,088 69.55% 913 10.43% 1,415 16.16% 139 1.59% 199 2.27% 4,673[c] 53.38% 8,754
Juneau 3,168 76.54% 428 10.34% 396 9.57% 73 1.76% 74 1.79% 2,740 66.20% 4,139
Kenosha 9,212 65.84% 597 4.27% 3,567 25.49% 304 2.17% 312 2.23% 5,645[c] 40.34% 13,992
Kewaunee 1,484 57.83% 478 18.63% 435 16.95% 112 4.36% 57 2.22% 1,006 39.20% 2,556
La Crosse 7,268 70.51% 1,092 10.59% 1,627 15.78% 96 0.93% 225 2.18% 5,641[c] 54.72% 10,308
Lafayette 3,659 67.04% 493 9.03% 1,159 21.23% 67 1.23% 80 1.47% 2,500[c] 45.80% 5,458
Langlade 3,504 60.68% 314 5.44% 1,685 29.18% 93 1.61% 179 3.10% 1,819[c] 31.50% 5,775
Lincoln 2,666 59.88% 1,250 28.08% 306 6.87% 93 2.09% 137 3.08% 1,416 31.81% 4,452
Manitowoc 6,588 62.45% 1,420 13.46% 2,111 20.01% 245 2.32% 186 1.76% 4,477[c] 42.44% 10,550
Marathon 9,437 74.17% 1,156 9.09% 798 6.27% 985 7.74% 348 2.73% 8,281 65.08% 12,724
Marinette 4,831 77.79% 640 10.31% 447 7.20% 96 1.55% 196 3.16% 4,191 67.49% 6,210
Marquette 1,413 68.79% 159 7.74% 432 21.03% 15 0.73% 35 1.70% 981[c] 47.76% 2,054
Milwaukee 43,948 43.99% 15,411 15.43% 12,386 12.40% 27,250 27.28% 910 0.91% 16,698[d] 16.71% 99,905
Monroe 3,221 69.96% 706 15.33% 325 7.06% 141 3.06% 211 4.58% 2,515 54.63% 4,604
Oconto 3,379 60.23% 1,391 24.80% 698 12.44% 66 1.18% 76 1.35% 1,988 35.44% 5,610
Oneida 2,702 72.75% 400 10.77% 369 9.94% 134 3.61% 109 2.93% 2,302 61.98% 3,714
Outagamie 9,105 69.10% 2,049 15.55% 1,444 10.96% 234 1.78% 344 2.61% 7,056 53.55% 13,176
Ozaukee 1,484 39.97% 462 12.44% 1,608 43.31% 78 2.10% 81 2.18% -124[e] -3.34% 3,713
Pepin 1,024 63.92% 250 15.61% 214 13.36% 54 3.37% 60 3.75% 774 48.31% 1,602
Pierce 4,132 76.01% 569 10.47% 205 3.77% 359 6.60% 171 3.15% 3,563 65.54% 5,436
Polk 3,349 77.25% 437 10.08% 204 4.71% 124 2.86% 221 5.10% 2,912 67.17% 4,335
Portage 3,869 46.97% 497 6.03% 3,685 44.73% 57 0.69% 130 1.58% 184[c] 2.23% 8,238
Price 3,012 76.72% 518 13.19% 194 4.94% 95 2.42% 107 2.73% 2,494 63.53% 3,926
Racine 12,958 70.63% 2,908 15.85% 1,473 8.03% 486 2.65% 521 2.84% 10,050 54.78% 18,346
Richland 3,634 74.51% 483 9.90% 549 11.26% 39 0.80% 172 3.53% 3,085[c] 63.26% 4,877
Rock 10,697 80.67% 1,537 11.59% 641 4.83% 155 1.17% 230 1.73% 9,160 69.08% 13,260
Rusk 2,407 69.87% 658 19.10% 157 4.56% 84 2.44% 139 4.03% 1,749 50.77% 3,445
Sauk 4,117 61.26% 677 10.07% 1,553 23.11% 179 2.66% 195 2.90% 2,564[c] 38.15% 6,721
Sawyer 1,177 78.26% 153 10.17% 85 5.65% 38 2.53% 51 3.39% 1,024 68.09% 1,504
Shawano 2,999 71.40% 406 9.67% 374 8.90% 318 7.57% 103 2.45% 2,593 61.74% 4,200
Sheboygan 5,141 42.55% 3,581 29.64% 1,902 15.74% 1,238 10.25% 220 1.82% 1,560 12.91% 12,082
St. Croix 3,958 65.71% 1,305 21.67% 372 6.18% 207 3.44% 181 3.01% 2,653 44.05% 6,023
Taylor 2,332 74.62% 396 12.67% 140 4.48% 190 6.08% 67 2.14% 1,936 61.95% 3,125
Trempealeau 3,961 73.95% 728 13.59% 432 8.07% 65 1.21% 170 3.17% 3,233 60.36% 5,356
Vernon 3,987 76.61% 618 11.88% 256 4.92% 161 3.09% 182 3.50% 3,369 64,74% 5,204
Vilas 907 83.90% 45 4.16% 61 5.64% 36 3.33% 32 2.96% 849[c] 78.26% 1,081
Walworth 5,691 77.28% 714 9.70% 636 8.64% 78 1.06% 245 3.33% 4,977 67.59% 7,364
Washburn 1,572 79.59% 211 10.68% 57 2.89% 76 3.85% 59 2.99% 1,361 68.91% 1,975
Washington 2,721 52.41% 519 10.00% 1,735 33.42% 156 3.00% 61 1.17% 986[c] 18.99% 5,192
Waukesha 6,277 63.83% 1,337 13.60% 1,730 17.59% 298 3.03% 192 1.95% 4,547[c] 46.24% 9,834
Waupaca 5,637 78.35% 905 12.58% 398 5.53% 112 1.56% 143 1.99% 4,732 65.77% 7,195
Waushara 2,972 82.26% 351 9.71% 172 4.76% 41 1.13% 77 2.13% 2,621 72.54% 3,613
Winnebago 10,048 64.72% 3,112 20.05% 1,642 10.58% 459 2.96% 264 1.70% 6,936 44.68% 15,525
Wood 6,089 67.15% 1,710 18.86% 693 7.64% 358 3.95% 218 2.40% 4,379 48.29% 9,068
Total 350,927 63.47% 76,507 13.84% 72,627 13.14% 40,293 7.29% 12,558 2.27% 274,420 49.63% 552,912

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Independent Socialist Labor"
  2. ^ The margins are Zimmerman over Perry unless otherwise noted
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Zimmerman's margin over Cady
  4. ^ Zimmerman's margin over Kent
  5. ^ Cady's margin over Zimmerman

References

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  1. ^ Jorge Gomez, Commissioner of Insurance, ed. (2005). Wisconsin Insurance Report, 2005 (PDF). Madison, Wisconsin: Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. p. 5.
  2. ^ "W. Stanley Smith In Attack On Candidates". The Sheboygan Press. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. July 24, 1926. p. 2. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d Holmes, Fred L., ed. (1927). "Summary of Vote For Governor - Primary, September 7, 1926". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1927. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 494.
  4. ^ "WI Governor, 1926 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "WI Governor, 1926 - PRB Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
  6. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers - Election of State Officers - November 2, 1926
  7. ^ a b Holmes, Fred L., ed. (1927). "Summary Of Vote For Governor". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1927. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 573.

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