- Source: 1932 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1932 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Incumbent Republican Governor Philip La Follette was defeated in the Republican primary, and in the midst of the Great Depression and nationwide voter dissatisfaction with the Republican Party, Democratic nominee Albert G. Schmedeman defeated Republican nominee Walter J. Kohler Sr. and Socialist nominee Frank Metcalfe with 52.48% of the vote. Schmedeman became the first Democrat to win a gubernatorial election in Wisconsin since George Wilbur Peck in 1892. Two years later, in 1934, La Follette would run for governor again and defeated Schmedeman, this time running with the Progressive Party.
This was the only Democratic victory in a Wisconsin gubernatorial election between 1892 and 1958. As of 2022, this is the most recent gubernatorial election in which Juneau, Shawano, and Waupaca have voted for a Democratic candidate.
Primary election
Primary elections were held on September 20, 1932.
= Democratic party
=Candidates
Leo P. Fox, Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district in 1920 and for lieutenant governor in 1928
William B. Rubin, attorney
Albert G. Schmedeman, mayor of Madison and Democratic nominee for governor in 1928
Results
= Republican party
=Candidates
Walter J. Kohler, Sr., former Governor
Philip La Follette, incumbent Governor
Results
= Socialist party
=Candidates
Frank Metcalfe, nominee for governor in 1930
Results
= Prohibition party
=Candidates
Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922 and for governor in 1924 and 1928
William C. Dean, Prohibition nominee for governor in 1918
Results
General election
= Candidates
=Major party candidates
Albert G. Schmedeman, Democratic
Walter J. Kohler Sr., Republican
Other candidates
Fred B. Blair, Communist, nominee for governor in 1930
William C. Dean, Prohibition
Frank Metcalfe, Socialist
Joseph Ehrhardt, Socialist Labor, nominee for governor in 1928
= Results
== Results by county
=Schmedeman's victory ended many long streaks of Republican victories in counties throughout the state. In particular, Schmedeman was the first Democrat to ever win Barron County, Burnett County, Grant County, Iron County, Rusk County, and Trempealeau County. He was also the first Democrat since William A. Barstow in 1853 to win Adams County and Vernon County along with the first since Barstow in 1855 to win Waupaca County. Additionally,
Clark County, Jackson County, and Lafayette County voted Democratic for the first time since 1873. This election saw Marinette County back the losing the candidate for the first time ever.
Columbia County, Grant County, Green County, Iowa County, Lafayette County, and Sauk County would not vote Democratic again until 2002, nor would Monroe County until 2006.
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Adams
Ashland
Barron
Bayfield
Brown
Buffalo
Burnett
Calumet
Chippewa
Clark
Columbia
Crawford
Dane
Dodge
Fond du Lac
Forest
Grant
Green
Green Lake
Iowa
Iron
Jackson
Jefferson
Juneau
Kenosha
Kewaunee
Lafayette
Langlade
Lincoln
Manitowoc
Marathon
Marquette
Milwaukee
Monroe
Oconto
Oneida
Outagamie
Ozaukee
Pepin
Polk
Portage
Price
Racine
Rusk
Sauk
Sawyer
Shawano
St. Croix
Taylor
Trempealeau
Vernon
Washburn
Washington
Waupaca
Wood
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Sheboygan
Notes
References
Bibliography
Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
Witte, Edwin E.; Kelly, Alice, eds. (1933). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1933. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer.
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