- Source: 1940 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1940 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940. Primary elections were held on September 17, 1940.
Incumbent Republican Governor Julius P. Heil defeated Progressive nominee Orland Steen Loomis and Democratic nominee Francis E. McGovern with 40.67% of the vote.
Primary election
= Republican party
=Candidates
Julius P. Heil, incumbent Governor
James K. Robinson, dentist, unsuccessful candidate for Progressive nomination for Lieutenant Governor in 1936
Results
= Progressive party
=Candidates
Paul Alfonsi, former Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Henry Gunderson, former Lieutenant Governor
Orland S. Loomis, former Attorney General of Wisconsin
Philip E. Nelson, incumbent State Senator
Harold E. Stafford, attorney
Results
= Democratic party
=Candidates
William R. Callahan, Democratic nominee for Secretary of State of Wisconsin in 1938
Raymond J. Cannon, former U.S. Representative
Gerhard A. Hagedorn, electrical salesman
Francis E. McGovern, former Governor
William B. Rubin (withdrew)
Results
= Other party nominations
=Fred Basset Blair, Communist, candidate for Governor in 1932
Louis Fisher, Socialist Labor
General election
= Results
== Results by county
=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.
Counties that flipped from Progressive to Republican
Florence
Taylor
Counties that flipped from Republican to Progressive
Barron
Buffalo
Columbia
Dunn
Eau Claire
Grant
Iowa
Juneau
Kenosha
Lincoln
Milwaukee
Monroe
Oneida
Portage
Sauk
Trempealeau
Vernon
Wood
Counties that flipped from Progressive to Democratic
Forest
Notes
References
Bibliography
Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
Ohm, Howard F.; Bryhan, Leone G., eds. (1942). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1942. State of Wisconsin.
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