- Source: 1986 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
The 1986 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1986. Republican Tommy G. Thompson won the election with 53% of the vote, winning his first term as Governor of Wisconsin and defeating incumbent Governor Anthony S. Earl. This was the first time since 1962 that the winner of a Wisconsin gubernatorial election was of the same party as the incumbent president. Jonathan B. Barry unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.
Primary election
The primary election was held on September 9, 1986. Nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor were selected in separate primaries before running on a joint ticket in the general election.
= Democratic party
=Governor
= Candidates =
Anthony S. Earl, incumbent governor
Edmond Hou-Seye, perennial candidate
= Results =
Lieutenant Governor
= Candidates =
Taylor Benson, former member of Wisconsin Senate
Gervase Hephner, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
Cletus J. Johnson, nominee for Secretary of State of Wisconsin in 1966
Sharon K. Metz, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
Arlyn F. Wollenburg, perennial candidate
= Results =
= Republican party
=Governor
= Candidates =
Jonathan B. Barry, Dane County Executive
Joseph A. Ortiz
Tommy G. Thompson, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
George Watts
Albert Lee Wiley Jr.
= Results =
Lieutenant Governor
= Candidates =
Patricia A. Goodrich, former member of Wisconsin State Assembly
Drew W. Heiden
Scott McCallum, member of Wisconsin Senate
Robert Nolan
= Results =
= Labor-Farm party
=Governor
= Candidates =
Kathryn A. Christensen
= Results =
Lieutenant Governor
= Candidates =
John Ervin Bergum
= Results =
= Independent nominations
=Governor
= Candidates =
Sanford Knapp
Darold E. Wall
= Results =
General election
= Candidates
=Anthony S. Earl & Sharon K. Metz, Democrat
Tommy G. Thompson & Scott McCallum, Republican
Kathryn A. Christensen & John Ervin Bergum, Labor-Farm
Darold E. Wall & Irma L. Lotts, Independent
Sanford Knapp & Verdell Hallingstad, Independent
= Results
== Results by county
=Thompson was the first Republican since Walter J. Kohler Jr. in 1952 to win Ashland County and Manitowoc County.
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Adams
Ashland
Barron
Brown
Buffalo
Fond du Lac
Forest
Jackson
Jefferson
Kewaunee
La Crosse
Langlade
Manitowoc
Marathon
Oneida
Outagamie
Pepin
Racine
Rock
Rusk
Sheboygan
Washburn
Winnebago
Wood
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