1974 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1974 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
← 1970 November 5, 1974 1978 →
 
Nominee Patrick J. Lucey William Dyke
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Martin J. Schreiber John M. Alberts
Popular vote 628,639 497,195
Percentage 53.19% 42.06%
County results
Lucey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Dyke:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Patrick J. Lucey
Democratic

Elected Governor

Patrick J. Lucey
Democratic

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The 1974 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. Democrat Patrick Lucey won the election with 53% of the vote, winning his second term as Governor of Wisconsin and defeating Republican William Dyke.[1]

As of 2023, this is the last time a Democratic gubernatorial candidate won Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties. These three counties, collectively known as the WOW counties, have been among the most Republican areas in the state since the 1940s. It is also the last time a Democratic gubernatorial candidate carried Calumet and Marinette counties. This is also the most recent Wisconsin gubernatorial election in which both major party candidates are now deceased.

Primary election

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The primary election was held on September 10, 1974. Nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor were selected in separate primaries before running on a joint ticket in the general election.

Democratic party

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Governor

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Candidates
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  • Edmond Hou-Seye, American party nominee for United States Senate in 1970
  • Patrick J. Lucey, incumbent governor
Results
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Democratic gubernatorial primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patrick J. Lucey (incumbent) 259,001 78.22%
Democratic Edmond Hou-Seye 72,113 21.78%
Total votes 331,114 100.00%

Lieutenant Governor

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Candidates
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Results
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Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Martin J. Schreiber (incumbent) 281,101 86.78%
Democratic Andrew Tripoli 42,837 13.22%
Total votes 323,938 100.00%

Republican party

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Governor

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Candidates
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Results
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Republican gubernatorial primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican William Dyke 161,823 100.00%
Total votes 161,823 100.00%

Lieutenant Governor

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Candidates
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Results
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Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John M. Alberts 150,984 100.00%
Total votes 150,984 100.00%

American party

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Governor

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Candidates
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  • William H. Upham
Results
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American gubernatorial primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
American William H. Upham 5,800 100.00%
Total votes 5,800 100.00%

Lieutenant Governor

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Candidates
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  • Donald D. Hoeft
Results
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American lieutenant gubernatorial primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
American Donald D. Hoeft 5,561 100.00%
Total votes 5,561 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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  • Patrick J. Lucey & Martin J. Schreiber, Democrat
  • William Dyke & John M. Alberts, Republican
  • William H. Upham & Donald D. Hoeft, American
  • Crazy Jim & Gary C. Wetzel, Independent
  • William O. Hart & Fred Dahir, Independent
  • Fred B. Blair & Mary K. Blair, Independent
  • Georgia Cozzini & David Hornung, Independent

Results

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1974 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[4][5][a]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Patrick J. Lucey (incumbent) 628,639 53.19% −1.05%
Republican William Dyke 497,195[b] 42.06% −2.80%
American William H. Upham 33,528 2.84% +2.16%
Independent Crazy Jim 12,203[c] 1.03%
Independent William O. Hart 5,159[d] 0.44%
Independent Fred B. Blair 3,617 0.31%
Independent Georgia Cozzini 1,513[e] 0.13%
Scattering[f] 132 0.01%
Majority 131,444 11.12%
Total votes 1,181,976 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing +1.76%

Results by county

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Lucey was the first Democrat since Albert G. Schmedeman in 1934 to win Outagamie County, Ozaukee County, Sawyer County, and Waukesha County. Adams County, Jackson County, and Oneida County would not vote for the losing candidate again until 2018.

County[4][5] Patrick J. Lucey
Democratic 		William Dyke
Republican 		William H. Upham
American 		Crazy Jim
Independent 		All Others
Various 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,444 44.71% 1,675 51.86% 76 2.35% 11 0.34% 24 0.74% -231 -7.15% 3,230
Ashland 3,028 64.48% 1,525 32.47% 79 1.68% 24 0.51% 40 0.85% 1,503 32.01% 4,696
Barron 4,709 54.15% 3,784 43.51% 143 1.64% 33 0.38% 27 0.31% 925 10.64% 8,696
Bayfield 2,447 62.60% 1,358 34.74% 57 1.46% 29 0.74% 18 0.46% 1,089 27.86% 3,909
Brown 21,323 47.94% 20,591 46.29% 1,972 4.43% 287 0.65% 310 0.70% 732 1.65% 44,483
Buffalo 2,596 55.34% 1,974 42.08% 79 1.68% 27 0.58% 15 0.32% 622 13.26% 4,691
Burnett 2,137 68.43% 931 29.81% 33 1.06% 10 0.32% 12 0.38% 1,206 38.62% 3,123
Calumet 4,073 48.83% 3,945 47.30% 248 2.97% 53 0.64% 22 0.26% 128 1.53% 8,341
Chippewa 7,054 56.70% 4,566 36.70% 630 5.06% 114[g] 0.92% 76 0.61% 2,488 20.00% 12,440
Clark 4,439 51.00% 3,445 39.58% 723 8.31% 67 0.77% 30 0.34% 994 11.42% 8,704
Columbia 4,798 39.31% 7,178 58.81% 110 0.90% 66 0.54% 53 0.43% -2,380 -19.50% 12,205
Crawford 2,665 53.01% 2,68 45.12% 60 1.19% 12 0.24% 22 0.44% 397 7.90% 5,027
Dane 50,648 60.13% 28,580 33.93% 934 1.11% 626 0.74% 3,445 4.09% 22,068 26.20% 84,233
Dodge 8,268 41.61% 11,055 55.63% 325 1.64% 164 0.83% 60 0.30% -2,787 -14.02% 19,872
Door 3,021 41.09% 4,088 55.60% 190 2.58% 28 0.38% 25 0.34% -1,067 -14.51% 7,352
Douglas 9,275 76.32% 2,611 21.49% 89 0.73% 67 0.55% 110 0.91% 6,664 54.84% 12,152
Dunn 4,191 52.68% 3,289 41.34% 365 4.59% 55 0.69% 56 0.70% 902 11.34% 7,956
Eau Claire 10,717 55.07% 7,563 38.86% 841 4.32% 172 0.88% 169 0.87% 3,154 16.21% 19,462
Florence 579 57.50% 392 38.93% 18 1.79% 13 1.29% 5 0.50% 187 18.57% 1,007
Fond du Lac 9,901 42.44% 12,105 51.88% 896 3.84% 305 1.31% 124 0.53% -2,204 -9.45% 23,331
Forest 1,215 56.25% 769 35.60% 137 6.34% 28 1.30% 11 0.51% 446 20.65% 2,160
Grant 5,445 36.78% 8,861 59.85% 322 2.17% 76 0.51% 102 0.69% -3,416 -23.07% 14,806
Green 2,422 29.46% 5,699 69.32% 68 0.83% 18 0.22% 14 0.17% -3,277 -39.86% 8,221
Green Lake 1,410 28.61% 3,292 66.80% 186 3.77% 21 0.43% 19 0.39% -1,882 -38.19% 4,928
Iowa 1,937 35.76% 3,372 62.25% 42 0.78% 25 0.46% 41 0.76% -1,435 -26.49% 5,417
Iron 1,329 61.19% 653 30.06% 29 1.34% 150 6.91% 11 0.51% 676 31.12% 2,172
Jackson 2,073 47.93% 2,182 50.45% 43 0.99% 20 0.46% 7 0.16% -109 -2.52% 4,325
Jefferson 7,770 43.88% 9,498 53.63% 242 1.37% 129 0.73% 70 0.40% -1,728 -9.76% 17,709
Juneau 2,223 37.40% 3,602 60.60% 68 1.14% 21 0.35% 30 0.50% -1,379 -23.20% 5,944
Kenosha 16,708 63.45% 8,698 33.03% 448 1.70% 300 1.14% 179 0.68% 8,010 30.42% 26,333
Kewaunee 2,424 40.93% 2,921 49.32% 536 9.05% 26 0.44% 16 0.27% -497 -8.39% 5,923
La Crosse 10,843 42.52% 14,124 55.39% 335 1.31% 96 0.38% 102 0.40% -3,281 -12.87% 25,500
Lafayette 1,838 33.02% 3,653 65.62% 50 0.90% 14 0.25% 12 0.22% -1,815 -32.60% 5,567
Langlade 3,475 52.79% 2,820 42.84% 171 2.60% 83 1.26% 34 0.52% 655 9.95% 6,583
Lincoln 4,199 47.85% 4,186 47.70% 307 3.50% 45 0.51% 39 0.44% 13 0.15% 8,776
Manitowoc 11,802 49.26% 9,523 39.75% 2,319 9.68% 152 0.63% 164 0.68% 2,279 9.51% 23,960
Marathon 13,265 47.41% 12,414 44.37% 1,928 6.89% 232 0.83% 141 0.50% 851 3.04% 27,980
Marinette 5,870 51.24% 5,226 45.62% 234 2.04% 84 0.73% 41 0.36% 644 5.62% 11,455
Marquette 1,211 35.40% 2,106 61.56% 59 1.72% 34 0.99% 11 0.32% -895 -26.16% 3,421
Menominee 472 83.10% 63 11.09% 11 1.94% 10 1.76% 12 2.11% 409 72.01% 568
Milwaukee 141,383 62.86% 69,989 31.12% 6,403 2.85% 5,228 2.32% 1,910 0.85% 71,394 31.74% 224,913
Monroe 3,234 40.52% 4,594 57.56% 119 1.49% 26 0.33% 8 0.10% -1,360 -17.04% 7,981
Oconto 3,458 44.89% 3,876 50.31% 284 3.69% 56 0.73% 30 0.39% -418 -5.43% 7,704
Oneida 3,661 46.70% 3,786 48.29% 280 3.57% 93 1.19% 20 0.26% -125 -1.59% 7,840
Outagamie 16,494 53.01% 13,417 43.12% 866 2.78% 197 0.63% 141 0.45% 3,077 9.89% 31,115
Ozaukee 8,791 48.74% 8,393 46.53% 553 3.07% 234 1.30% 66 0.37% 398 2.21% 18,037
Pepin 1,272 63.95% 661 33.23% 40 2.01% 9 0.45% 7 0.35% 611 30.72% 1,989
Pierce 5,048 61.31% 2,969 36.06% 108 1.31% 43 0.52% 66 0.80% 2,079 25.25% 8,234
Polk 5,380 64.07% 2,879 34.29% 89 1.06% 19 0.23% 30 0.36% 2,501 29.78% 8,397
Portage 8,185 63.01% 3,962 30.50% 396 3.05% 296 2.28% 150 1.15% 4,223 32.51% 12,989
Price 2,309 52.42% 1,912 43.41% 137 3.11% 30 0.68% 17 0.39% 397 9.01% 4,405
Racine 23,999 59.48% 15,215 37.71% 562 1.39% 432 1.07% 140 0.35% 8,784 21.77% 40,348
Richland 1,844 35.08% 3,344 63.61% 31 0.59% 15 0.29% 23 0.44% -1,500 -28.53% 5,257
Rock 17,077 52.92% 14,415 44.67% 472 1.46% 161 0.50% 144 0.45% 2,662 8.25% 32,269
Rusk 2,780 58.11% 1,817 37.98% 138 2.88% 34 0.71% 15 0.31% 963 20.13% 4,784
Sauk 3,919 36.13% 6,626 61.09% 86 0.79% 37 0.34% 178 1.64% -2,707 -24.96% 10,846
Sawyer 1,808 51.89% 1,584 45.46% 47 1.35% 30 0.86% 15 0.43% 224 6.43% 3,484
Shawano 3,353 39.41% 4,685 55.07% 419 4.93% 41 0.48% 9 0.11% -1,332 -15.66% 8,507
Sheboygan 18,951 59.98% 11,988 37.94% 407 1.29% 170 0.54% 81 0.26% 6,963 22.04% 31,597
St. Croix 6,260 64.85% 3,191 33.06% 124 1.28% 43 0.45% 35 0.36% 3,069 31.79% 9,653
Taylor 2,422 54.00% 1,743 38.86% 216 4.82% 62 1.38% 42 0.94% 679 15.14% 4,485
Trempealeau 3,787 54.92% 2,983 43.26% 100 1.45% 10 0.15% 15 0.22% 804 11.66% 6,895
Vernon 3,160 41.49% 4,339 56.96% 76 1.00% 21 0.28% 21 0.28% -1,179 -15.48% 7,617
Vilas 2,054 39.36% 2,948 56.50% 143 2.74% 49 0.94% 24 0.46% -894 -17.13% 5,218
Walworth 7,109 44.74% 8,377 52.72% 169 1.06% 158 0.99% 77 0.48% -1,268 -7.98% 15,890
Washburn 2,298 60.54% 1,400 36.88% 57 1.50% 22 0.58% 19 0.50% 898 23.66% 3,796
Washington 9,799 54.84% 7,382 41.32% 401 2.24% 240 1.34% 45 0.25% 2,417 13.53% 17,867
Waukesha 33,630 52.01% 28,030 43.35% 1,863 2.88% 66 0.10% 1,067 1.65% 5,600 8.66% 64,656
Waupaca 3,542 36.50% 5,815 59.92% 257 2.65% 68 0.70% 22 0.23% -2,273 -23.42% 9,704
Waushara 1,487 34.11% 2,660 61.01% 162 3.72% 47 1.08% 4 0.09% -1,173 -26.90% 4,360
Winnebago 16,068 44.56% 17,908 49.66% 1,422 3.94% 439 1.22% 224 0.62% 1,840 5.10% 36,061
Wood 8,833 47.95% 7,722 41.92% 1,698 9.22% 100 0.54% 67 0.36% 1,111 6.03% 18,420
Total 628,639 53.19% 497,195 42.06% 33,528 2.84% 12,203 1.03% 10,411 0.88% 131,444 11.12% 1,181,976

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ There is a discrepancy between the certified totals and the county figures for Dyke, Jim, Hart, and Cozzini. It appears as though the originally certified totals were incorrect; the county by county portion of the report has the original totals whited out and reprinted with the sum of the county figures for these candidates.
  2. ^ The originally certified total was 497,189
  3. ^ The originally certified total was 12,107
  4. ^ The originally certified total was 5,113
  5. ^ The originally certified total was 1,492
  6. ^ These are not listed in the Blue Book but are listed in the Board of Canvassers report.
  7. ^ The 1975 Blue Book contains a typo in this county; the correct figure is 114 not 144

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1975). "Vote For State Officers By County". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1975. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 795.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b c Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1975). "Vote For State Officers By County". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1975. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 796.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ a b Wisconsin Historical Society, Statement of Board of State Canvassers for General Election - November 5, 1974 - Governor and Lieutenant Governor
  5. ^ a b Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (1975). "Vote For State Officers By County". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1975. Madison, Wisconsin. pp. 816–817.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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