The 1942 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1942.
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County results Loomis: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Heil: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Republican Governor Julius P. Heil was defeated by Progressive nominee Orland S. Loomis in a rematch of the 1940 election with 49.65% of the vote. As of 2023, this is the last time Waupaca and Dodge counties did not vote for the Republican candidate for governor.
Loomis died of a heart attack on December 7, 1942, a month before he was to take office. The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Lieutenant Governor Walter Samuel Goodland would serve Orland Loomis's term as governor, overriding the view of Governor Julius Heil that he should continue in office.[1][2]
Primary elections were held on September 15, 1942.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William C. Sullivan | 15,684 | 24.31 | |
Democratic | Gustav J. Keller | 15,482 | 23.99 | |
Democratic | Raymond J. Cannon | 11,075 | 17.16 | |
Democratic | Stanley Z. Fajkowski | 10,333 | 16.01 | |
Democratic | Albert J. Wilde | 7,227 | 11.20 | |
Democratic | Joseph H. Conlin | 4,725 | 7.32 | |
Total votes | 64,526 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John M. Brophy | 52,952 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 52,952 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Julius P. Heil (incumbent) | 136,980 | 51.57 | |
Republican | Milton T. Murray | 95,908 | 36.11 | |
Republican | James K. Robinson | 32,740 | 12.33 | |
Total votes | 265,628 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter Samuel Goodland (incumbent) | 154,695 | 66.34 | |
Republican | Charles I. Wesley | 78,474 | 33.66 | |
Total votes | 233,169 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 54,508 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 54,508 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive | Philip E. Nelson | 36,584 | 71.98 | |
Progressive | Henry J. Berquist | 13,240 | 28.02 | |
Total votes | 50,824 | 100.00 |
In the September Primary, Nelson won with a commanding 71% of the vote. Nelson, however, had already been appointed to the federal War Production Board and, on the eve of the Progressive Party state convention, declined the nomination.[12] On October 5, the Progressives formally nominated Henry Berquist in place of Nelson.[13]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Socialist | Frank P. Zeidler | 5,666 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 5,666 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Socialist | Arthur C. Ochsner | 5,233 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 5,233 | 100.00 |
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | Orland S. Loomis | 397,664 | 49.65% | ||
Republican | Julius P. Heil (incumbent) | 291,945 | 36.45% | ||
Democratic | William C. Sullivan | 98,153 | 12.25% | ||
Socialist | Frank P. Zeidler | 11,295 | 1.41% | ||
Independent Communist | Fred B. Blair | 1,092 | 0.14% | ||
Independent Socialist Labor | Georgia Cozzini | 490 | 0.06% | ||
Scattering | 346 | 0.04% | |||
Majority | 105,719 | 13.20% | |||
Turnout | 800,985 | 100.00% | |||
Progressive gain from Republican | Swing |
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Walter Samuel Goodland (incumbent) | 349,230 | 47.34% | ||
Progressive | Henry J. Berquist | 256,851 | 34.82% | ||
Democratic | John M. Brophy | 119,926 | 16.26% | ||
Socialist | Arthur C. Ochsner | 10,372 | 1.41% | ||
Independent Socialist Labor | Adolf Wiggert | 1,336 | 0.18% | ||
Majority | 92,379 | 12.52% | |||
Turnout | 737,715 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing |