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The 1948 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948.
Incumbent Republican Governor Oscar Rennebohm defeated Democratic nominee Carl W. Thompson with 54.09% of the vote.
Primary elections were held on September 21, 1948.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Carl W. Thompson | 72,084 | 65.32% | |
| Democratic | William D. Carroll | 38,275 | 34.68% | |
| Total votes | 110,359 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Oscar Rennebohm (incumbent) | 278,650 | 58.19% | |
| Republican | Ralph M. Immell | 200,248 | 41.81% | |
| Total votes | 478,898 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Henry J. Berquist | 6,525 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 6,525 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist | Walter H. Uphoff | 3,798 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 3,798 | 100.00% | ||
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Oscar Rennebohm (incumbent) | 684,839 | 54.09% | −5.69% | |
| Democratic | Carl W. Thompson | 558,497 | 44.11% | +5.04% | |
| Progressive | Henry J. Berquist | 12,928 | 1.02% | ||
| Socialist | Walter H. Uphoff | 9,149 | 0.72% | −0.14% | |
| Socialist Workers [a] | James E. Boulton | 356 | 0.03% | −0.15% | |
| Socialist Labor [b] | Georgia Cozzini | 328 | 0.03% | −0.07% | |
| Scattering [c] | 42 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 126,342 | 9.98% | |||
| Total votes | 1,266,139 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | -10.73% | |||
| County [7] [8] | Oscar Rennebohm Republican | Carl W. Thompson Democratic | Henry J. Berquist Progressive | Walter H. Uphoff Socialist | All Others Various | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,635 | 61.03% | 1,009 | 37.66% | 28 | 1.05% | 7 | 0.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 626 | 23.37% | 2,679 |
| Ashland | 4,469 | 62.29% | 2,432 | 33.90% | 249 | 3.47% | 21 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,037 | 28.39% | 7,174 |
| Barron | 7,373 | 62.22% | 4,214 | 35.56% | 233 | 1.97% | 28 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,159 | 26.66% | 11,849 |
| Bayfield | 3,239 | 58.51% | 1,915 | 34.59% | 362 | 6.54% | 17 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,324 | 23.92% | 5,536 |
| Brown | 18,163 | 51.17% | 17,258 | 48.62% | 46 | 0.13% | 27 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.01% | 905 | 2.55% | 35,498 |
| Buffalo | 3,144 | 67.04% | 1,497 | 31.92% | 19 | 0.41% | 27 | 0.58% | 3 | 0.06% | 1,647 | 35.12% | 4,690 |
| Burnett | 2,086 | 56.09% | 1,536 | 41.30% | 86 | 2.31% | 7 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.11% | 550 | 14.79% | 3,719 |
| Calumet | 4,535 | 66.10% | 2,310 | 33.67% | 11 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,225 | 32.43% | 6,861 |
| Chippewa | 8,376 | 60.00% | 5,447 | 39.02% | 100 | 0.72% | 33 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.02% | 2,929 | 20.98% | 13,959 |
| Clark | 7,322 | 67.45% | 3,205 | 29.52% | 267 | 2.46% | 56 | 0.52% | 6 | 0.06% | 4,117 | 37.92% | 10,856 |
| Columbia | 7,309 | 59.20% | 5,003 | 40.52% | 16 | 0.13% | 19 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,306 | 18.68% | 12,347 |
| Crawford | 3,680 | 53.78% | 3,148 | 46.00% | 3 | 0.04% | 9 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.04% | 532 | 7.77% | 6,843 |
| Dane | 23,669 | 38.28% | 37,602 | 60.81% | 219 | 0.35% | 340 | 0.55% | 6 | 0.01% | -13,933 | -22.53% | 61,836 |
| Dodge | 12,269 | 63.45% | 7,023 | 36.32% | 1 | 0.01% | 41 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.01% | 5,246 | 27.13% | 19,336 |
| Door | 5,123 | 70.60% | 2,109 | 29.07% | 17 | 0.23% | 7 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,014 | 41.54% | 7,256 |
| Douglas | 8,658 | 47.29% | 9,034 | 49.34% | 560 | 3.06% | 42 | 0.23% | 15 | 0.08% | -376 | -2.05% | 18,309 |
| Dunn | 5,634 | 61.72% | 3,404 | 37.29% | 65 | 0.71% | 20 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.07% | 2,230 | 24.43% | 9,129 |
| Eau Claire | 10,614 | 58.69% | 7,359 | 40.69% | 65 | 0.36% | 39 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.04% | 3,255 | 18.00% | 18,085 |
| Florence | 949 | 55.14% | 508 | 29.52% | 252 | 14.64% | 10 | 0.58% | 2 | 0.12% | 441 | 25.62% | 1,721 |
| Fond du Lac | 15,910 | 67.75% | 7,396 | 31.49% | 79 | 0.34% | 97 | 0.41% | 3 | 0.01% | 8,514 | 36.25% | 23,485 |
| Forest | 1,518 | 45.10% | 1,699 | 50.48% | 131 | 3.89% | 17 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.03% | -181 | -5.38% | 3,366 |
| Grant | 9,759 | 65.51% | 5,102 | 34.25% | 11 | 0.07% | 17 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.05% | 4,657 | 31.26% | 14,896 |
| Green | 5,598 | 66.38% | 2,800 | 33.20% | 17 | 0.20% | 16 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,798 | 33.18% | 8,433 |
| Green Lake | 4,342 | 74.86% | 1,428 | 24.62% | 16 | 0.28% | 13 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,914 | 50.24% | 5,800 |
| Iowa | 4,541 | 59.58% | 3,050 | 40.02% | 16 | 0.21% | 10 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,491 | 19.56% | 7,622 |
| Iron | 1,537 | 43.27% | 1,830 | 51.52% | 173 | 4.87% | 7 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.14% | -293 | -8.25% | 3,552 |
| Jackson | 3,468 | 64.19% | 1,892 | 35.02% | 18 | 0.33% | 24 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,576 | 29.17% | 5,403 |
| Jefferson | 9,297 | 57.79% | 6,702 | 41.66% | 36 | 0.22% | 46 | 0.29% | 6 | 0.04% | 2,595 | 16.13% | 16,087 |
| Juneau | 4,405 | 65.14% | 2,311 | 34.18% | 30 | 0.44% | 13 | 0.19% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,094 | 30.97% | 6,762 |
| Kenosha | 14,739 | 46.52% | 16,285 | 51.40% | 434 | 1.37% | 201 | 0.63% | 23 | 0.07% | -1,546 | -4.88% | 31,682 |
| Kewaunee | 3,685 | 61.51% | 2,293 | 38.27% | 7 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,392 | 23.23% | 5,991 |
| La Crosse | 12,543 | 54.51% | 10,241 | 44.50% | 82 | 0.36% | 138 | 0.60% | 8 | 0.03% | 2,302 | 10.00% | 23,012 |
| Lafayette | 3,921 | 54.32% | 3,281 | 45.45% | 10 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 640 | 8.87% | 7,219 |
| Langlade | 4,447 | 56.82% | 3,250 | 41.52% | 114 | 1.46% | 13 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,197 | 15.29% | 7,827 |
| Lincoln | 5,286 | 67.03% | 2,475 | 31.38% | 100 | 1.27% | 16 | 0.20% | 9 | 0.11% | 2,811 | 35.65% | 7,886 |
| Manitowoc | 12,877 | 52.83% | 11,330 | 46.48% | 93 | 0.38% | 70 | 0.29% | 4 | 0.02% | 1,547 | 6.35% | 24,374 |
| Marathon | 14,215 | 51.01% | 13,300 | 47.72% | 171 | 0.61% | 171 | 0.61% | 9 | 0.03% | 915 | 3.28% | 27,869 |
| Marinette | 7,406 | 58.14% | 5,195 | 40.78% | 101 | 0.79% | 35 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,211 | 17.36% | 12,738 |
| Marquette | 2,393 | 74.09% | 818 | 25.33% | 13 | 0.40% | 6 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,575 | 48.76% | 3,230 |
| Milwaukee | 154,141 | 45.27% | 174,598 | 51.28% | 5,630 | 1.65% | 5,694 | 1.67% | 417 | 0.12% | -20,457 | -6.01% | 340,480 |
| Monroe | 6,310 | 60.87% | 3,980 | 38.39% | 24 | 0.23% | 46 | 0.44% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,330 | 22.48% | 10,367 |
| Oconto | 5,652 | 63.18% | 3,242 | 36.24% | 33 | 0.37% | 17 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,410 | 26.94% | 8,946 |
| Oneida | 4,686 | 59.00% | 2,952 | 37.16% | 279 | 3.51% | 22 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,734 | 21.83% | 7,943 |
| Outagamie | 18,054 | 65.47% | 9,427 | 34.19% | 44 | 0.16% | 43 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.02% | 8,627 | 31.29% | 27,574 |
| Ozaukee | 5,547 | 62.91% | 3,209 | 36.40% | 47 | 0.53% | 14 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,338 | 26.52% | 8,817 |
| Pepin | 1,747 | 67.87% | 803 | 31.20% | 9 | 0.35% | 11 | 0.43% | 4 | 0.16% | 944 | 36.67% | 2,574 |
| Pierce | 5,150 | 64.36% | 2,791 | 34.88% | 42 | 0.52% | 16 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,359 | 29.48% | 8,002 |
| Polk | 5,220 | 56.38% | 3,912 | 42.26% | 98 | 1.06% | 23 | 0.25% | 5 | 0.05% | 1,308 | 14.13% | 9,258 |
| Portage | 5,560 | 40.39% | 8,145 | 59.17% | 36 | 0.26% | 19 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.04% | -2,585 | -18.78% | 13,765 |
| Price | 4,188 | 63.46% | 2,101 | 31.84% | 279 | 4.23% | 25 | 0.38% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,087 | 31.63% | 6,599 |
| Racine | 21,544 | 50.06% | 20,885 | 48.53% | 443 | 1.03% | 149 | 0.35% | 13 | 0.03% | 659 | 1.53% | 43,034 |
| Richland | 4,373 | 64.80% | 2,356 | 34.91% | 11 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.09% | 2,017 | 29.89% | 6,748 |
| Rock | 18,634 | 55.52% | 14,738 | 43.91% | 91 | 0.27% | 94 | 0.28% | 7 | 0.02% | 3,896 | 11.61% | 33,564 |
| Rusk | 3,609 | 59.84% | 2,269 | 37.62% | 136 | 2.26% | 17 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,340 | 22.22% | 6,031 |
| Sauk | 8,398 | 62.19% | 4,960 | 36.73% | 37 | 0.27% | 108 | 0.80% | 1 | 0.01% | 3,438 | 25.46% | 13,504 |
| Sawyer | 2,993 | 69.28% | 1,253 | 29.00% | 61 | 1.41% | 11 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.05% | 1,740 | 40.28% | 4,320 |
| Shawano | 7,575 | 69.97% | 3,169 | 29.27% | 53 | 0.49% | 26 | 0.24% | 3 | 0.03% | 4,406 | 40.70% | 10,826 |
| Sheboygan | 14,161 | 47.43% | 14,888 | 49.86% | 348 | 1.17% | 435 | 1.46% | 26 | 0.09% | -727 | -2.43% | 29,858 |
| St. Croix | 5,929 | 57.57% | 4,303 | 41.78% | 35 | 0.34% | 31 | 0.30% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,626 | 15.79% | 10,299 |
| Taylor | 3,520 | 57.81% | 2,300 | 37.77% | 119 | 1.95% | 150 | 2.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,220 | 20.04% | 6,089 |
| Trempealeau | 4,449 | 55.22% | 3,579 | 44.42% | 15 | 0.19% | 12 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.02% | 870 | 10.80% | 8,057 |
| Vernon | 5,087 | 52.94% | 4,503 | 46.86% | 11 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.01% | 584 | 6.08% | 9,609 |
| Vilas | 2,979 | 67.64% | 1,266 | 28.75% | 141 | 3.20% | 17 | 0.39% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,713 | 38.90% | 4,404 |
| Walworth | 11,789 | 73.02% | 4,243 | 26.28% | 76 | 0.47% | 33 | 0.20% | 3 | 0.02% | 7,546 | 46.74% | 16,144 |
| Washburn | 2,795 | 59.52% | 1,693 | 36.05% | 193 | 4.11% | 6 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.19% | 1,102 | 23.47% | 4,696 |
| Washington | 7,819 | 67.36% | 3,719 | 32.04% | 25 | 0.22% | 45 | 0.39% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,100 | 35.32% | 11,608 |
| Waukesha | 19,110 | 59.95% | 12,481 | 39.15% | 135 | 0.42% | 141 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.03% | 6,629 | 20.79% | 31,878 |
| Waupaca | 9,919 | 75.49% | 3,163 | 24.07% | 41 | 0.31% | 16 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.01% | 6,756 | 51.42% | 13,140 |
| Waushara | 3,990 | 76.95% | 1,128 | 21.76% | 49 | 0.95% | 17 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,862 | 55.20% | 5,185 |
| Winnebago | 19,784 | 62.57% | 11,541 | 36.50% | 91 | 0.29% | 189 | 0.60% | 13 | 0.04% | 8,243 | 26.07% | 31,618 |
| Wood | 9,993 | 61.36% | 6,209 | 38.13% | 45 | 0.28% | 35 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.02% | 3,784 | 23.24% | 16,285 |
| Total | 684,839 | 54.09% | 558,497 | 44.11% | 12,928 | 1.02% | 9,149 | 0.72% | 726 | 0.06% | 126,342 | 9.98% | 1,266,139 |
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