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Elections in Wisconsin |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ed Garvey | 126,408 | 47.59% | |
Democratic | Matthew J. Flynn | 101,777 | 38.31% | |
Democratic | Gary George | 29,485 | 11.10% | |
Democratic | Roman R. Blenski | 7,890 | 2.97% | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 79 | 0.03% | |
Total votes | 265,560 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Bob Kasten (incumbent) | 754,573 | 50.92% | ||
Democratic | Ed Garvey | 702,963 | 47.44% | ||
Independent | Peter Y. Taylor | 19,266 | 1.30% | ||
Socialist Workers | Margo Storsteen | 2,926 | 0.20% | ||
Third Party | Eugene Hem | 2,234 | 0.15% | ||
Total votes | 1,481,962 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold |
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