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Election
1930 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
County results
La Follette: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%
Hammersley: 50–60%
The 1930 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930.
Incumbent
Republican
Governor
Walter J. Kohler Sr. was defeated in the Republican primary.
Republican nominee
Philip La Follette defeated
Democratic nominee
Charles E. Hammersley with 64.76% of the vote.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on September 16, 1930.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Socialist primary
Candidates
Results
Prohibition primary
Candidates
Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in
1922 and for Governor in
1924 and
1928
Henry Meisel
Alfred B. Taynton, former secretary of the Wisconsin prohibition state committee
[7]
[8] and unsuccessful candidate for Prohibition nomination for
U.S. Senate in 1926
[9]
Results
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Results
References
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"Democrats All Set for Fall Campaign" . Marshfield News-Herald . Marshfield, Wisconsin. June 9, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved April 24, 2021 .
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"WI Governor, 1930 - R Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 24, 2021 .
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"Milwaukeean Will Run For Governor, Socialists Rule" . The Post-Crescent . Appleton, Wisconsin. May 5, 1930. p. 2. Retrieved April 24, 2021 .
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"Plans Completed For "Dry" Meeting" . The La Crosse Tribune . La Crosse, Wisconsin. September 15, 1911. p. 6. Retrieved April 24, 2021 .
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"Drys to Have Picnic" . Chicago Tribune . Chicago, Illinois. July 24, 1915. p. 11. Retrieved April 24, 2021 .
^ Holmes, Fred L., ed. (1927).
The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1927 . Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer. p. 499.
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"Blair Defenders Here Meet Friday" . Wisconsin State Journal . Madison, Wisconsin. December 11, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved April 24, 2021 .
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"Request for Release of Blair" . Wisconsin State Journal . Madison, Wisconsin. December 13, 1930. p. 2. Retrieved April 24, 2021 .
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"WI Governor, 1930" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 24, 2021 .
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