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Election
1928 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
County results
Kohler: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%
Schmedeman: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
The 1928 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1928.
Incumbent
Republican
Governor
Fred R. Zimmerman was defeated in the Republican primary.
Republican nominee
Walter J. Kohler Sr. defeated
Democratic nominee
Albert G. Schmedeman with 55.38% of the vote.
Primary elections
Primary elections were held on September 4, 1928.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Socialist primary
Candidates
Otto R. Hauser, realtor
[3]
Withdrew
Results
Prohibition primary
Candidates
Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in
1922 and for Governor in
1924
Jane H. Robinson
[4]
Results
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition
Otto R. Hauser, Socialist
Joseph Ehrhardt, Socialist Labor
Alvar J. Hayes, Workers
Results
Notes
^ Ameringer was selected at the Socialist convention, prior to the primary. He withdrew before the primary took place and was replaced with Hauser by the state executive committee.
[3]
References
^
"WI Governor, 1928 - R Primary" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 23, 2021 .
^
a
b
"Politics" . The Capital Times . Madison, Wisconsin. June 27, 1928. p. 11. Retrieved April 23, 2021 .
^
"County Clerk's List of Candidates" . Chippewa Herald-Telegram . Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. August 13, 1928. p. 6. Retrieved April 23, 2021 .
^
"WI Governor, 1928" . Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 23, 2021 .
Bibliography
Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 . Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998.
ISBN
1-56802-396-0 .
Anderson, William J.; Anderson, William A., eds. (1929).
The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1929 . Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer.