1994 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

1994 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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Nominee Tommy Thompson Charles Chvala
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Scott McCallum Dorothy K. Dean
Popular vote 1,051,326 482,850
Percentage 67.23% 30.88%

Thompson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Chvala:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      

Governor before election

Tommy G. Thompson
Republican

Elected Governor

Tommy G. Thompson
Republican

The 1994 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994. In the midst of the Republican Revolution, incumbent Republican governor Tommy Thompson won the election with a landslide 67% of the vote, winning a third term as Governor of Wisconsin.

Thompson's share of the popular vote was the highest received by any gubernatorial candidate in Wisconsin since 1920. Thompson also won 71 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, losing only Menominee County by 20 votes. This is the most recent gubernatorial election in which Dane County (containing Wisconsin's capital of Madison), as well as Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties, have voted for the Republican candidate.