The 1944 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944.
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Incumbent Republican Governor Walter Samuel Goodland defeated Democratic nominee Daniel Hoan with 52.84% of the vote.
Primary elections were held on August 15, 1944.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Daniel Hoan | 67,632 | 63.23 | |
Democratic | John N. Zimmermann | 39,333 | 36.77 | |
Total votes | 106,965 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Walter Samuel Goodland (incumbent) | 147,378 | 47.15 | |
Republican | Delbert J. Kenny | 79,492 | 25.43 | |
Republican | Milton T. Murray | 41,244 | 13.19 | |
Republican | Christian J. Otjen | 29,004 | 9.28 | |
Republican | Roland E. Kannenberg | 15,470 | 4.95 | |
Total votes | 312,588 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive | Alexander O. Benz | 9,448 | 33.13 | |
Progressive | Leo E. Vaudreuil | 9,207 | 32.28 | |
Progressive | Ralph F. Amoth | 5,691 | 19.95 | |
Progressive | John H. Kaiser | 4,174 | 14.64 | |
Total votes | 28,520 | 100.00 |
Major party candidates
Other candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Walter Samuel Goodland (incumbent) | 697,740 | 52.84% | ||
Democratic | Daniel Hoan | 536,357 | 40.62% | ||
Progressive | Alexander O. Benz | 76,028 | 5.76% | ||
Socialist | George A. Nelson | 9,183 | 0.70% | ||
Socialist Labor | Georgia Cozzini | 1,122 | 0.09% | ||
Scattering | 53 | 0.00% | |||
Majority | 161,383 | 12.22% | |||
Turnout | 1,320,483 | 100.00% | |||
Republican hold | Swing |