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(Top) 1 Republican primary 1.1 Candidates 1.1.1 Nominee 1.1.2 Eliminated in primary 1.2 Results 1.3 Democratic primary 1.4 Nominee 1.5 Results 2 Socialist primary 2.1 Nominee 2.2 Results 3 Prohibition primary 3.1 Candidates 3.1.1 Nominee 3.1.2 Eliminated in primary 3.2 Results 4 Independents & other parties 5 General election 5.1 Results 6 References 7 Bibliography

1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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← 1924

November 2, 1926

1928 →


Nominee	Fred R. Zimmerman	Charles B. Perry
Party	Republican	Independent
Popular vote	350,927	76,507
Percentage	63.47%	13.84%


Nominee	Virgil H. Cady	Herman O. Kent
Party	Democratic	Socialist
Popular vote	72,627	40,293
Percentage	13.14%	7.29%

County results

Zimmerman: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%

Cady: 40–50%

Governor before election

John J. Blaine
Republican

Elected Governor

Fred R. Zimmerman
Republican

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Referendum 1

The 1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1926. Primary elections were held on September 7, 1926.

Incumbent Republican Governor John J. Blaine retired to run for the U.S. Senate. Republican nominee Fred R. Zimmerman defeated Independent Charles B. Perry, Democratic nominee Virgil H. Cady and Socialist nominee Herman O. Kent.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Fred R. Zimmerman, incumbent Secretary of State of Wisconsin

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Herman L. Ekern, incumbent Attorney General of Wisconsin
Charles B. Perry, incumbent member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (ran as independent in general)
W. Stanley Smith, former Commissioner of Insurance^[1]^[2]

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred R. Zimmerman	215,546	46.76
	Republican	Herman L. Ekern	178,352	38.69
	Republican	Charles B. Perry	41,856	9.08
	Republican	W. Stanley Smith	25,188	5.46
Total votes			460,942	100.00

Democratic primary[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Virgil H. Cady, Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's 7th congressional districtin1914

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Virgil H. Cady	16,358	100.00
Total votes			16,358	100.00

Socialist primary[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Herman O. Kent, former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Results[edit]

Socialist primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Socialist	Herman O. Kent	11,307	100.00
Total votes			11,307	100.00

Prohibition primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

David W. Emerson, Prohibition nominee for Governor in 1914

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922 and for Governor in 1924
Alex McEathron, Prohibition nominee for Wisconsin's 9th congressional districtin1910

Results[edit]

Prohibition primary results^[3]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Prohibition	David W. Emerson	576	39.21
	Prohibition	Adolph R. Bucknam	546	37.17
	Prohibition	Alex McEathron	347	23.62
Total votes			1,469	100.00

Independents & other parties[edit]

Alex Gordon, Socialist Labor

Charles B. Perry, Independent, incumbent member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

General election[edit]

Results[edit]

1926 Wisconsin gubernatorial election^[6]^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred R. Zimmerman	350,927	63.47%
	Independent	Charles B. Perry	76,507	13.84%
	Democratic	Virgil H. Cady	72,627	13.14%
	Socialist	Herman O. Kent	40,293	7.29%
	Prohibition	David W. Emerson	7,333	1.33%
	Socialist Labor	Alex Gordon	4,593	0.83%
	Scattering		632	0.11%
Majority			274,420	49.63%
Turnout			552,912	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing

References[edit]

^ Jorge Gomez, Commissioner of Insurance, ed. (2005). Wisconsin Insurance Report, 2005 (PDF). Madison, Wisconsin: Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. p. 5.

^ "W. Stanley Smith In Attack On Candidates". The Sheboygan Press. Sheboygan, Wisconsin. July 24, 1926. p. 2. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Wisconsin Blue Book 1927, p. 494.

^ "WI Governor, 1926 - R Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

^ "WI Governor, 1926 - PRB Primary". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

^ Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 87.

^ "WI Governor, 1926". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

^ Wisconsin Blue Book 1927, p. 573.

Bibliography[edit]

Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0.
Holmes, Fred L., ed. (1927). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1927. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer.

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