Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 1978

Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 1978

November 7, 1978

Nominee Lee S. Dreyfus Martin J. Schreiber Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 816,056 673,813 Percentage 54.37% 44.9%

Governor before election Martin J. Schreiber Democratic Elected Governor Lee S. Dreyfus Republican

The 1978 gubernatorial election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1978. Republican Lee S. Dreyfus won the election with 54% of the vote, winning his first term as Governor of Wisconsin and defeating incumbent Democrat Martin J. Schreiber.^[1]

Results

Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 1978[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Lee S. Dreyfus	816,056	54.37%
	Democrat	Martin J. Schreiber	673,813	44.9%
	Conservative	Eugene Zimmerman	6,355	0.42%
	Independent	John Doherty	2,183	0.15%
	Independent	Adrienne Kaplan	1,548	0.1%
	Independent	Henry Ochsner	849	0.06%
Total votes			1,500,804	100

References

1. Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, Wisconsin Legislature (2015). Wisconsin Blue Book 2015-2016. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Administration. pp. 699–701. ISBN 978-0-9752820-7-6.
2. "1978 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 19, 2016.