| Election Name: | 1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Wisconsin |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1986 Wisconsin gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1986 |
| Next Election: | 1994 Wisconsin gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1994 |
| Election Date: | November 6, 1990 |
| Image1: | File:Tommy Thompson (WI) (3x4) a.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Tommy Thompson |
| Running Mate1: | Scott McCallum |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 802,321 |
| Percentage1: | 58.15% |
| Nominee2: | Thomas A. Loftus |
| Running Mate2: | Joseph Czarnezki |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 576,280 |
| Percentage2: | 41.77% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Tommy G. Thompson |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Tommy G. Thompson |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Republican governor Tommy Thompson won the election with 58% of the vote, winning a second term as Governor of Wisconsin. The primary elections were held on September 11, 1990.
As of 2022, this is the most recent Wisconsin gubernatorial election in which a Republican candidate won at the same time the party held the presidency. Neither party would pull off such a feat again until 2022, when Democratic governor Tony Evers won re-election during the presidency of fellow Democrat Joe Biden.
Thompson was the first Republican since Philip La Follette in 1930 to win Iron County, the first since Walter S. Goodland in 1946 to win Milwaukee County, and the first since Walter J. Kohler Jr. in 1952 to win Douglas County and Kenosha County.
| County | Tommy G. Thompson Republican | Thomas A. Loftus Democratic | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 2,391 | 52.60% | 2,154 | 47.38% | 1 | 0.02% | 237 | 5.21% | 4,546 | ||||||||||
| Ashland | 3,066 | 59.49% | 2,087 | 40.49% | 1 | 0.02% | 979 | 18.99% | 5,154 | ||||||||||
| Barron | 5,494 | 52.37% | 4,982 | 47.49% | 14 | 0.13% | 512 | 4.88% | 10,490 | ||||||||||
| Bayfield | 3,309 | 59.24% | 2,276 | 40.74% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,033 | 18.49% | 5,586 | ||||||||||
| Brown | 35,561 | 57.62% | 26,143 | 42.36% | 14 | 0.02% | 9,418 | 15.26% | 61,718 | ||||||||||
| Buffalo | 2,262 | 52.06% | 2,083 | 47.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 179 | 4.12% | 4,345 | ||||||||||
| Burnett | 2,175 | 48.44% | 2,307 | 51.38% | 8 | 0.18% | -132 | -2.94% | 4,490 | ||||||||||
| Calumet | 6,109 | 65.96% | 3,151 | 34.02% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,958 | 31.94% | 9,262 | ||||||||||
| Chippewa | 7,954 | 54.86% | 6,542 | 45.12% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,412 | 9.74% | 14,499 | ||||||||||
| Clark | 5,761 | 58.22% | 4,131 | 41.75% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,630 | 16.47% | 9,895 | ||||||||||
| Columbia | 8,304 | 57.92% | 6,021 | 42.00% | 12 | 0.08% | 2,283 | 15.92% | 14,337 | ||||||||||
| Crawford | 2,456 | 55.37% | 1,976 | 44.54% | 4 | 0.09% | 480 | 10.82% | 4,436 | ||||||||||
| Dane | 55,998 | 45.63% | 66,638 | 54.29% | 98 | 0.08% | -10,640 | -8.67% | 122,734 | ||||||||||
| Dodge | 12,325 | 64.27% | 6,842 | 35.68% | 9 | 0.05% | 5,483 | 28.59% | 19,176 | ||||||||||
| Door | 5,291 | 62.06% | 3,235 | 37.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,056 | 24.11% | 8,526 | ||||||||||
| Douglas | 7,898 | 56.25% | 6,140 | 43.73% | 4 | 0.03% | 1,758 | 12.52% | 14,042 | ||||||||||
| Dunn | 4,613 | 48.42% | 4,900 | 51.43% | 14 | 0.15% | -287 | -3.01% | 9,527 | ||||||||||
| Eau Claire | 14,864 | 53.89% | 12,711 | 46.09% | 5 | 0.02% | 2,153 | 7.81% | 27,580 | ||||||||||
| Florence | 808 | 58.00% | 585 | 42.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 223 | 16.01% | 1,393 | ||||||||||
| Fond du Lac | 16,043 | 66.73% | 7,992 | 33.24% | 7 | 0.03% | 8,051 | 33.49% | 24,042 | ||||||||||
| Forest | 1,711 | 55.64% | 1,364 | 44.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 347 | 11.28% | 3,075 | ||||||||||
| Grant | 6,782 | 62.11% | 4,131 | 37.83% | 7 | 0.06% | 2,651 | 24.28% | 10,920 | ||||||||||
| Green | 4,454 | 58.31% | 3,180 | 41.63% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,274 | 16.68% | 7,638 | ||||||||||
| Green Lake | 3,412 | 69.10% | 1,526 | 30.90% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,886 | 38.19% | 4,938 | ||||||||||
| Iowa | 3,425 | 56.84% | 2,593 | 43.03% | 8 | 0.13% | 832 | 13.81% | 6,026 | ||||||||||
| Iron | 1,794 | 69.83% | 774 | 30.13% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,020 | 39.70% | 2,569 | ||||||||||
| Jackson | 3,196 | 52.27% | 2,918 | 47.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 278 | 4.55% | 6,114 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 10,646 | 62.79% | 6,305 | 37.18% | 5 | 0.03% | 4,341 | 25.60% | 16,956 | ||||||||||
| Juneau | 5,244 | 70.83% | 2,158 | 29.15% | 2 | 0.03% | 3,086 | 41.68% | 7,404 | ||||||||||
| Kenosha | 14,750 | 53.19% | 12,977 | 46.79% | 6 | 0.02% | 1,773 | 6.39% | 27,733 | ||||||||||
| Kewaunee | 4,140 | 57.29% | 3,087 | 42.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,053 | 14.57% | 7,227 | ||||||||||
| La Crosse | 16,790 | 54.24% | 14,164 | 45.76% | 2 | 0.01% | 2,626 | 8.48% | 30,956 | ||||||||||
| Lafayette | 3,203 | 61.22% | 2,028 | 38.76% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,175 | 22.46% | 5,232 | ||||||||||
| Langlade | 3,637 | 60.80% | 2,341 | 39.13% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,296 | 21.66% | 5,982 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 4,443 | 55.69% | 3,534 | 44.30% | 1 | 0.01% | 909 | 11.39% | 7,978 | ||||||||||
| Manitowoc | 12,967 | 56.15% | 10,098 | 43.73% | 28 | 0.12% | 2,869 | 12.42% | 23,093 | ||||||||||
| Marathon | 21,908 | 59.86% | 14,693 | 40.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,215 | 19.71% | 36,601 | ||||||||||
| Marinette | 7,524 | 58.73% | 5,286 | 41.26% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,238 | 17.47% | 12,812 | ||||||||||
| Marquette | 2,245 | 59.47% | 1,526 | 40.42% | 4 | 0.11% | 719 | 19.05% | 3,775 | ||||||||||
| Menominee | 390 | 41.76% | 544 | 58.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -154 | -16.49% | 934 | ||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 128,835 | 54.06% | 108,812 | 45.66% | 670 | 0.28% | 20,023 | 8.40% | 238,317 | ||||||||||
| Monroe | 5,189 | 59.38% | 3,546 | 40.58% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,643 | 18.80% | 8,738 | ||||||||||
| Oconto | 5,441 | 58.68% | 3,831 | 41.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,610 | 17.36% | 9,272 | ||||||||||
| Oneida | 7,208 | 62.47% | 4,328 | 37.51% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,880 | 24.96% | 11,538 | ||||||||||
| Outagamie | 27,500 | 64.68% | 15,010 | 35.31% | 5 | 0.01% | 12,490 | 29.38% | 42,515 | ||||||||||
| Ozaukee | 16,078 | 75.58% | 5,193 | 24.41% | 1 | 0.00% | 10,885 | 51.17% | 21,272 | ||||||||||
| Pepin | 1,047 | 50.97% | 1,006 | 48.98% | 1 | 0.05% | 41 | 2.00% | 2,054 | ||||||||||
| Pierce | 4,809 | 55.79% | 3,806 | 44.15% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,003 | 11.64% | 8,620 | ||||||||||
| Polk | 5,779 | 55.08% | 4,711 | 44.90% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,068 | 10.18% | 10,492 | ||||||||||
| Portage | 7,976 | 51.47% | 7,514 | 48.49% | 5 | 0.03% | 462 | 2.98% | 15,495 | ||||||||||
| Price | 3,592 | 54.88% | 2,949 | 45.06% | 4 | 0.06% | 643 | 9.82% | 6,545 | ||||||||||
| Racine | 29,318 | 61.64% | 18,243 | 38.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,075 | 23.29% | 47,561 | ||||||||||
| Richland | 2,666 | 61.37% | 1,678 | 38.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 988 | 22.74% | 4,344 | ||||||||||
| Rock | 19,979 | 55.14% | 16,231 | 44.80% | 23 | 0.06% | 3,748 | 10.34% | 36,233 | ||||||||||
| Rusk | 2,697 | 51.67% | 2,523 | 48.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 174 | 3.33% | 5,220 | ||||||||||
| Sauk | 8,191 | 59.99% | 5,458 | 39.97% | 6 | 0.04% | 2,733 | 20.01% | 13,655 | ||||||||||
| Sawyer | 2,530 | 58.96% | 1,757 | 40.95% | 4 | 0.09% | 773 | 18.01% | 4,291 | ||||||||||
| Shawano | 6,690 | 64.35% | 3,705 | 35.64% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,985 | 28.71% | 10,397 | ||||||||||
| Sheboygan | 18,903 | 60.93% | 12,118 | 39.06% | 5 | 0.02% | 6,785 | 21.87% | 31,026 | ||||||||||
| St. Croix | 7,052 | 53.37% | 6,158 | 46.61% | 3 | 0.02% | 894 | 6.77% | 13,213 | ||||||||||
| Taylor | 3,280 | 57.26% | 2,443 | 42.65% | 5 | 0.09% | 837 | 14.61% | 5,728 | ||||||||||
| Trempealeau | 3,566 | 47.85% | 3,878 | 52.04% | 8 | 0.11% | -312 | -4.19% | 7,452 | ||||||||||
| Vernon | 3,945 | 53.48% | 3,426 | 46.44% | 6 | 0.08% | 519 | 7.04% | 7,377 | ||||||||||
| Vilas | 5,003 | 68.18% | 2,331 | 31.77% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,672 | 36.41% | 7,338 | ||||||||||
| Walworth | 11,937 | 64.92% | 6,447 | 35.06% | 3 | 0.02% | 5,490 | 29.86% | 18,387 | ||||||||||
| Washburn | 2,743 | 55.46% | 2,201 | 44.50% | 2 | 0.04% | 542 | 10.96% | 4,946 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 15,983 | 70.58% | 6,662 | 29.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 9,321 | 41.16% | 22,645 | ||||||||||
| Waukesha | 61,002 | 71.19% | 24,679 | 28.80% | 13 | 0.02% | 36,323 | 42.39% | 85,694 | ||||||||||
| Waupaca | 7,227 | 66.57% | 3,619 | 33.34% | 10 | 0.09% | 3,608 | 33.24% | 10,856 | ||||||||||
| Waushara | 3,300 | 63.49% | 1,896 | 36.48% | 2 | 0.04% | 1,404 | 27.01% | 5,198 | ||||||||||
| Winnebago | 25,972 | 64.58% | 14,187 | 35.28% | 57 | 0.14% | 11,785 | 29.30% | 40,216 | ||||||||||
| Wood | 11,540 | 59.64% | 7,811 | 40.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,729 | 19.27% | 19,351 | ||||||||||
| Total | 802,321 | 58.15% | 576,280 | 41.77% | 1,126 | 0.08% | 226,041 | 16.38% | 1,379,727 | ||||||||||