| Election Name: | 1994 Wisconsin gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Wisconsin |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1990 |
| Next Election: | 1998 Wisconsin gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 1994 |
| Image1: | File:Tommy Thompson 1 (3x4) a.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Tommy Thompson |
| Running Mate1: | Scott McCallum |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,051,326 |
| Percentage1: | 67.23% |
| Nominee2: | Charles Chvala |
| Running Mate2: | Dorothy K. Dean |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 482,850 |
| Percentage2: | 30.88% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Tommy G. Thompson |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Tommy G. Thompson |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
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.
The primary election was held on September 13, 1994. Nominees for Governor and Lieutenant Governor were selected in separate primaries before running on a joint ticket in the general election.
| County | Tommy G. Thompson Republican | Charles Chvala Democratic | All Others Various | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 3,165 | 65.19% | 1,609 | 33.14% | 81 | 1.67% | 1,556 | 32.05% | 4,855 | ||||||||||
| Ashland | 3,222 | 60.72% | 2,003 | 37.75% | 81 | 1.53% | 1,219 | 22.97% | 5,306 | ||||||||||
| Barron | 6,784 | 62.32% | 3,993 | 36.68% | 108 | 0.99% | 2,791 | 25.64% | 10,885 | ||||||||||
| Bayfield | 3,256 | 60.64% | 2,051 | 38.20% | 62 | 1.15% | 1,205 | 22.44% | 5,369 | ||||||||||
| Brown | 42,299 | 65.58% | 21,120 | 32.74% | 1,080 | 1.67% | 21,179 | 32.84% | 64,499 | ||||||||||
| Buffalo | 2,429 | 62.44% | 1,405 | 36.12% | 56 | 1.44% | 1,024 | 26.32% | 3,890 | ||||||||||
| Burnett | 3,495 | 64.61% | 1,817 | 33.59% | 97 | 1.79% | 1,678 | 31.02% | 5,409 | ||||||||||
| Calumet | 7,706 | 72.42% | 2,745 | 25.80% | 190 | 1.79% | 4,961 | 46.62% | 10,641 | ||||||||||
| Chippewa | 11,051 | 67.88% | 4,992 | 30.66% | 238 | 1.46% | 6,059 | 37.22% | 16,281 | ||||||||||
| Clark | 6,509 | 69.03% | 2,797 | 29.66% | 123 | 1.30% | 3,712 | 39.37% | 9,429 | ||||||||||
| Columbia | 10,286 | 66.46% | 4,828 | 31.19% | 363 | 2.35% | 5,458 | 35.27% | 15,477 | ||||||||||
| Crawford | 2,687 | 62.81% | 1,535 | 35.88% | 56 | 1.31% | 1,152 | 26.93% | 4,278 | ||||||||||
| Dane | 71,315 | 51.58% | 63,545 | 45.96% | 3,400 | 2.46% | 7,770 | 5.62% | 138,260 | ||||||||||
| Dodge | 15,553 | 74.31% | 4,926 | 23.53% | 452 | 2.16% | 10,627 | 50.77% | 20,931 | ||||||||||
| Door | 6,375 | 70.74% | 2,475 | 27.46% | 162 | 1.80% | 3,900 | 43.28% | 9,012 | ||||||||||
| Douglas | 7,921 | 62.17% | 4,655 | 36.54% | 164 | 1.29% | 3,266 | 25.64% | 12,740 | ||||||||||
| Dunn | 5,524 | 59.54% | 3,578 | 38.56% | 176 | 1.90% | 1,946 | 20.97% | 9,278 | ||||||||||
| Eau Claire | 16,998 | 62.47% | 9,745 | 35.82% | 466 | 1.71% | 7,253 | 26.66% | 27,209 | ||||||||||
| Florence | 1,317 | 72.80% | 474 | 26.20% | 18 | 1.00% | 843 | 46.60% | 1,809 | ||||||||||
| Fond du Lac | 19,322 | 73.43% | 6,480 | 24.63% | 511 | 1.94% | 12,842 | 48.80% | 26,313 | ||||||||||
| Forest | 1,957 | 64.42% | 1,051 | 34.60% | 30 | 0.99% | 906 | 29.82% | 3,038 | ||||||||||
| Grant | 9,589 | 70.47% | 3,829 | 28.14% | 189 | 1.39% | 5,760 | 42.33% | 13,607 | ||||||||||
| Green | 6,821 | 66.17% | 3,189 | 30.94% | 298 | 2.89% | 3,632 | 35.23% | 10,308 | ||||||||||
| Green Lake | 4,340 | 76.05% | 1,269 | 22.24% | 98 | 1.72% | 3,071 | 53.81% | 5,707 | ||||||||||
| Iowa | 4,102 | 65.37% | 2,033 | 32.40% | 140 | 2.23% | 2,069 | 32.97% | 6,275 | ||||||||||
| Iron | 2,322 | 72.90% | 830 | 26.06% | 33 | 1.04% | 1,492 | 46.84% | 3,185 | ||||||||||
| Jackson | 3,695 | 65.13% | 1,904 | 33.56% | 74 | 1.30% | 1,791 | 31.57% | 5,673 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 13,779 | 70.33% | 5,369 | 27.40% | 445 | 2.27% | 8,410 | 42.92% | 19,593 | ||||||||||
| Juneau | 4,769 | 75.36% | 1,437 | 22.71% | 122 | 1.93% | 3,332 | 52.65% | 6,328 | ||||||||||
| Kenosha | 24,618 | 62.12% | 14,264 | 36.00% | 745 | 1.88% | 10,354 | 26.13% | 39,627 | ||||||||||
| Kewaunee | 4,454 | 63.28% | 2,466 | 35.03% | 119 | 1.69% | 1,988 | 28.24% | 7,039 | ||||||||||
| La Crosse | 19,935 | 64.51% | 10,391 | 33.63% | 574 | 1.86% | 9,544 | 30.89% | 30,900 | ||||||||||
| Lafayette | 3,420 | 68.43% | 1,519 | 30.39% | 59 | 1.18% | 1,901 | 38.04% | 4,998 | ||||||||||
| Langlade | 4,537 | 71.16% | 1,746 | 27.38% | 93 | 1.46% | 2,791 | 43.77% | 6,376 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 6,064 | 65.59% | 2,978 | 32.21% | 203 | 2.20% | 3,086 | 33.38% | 9,245 | ||||||||||
| Manitowoc | 17,707 | 68.33% | 7,761 | 29.95% | 447 | 1.72% | 9,946 | 38.38% | 25,915 | ||||||||||
| Marathon | 26,832 | 69.72% | 10,771 | 27.99% | 882 | 2.29% | 16,061 | 41.73% | 38,485 | ||||||||||
| Marinette | 9,272 | 68.98% | 4,019 | 29.90% | 151 | 1.12% | 5,253 | 39.08% | 13,442 | ||||||||||
| Marquette | 2,953 | 68.37% | 1,293 | 29.94% | 73 | 1.69% | 1,660 | 38.43% | 4,319 | ||||||||||
| Menominee | 423 | 48.23% | 443 | 50.51% | 11 | 1.25% | -20 | -2.28% | 877 | ||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 176,631 | 64.58% | 90,703 | 33.16% | 6,157 | 2.25% | 85,928 | 31.42% | 273,491 | ||||||||||
| Monroe | 7,121 | 70.44% | 2,818 | 27.88% | 170 | 1.68% | 4,303 | 42.57% | 10,109 | ||||||||||
| Oconto | 6,306 | 66.43% | 3,074 | 32.39% | 112 | 1.18% | 3,232 | 34.05% | 9,492 | ||||||||||
| Oneida | 8,905 | 69.71% | 3,686 | 28.85% | 184 | 1.44% | 5,219 | 40.85% | 12,775 | ||||||||||
| Outagamie | 31,036 | 70.72% | 12,208 | 27.82% | 642 | 1.46% | 18,828 | 42.90% | 43,886 | ||||||||||
| Ozaukee | 23,041 | 81.40% | 4,765 | 16.83% | 501 | 1.77% | 18,276 | 64.56% | 28,307 | ||||||||||
| Pepin | 1,496 | 63.93% | 786 | 33.59% | 58 | 2.48% | 710 | 30.34% | 2,340 | ||||||||||
| Pierce | 6,591 | 66.10% | 3,241 | 32.50% | 140 | 1.40% | 3,350 | 33.59% | 9,972 | ||||||||||
| Polk | 6,760 | 62.12% | 4,010 | 36.85% | 113 | 1.04% | 2,750 | 25.27% | 10,883 | ||||||||||
| Portage | 11,929 | 60.83% | 7,112 | 36.27% | 570 | 2.91% | 4,817 | 24.56% | 19,611 | ||||||||||
| Price | 4,288 | 66.46% | 2,093 | 32.44% | 71 | 1.10% | 2,195 | 34.02% | 6,452 | ||||||||||
| Racine | 38,302 | 67.38% | 17,326 | 30.48% | 1,217 | 2.14% | 20,976 | 36.90% | 56,845 | ||||||||||
| Richland | 4,348 | 72.94% | 1,530 | 25.67% | 83 | 1.39% | 2,818 | 47.27% | 5,961 | ||||||||||
| Rock | 27,905 | 64.03% | 15,028 | 34.48% | 649 | 1.49% | 12,877 | 29.55% | 43,582 | ||||||||||
| Rusk | 3,287 | 62.29% | 1,917 | 36.33% | 73 | 1.38% | 1,370 | 25.96% | 5,277 | ||||||||||
| Sauk | 9,737 | 67.59% | 4,269 | 29.63% | 401 | 2.78% | 5,468 | 37.95% | 14,407 | ||||||||||
| Sawyer | 3,122 | 70.02% | 1,282 | 28.75% | 55 | 1.23% | 1,840 | 41.26% | 4,459 | ||||||||||
| Shawano | 7,600 | 72.48% | 2,793 | 26.64% | 92 | 0.88% | 4,807 | 45.85% | 10,485 | ||||||||||
| Sheboygan | 25,231 | 74.58% | 8,146 | 24.08% | 453 | 1.34% | 17,085 | 50.50% | 33,830 | ||||||||||
| St. Croix | 9,556 | 65.30% | 4,770 | 32.59% | 309 | 2.11% | 4,786 | 32.70% | 14,635 | ||||||||||
| Taylor | 4,270 | 73.33% | 1,458 | 25.04% | 95 | 1.63% | 2,812 | 48.29% | 5,823 | ||||||||||
| Trempealeau | 4,926 | 62.46% | 2,875 | 36.45% | 86 | 1.09% | 2,051 | 26.00% | 7,887 | ||||||||||
| Vernon | 5,423 | 64.54% | 2,825 | 33.62% | 154 | 1.83% | 2,598 | 30.92% | 8,402 | ||||||||||
| Vilas | 6,259 | 73.20% | 2,161 | 25.27% | 130 | 1.52% | 4,098 | 47.93% | 8,550 | ||||||||||
| Walworth | 16,459 | 73.04% | 5,567 | 24.70% | 509 | 2.26% | 10,892 | 48.33% | 22,535 | ||||||||||
| Washburn | 3,435 | 65.54% | 1,740 | 33.20% | 66 | 1.26% | 1,695 | 32.34% | 5,241 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 25,436 | 79.09% | 6,109 | 19.00% | 615 | 1.91% | 19,327 | 60.10% | 32,160 | ||||||||||
| Waukesha | 92,484 | 79.92% | 21,428 | 18.52% | 1,804 | 1.56% | 71,056 | 61.41% | 115,716 | ||||||||||
| Waupaca | 9,131 | 74.42% | 2,972 | 24.22% | 166 | 1.35% | 6,159 | 50.20% | 12,269 | ||||||||||
| Waushara | 4,643 | 72.74% | 1,645 | 25.77% | 95 | 1.49% | 2,998 | 46.97% | 6,383 | ||||||||||
| Winnebago | 30,652 | 73.04% | 10,641 | 25.36% | 673 | 1.60% | 20,011 | 47.68% | 41,966 | ||||||||||
| Wood | 16,213 | 69.60% | 6,537 | 28.06% | 546 | 2.34% | 9,676 | 41.54% | 23,296 | ||||||||||
| Total | 1,051,326 | 67.23% | 482,850 | 30.88% | 29,659 | 1.90% | 568,476 | 36.35% | 1,563,835 | ||||||||||