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: | 67.2% |
Nominee2: | Charles Chvala |
Running Mate2: | Dorothy K. Dean |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 482,850 |
Percentage2: | 30.9% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Tommy Thompson |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Tommy 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 won 71 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, only losing Menominee County. To date, this is the latest gubernatorial election in which Dane County (containing Wisconsin's capital of Madison), as well as Ashland, Bayfield, and Douglas counties voted for the Republican candidate.
| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 8, 1994