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

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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

↑ 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.
↑ "1978 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 19, 2016.

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