1958 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Wisconsin
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Data for this Contest was Contributed by Oldiesfreak1854 on 2012-08-26

  Gubernatorial
Candidate
Political
Party
Popular Vote
Gaylord A. NelsonDemocratic 644,296 53.59%
Vernon W. ThomsonRepublican 556,391 46.28%
YOther (+) - 1,532 0.13%
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Turnout
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Election Notes:
  • Includes third-party and write-in votes not included in the county-level data.
  • Leverenz listed in source listed above on Independent ballot line.
  • Information on candidates, incumbency, party, and third-party and write-in votes accessed and verified via: http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=171659 http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/E Facs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1960/reference/wi.wibluebk1960.i0015.pdf
Demographic Data

1960 Population:3,951,777Enum.1960 Population Density:28.1persons/km2
1950 Population:3,434,575Enum.1950 Population Density:24.4persons/km2
Land Area (2000):140,663km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.4%

Election Data and Statistics:
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  • County Data (Graphs) (m)
Election Tools
Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library. The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1960, Wisconsin Legislative Reference Library (http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1960/reference/wi.wibluebk1960.i0015.pdf) (accessed 26 Aug 2012)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
Results for and Individual County:
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