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Gubernatorial Candidate | Political Party | Popular Vote |
| Warren P. Knowles | Republican |
626,047 |
53.51% |
| Patrick J. Lucey | Democratic |
539,258 |
46.09% |
| Adolf Wiggert | Independent |
4,745 |
0.41% |
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| Election Notes:
- Results from county-level data. Official source lists statewide total for Knowles as 626,041.
- Excludes write-in votes.
- Wiggert listed as Socialist Labor candidate in following source: http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=261814
| Demographic Data
1970 Population: | 4,417,821 | Enum. | 1970 Population Density: | 31.4 | persons/km2 | 1960 Population: | 3,951,777 | Enum. | 1960 Population Density: | 28.1 | persons/km2 | Land Area (2000): | 140,663 | km2 | Annual Pop Growth Rate: | 1.1 | % |
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Data Sources:
- Source for Popular Vote data: Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. The Wisconsin Blue Book 1968, Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (http://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1968/reference/wi.wibluebk1968.i0014.pdf) (accessed 18 Mar 2013)
- Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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