1930 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

The 1930 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1930. Primary elections were held on September 16, 1930. Incumbent Republican Governor Walter J. Kohler Sr. was defeated in the Republican primary. Republican nominee Philip La Follette defeated Democratic nominee Charles E. Hammersley with 64.76% of the vote. == Primary election == === Republican party === ==== Candidates ==== Walter J. Kohler Sr., incumbent Governor Philip La Follette, former district attorney for Dane County ==== Results ==== === Democratic party === ==== Candidates ==== Charles E. Hammersley, former attorney ==== Results ==== === Socialist party === ==== Candidates ==== Frank Metcalfe, County Supervisor and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly ==== Results ==== === Prohibition party === ==== Candidates ==== Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922 and for Governor in 1924 and 1928 Henry Meisel Alfred B. Taynton, former secretary of the Wisconsin prohibition state committee and unsuccessful candidate for Prohibition nomination for U.S. Senate in 1926 ==== Results ==== === Other party nominations === Fred Basset Blair, Independent Communist, former experimental college student == General election == === Results === === Results by county === After this election, Forest County would not vote for a Republican gubernatorial candidate again until 1952 while Iron County would not do so again until 1990. ==== Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican ==== Brown Calumet Dane Dodge Jefferson Kewaunee Manitowoc Ozaukee Portage Washington ==== Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic ==== Sheboygan == Notes == == References == == Bibliography == Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-56802-396-0. Kelly, Alice, ed. (1931). The Wisconsin Blue Book, 1931. Madison, Wisconsin: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer.