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1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

The 1962 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1962. Democrat John W. Reynolds won the election with 50.36% of the vote, narrowly defeating Republican Philip Kuehn in the state's closest gubernatorial election since 1940. To date, this is the only time Menominee County has voted for the Republican candidate in a gubernatorial election.

The primary election was held on September 11, 1962.

John W. Reynolds, Attorney General of Wisconsin

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	199,940	100.00%
199,940	100.00%

Philip G. Kuehn, former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party (1955–1958) and nominee for governor in 1960
Wilbur N. Renk
Robert L. Sucher, grandson of Robert M. La Follette and Democratic nominee for Attorney General in 1956

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	250,539	53.87%
	Republican	199,616	42.92%
	Republican	14,952	3.21%
465,107	100.00%

John W. Reynolds, Democrat
Philip G. Kuehn, Republican
Adolf Wiggert, Independent

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Democratic	637,491	50.36%	−1.20%
	Republican	625,536	49.41%	+0.97%
	Independent	2,477	0.20%
		396	0.03%
11,955	0.94%
1,265,900	100.00%
	Democratic hold	-2.17%

After this election, Rock County would not vote for the losing candidate again until 2010 and Brown County would not vote for the losing candidate again until 2002.

Adams
Marathon
Price
Sheboygan
Brown
Buffalo
Crawford
Eau Claire
Oneida
Pierce
Vernon
Washburn

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