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
Democratic party
Candidates
- Charles E. Hammersley, former attorney
Socialist party
Candidates
- Frank Metcalfe, County Supervisor and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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