1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

The 1990 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Republican governor Tommy Thompson won the election with 58% of the vote, winning a second term as Governor of Wisconsin. The primary elections were held on September 11, 1990.
As of 2022, this is the most recent Wisconsin gubernatorial election in which a Republican candidate won at the same time the party held the presidency. Neither party would pull off such a feat again until 2022, when Democratic governor Tony Evers won re-election during the presidency of fellow Democrat Joe Biden.

Republican primary

Governor

Nominee

Tommy G. Thompson, incumbent governor
Eliminated in primary
Michele Ann Gess '
Edmond Hou-Seye, perennial candidate
Willie G. Lovelace '
Bennett A. Masel
Results

Lieutenant Governor

Nominee

Scott McCallum, incumbent lieutenant governor

Democratic party

Governor

Nominee

Thomas A. Loftus, incumbent Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Lieutenant Governor

Nominee

Joseph Czarnezki, member of Wisconsin Senate

Labor-Farm party

Governor

Nominee

Rickey D. Keilholtz

Lieutenant Governor

Nominee

Richard L. Ackley

General election

Results by county

Thompson was the first Republican since Philip La Follette in 1930 to win Iron County, the first since Walter S. Goodland in 1946 to win Milwaukee County, and the first since Walter J. Kohler Jr. in 1952 to win Douglas County and Kenosha County.

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican