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.

Candidates
Nominee


 * Philip La Follette, former district attorney for Dane County

Eliminated in primary

 * Walter J. Kohler, Sr., incumbent Governor

Results
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Nominee

 * Charles E. Hammersley, former attorney

Nominee

 * Frank Metcalfe, County Supervisor and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

Nominee

 * Alfred B. Taynton, former secretary of the Wisconsin prohibition state committee and unsuccessful candidate for Prohibition nomination for U.S. Senate in 1926

Eliminated in primary

 * Adolph R. Bucknam, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1922 and for Governor in 1924 and 1928
 * Henry Meisel

Other candidates

 * Fred B. Blair, Communist, former experimental college student