The 1886 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1886. Republican nominee Jeremiah McLain Rusk defeated Democratic nominee

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, Union Labor Party nominee John Cochrane, and Prohibition nominee John Myers Olin with 46.53% of the vote.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates *

, Democratic, attorney, former member of the United States House of Representatives * Jeremiah McLain Rusk, Republican, incumbent Governor Other candidates *John Myers Olin, Prohibition, lecturer in law at the University of Wisconsin, Prohibition nominee for

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*John Cochrane, Union Labor

Results

Results by county

Marquette County voted Republican for the first time since

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. Woodward was the first Democrat since

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to win

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and

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; the former would not vote Democratic again until

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. Additionally, Sawyer County would not vote Democratic again until

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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* Marquette * Waukesha

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Ashland * Bayfield * Chippewa *

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Union Labor

* Milwaukee

Notes

References

Bibliography

* * * {{cite book , editor1-last=Timme , editor1-first=Ernst G. , date=1887 , title= The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin , url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1887 , publisher=The Milwaukee Litho. & Engr. Co. , ref={{SfnRef, Wisconsin Blue Book, 1887

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