Walter Samuel Goodland Republican Walter Samuel Goodland Republican The 1946 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1946.

Incumbent Republican Governor Walter Samuel Goodland defeated Democratic nominee Daniel Hoan in a rematch of the 1944 election with 59.78% of the vote.

Goodland was the last Republican until Tommy Thompson in 1990 to win Milwaukee County.

Primary elections were held on August 13, 1946.

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