Warren P. Knowles Republican Warren P. Knowles Republican The 1968 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1968.

Republican Warren P. Knowles won the election with 53% of the vote, winning his third term as Governor of Wisconsin and defeating Democrat Bronson C. La Follette.

[1] This was the last gubernatorial election in Wisconsin where the governor was elected to a two year term separately from the Lieutenant Governor.

The primary election was held on September 10, 1968.

Knowles was the first Republican to win without carrying Clark County since William E. Smith in 1877.