1968 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

1968 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 1966 November 5, 1968 2012 (recall) →
 
Nominee Jack B. Olson Taylor Benson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 955,439 654,893
Percentage 59.33% 40.67%

County results
Olson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Benson:      50–60%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Jack B. Olson
Republican

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Jack B. Olson
Republican

The 1968 Wisconsin lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1968. Republican Jack B. Olson won the election with 59% of the vote, winning his fourth term as Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and defeating Democrat Taylor Benson. This was the last lieutenant gubernatorial election in Wisconsin where the lieutenant governor was elected to a two-year term separately from the Governor, when a constitutional amendment which made it so the two offices were elected on a single ticket for four years. As part of the amendment, the Lieutenant governor would be elected separately from the governor in primary elections.

This would also serve as Olson's last successful bid for elected office, as he was defeated by his predecessor, Patrick Lucey, in the 1970 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.


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