Tommy G. Thompson
Last held office: Governor of Wisconsin (1986–2002). Ran in 13 elections between 1968 and 1998, winning 13.
- Last margin
- +21.3
- Won 1998
- Elections
- 13
- 1968–1998
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Thompson was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Thompson has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Thompson won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Thompson has held
- Governor of Wisconsin · 1986–2002
- Wisconsin State Assembly, District 42 · 1984–1986
- Wisconsin State Assembly, District 87 · 1982–1984
- Wisconsin State Assembly, District 79 · 1972–1982
- Wisconsin State Assembly, District ADAMSJUNEAUMARQUETTE · 1968–1972
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Thompson has run against
- Ed Garvey (D) · 1998 election, won
- Chuck Chvala (D) · 1994 election, won
- Thomas Loftus (D) · 1990 election, won
- Anthony S. Earl (D) · 1986 election, won
- Joyce Lueder (D) · 1982 election, won
- Vernon D. Emery (D) · 1980 election, won
- George L. Lytle (D) · 1978 election, won
- Samuel O. Gratz (D) · 1976 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive
In the polls
Included in 4 polls; Thompson’s best result was 67% (Wisconsin Governor, 1998).
Thompson’s polls in the database →