The 1918 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1918. Primary elections were held on September 3, 1918.
Incumbent Republican Governor Emanuel L. Philipp won the election with 46.99% of the vote, winning his third and last term as governor. Philipp defeated Democratic Party candidate Henry A. Moehlenpah and Social-Democratic candidate Emil Seidel.
Primary election
Republican party
Candidates
- Emanuel L. Philipp, incumbent Governor
- James N. Tittemore, president of the Wisconsin Society of Equity
- Roy P. Wilcox, incumbent State Senator
Democratic party
Candidates
- Henry A. Moehlenpah, Democratic nominee for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 1908
Candidates
- Emil Seidel, former Mayor of Milwaukee
Prohibition party
Candidates
- Anthony J. Benjamin, Prohibition nominee for U.S. Senate in 1918 special election
- William C. Dean, Prohibition nominee for Secretary of State of Wisconsin in 1910, Social-Democratic candidate for the Wisconsin State Senate in 1916
General election
Results by county
Philipp was the first Republican to ever win Ozaukee County. Simultaneously, Moehlenpah was the first Democrat since 1857 to win Polk County, the first since 1886 to win Bayfield County, and the first since 1892 to win Ashland County.
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Dane
- Iowa
- Kewaunee
- La Crosse
- Ozaukee
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Ashland
- Bayfield
- Brown
- Polk
- Calumet
- Manitowoc
- Marathon
- Milwaukee
- Sheboygan