1957 Wisconsin U.S. Senate Special
Who won the 1957 Wisconsin U.S. Senate Special?
William Proxmire won the 1957 Wisconsin U.S. Senate Special. William Proxmire received 435,985 popular votes (56.43%). The main challenger was Walter J. Kohler Jr. (40.5%).
See the full head-to-head between Proxmire and Jr.
Proxmire +15.9 pts · won by 123,054 votes
435,985 votes
312,931 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.1% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
A special election fills a Senate seat that came open mid-term. Popular-vote totals for this U.S. Senate election come from the Constituency-Level Elections Archive (CLEA) and the official public record.