The Pittsburgh Press (August 16, 1944)
In primary –
81-year-old wins Wisconsin race
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (UP) –
Acting Governor Walter S. Goodland, Wisconsin’s 81-year-old chief executive, and U.S. Senator Alexander Wiley, both won nomination from Republican voters by a wide margin in yesterday’s primary in which the once-powerful Progressive Party polled barely enough votes to keep its name on the ballot.
Governor Goodland, making his first bid for election to the governor’s chair after being elected lieutenant-governor three times, far outstripped all of his four younger opponents, who made a campaign issue of his age, and polled 120,206 votes, according to unofficial returns from 2,497 of the state’s 3,078 precincts.
Unofficial returns from the same number of precincts gave Mr. Wiley more than a 2-to-1 plurality over Marine Capt. Joseph R. McCarthy. Mr. Wiley’s total was 113,681 compared to 63,287 for McCarthy.
In the only Democratic contest, the race for the gubernatorial nomination, Daniel W. Hoan, former Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee, chalked up 53,511 votes to win the right to oppose Governor Goodland this fall.
In two Milwaukee County congressional races, the state CIO-PAC’s candidates were defeated by an incumbent and a former Congressman seeking a comeback. PAC candidate State Senator Anthony P. Gawronski, received 5,602 votes to 14,334 for Rep. Thad F. Wasielewski. PAC candidate Clem Kalvelage polled 4,550 to 7,109 for Andrew Biemiller, former state legislator.