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The 1961 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 4, 1961 to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. The April general election was preceded by a nonpartisan primary election on March 7, 1961. Circuit Court judge Myron L. Gordon won election to succeed incumbent justice John E. Martin (who did not seek re-election).[1][2][3] He defeated Stewart G. Honeck (former Wisconsin attorney general) in the general election.
Candidates
- Christ Alexopoulos, Milwaukee-based attorney and perennial judicial candidate[a]
- Myron L. Gordon, circuit court judge
- Stewart G. Honeck, former Wisconsin attorney general (1957–59) and unsuccessful candidate in the 1959 Supreme Court election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Nonpartisan Primary, March 7, 1961 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Stewart G. Honeck | 177,890 | 51.21 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Myron L. Gordon | 145,270 | 41.82 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Christ Alexopoulos | 24,230 | 6.97 | ||
| Total votes | 347,390 | 100 | |||
| General Election, April 4, 1961 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Myron L. Gordon | 399,408 | 52.16 | ||
| Nonpartisan | Stewart G. Honeck | 366,390 | 47.84 | ||
| Plurality | 33,018 | 4.31 | |||
| Total votes | 765,798 | 100 | |||
Notes
- Alexopolous had unsuccessfully run For Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1959; had unsuccessfully run for Circuit Court in 1960; and had run other civil court campaigns as far back as 1954. He would later unsuccessfully run again for Supreme Court in 1963, 1974, 1975, and 1976; and again for Circuit Court in 1962[4]
References
- "Former Chief Justice of State Court Dies". The La Crosse Tribune. December 10, 1968. p. 1. Retrieved April 12, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- Chief Justice John E. Martin, Wisconsin Supreme Court
- John E. Martin, Wisconsin Historical Society Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. Wisconsinhistory.org. Retrieved on 2016-01-22.
- "For State Supreme Court; Alexopoulos Tries Again". Herald-Times-Reporter. The Associated Press. February 5, 1976. p. 8. Retrieved April 10, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Wisconsin Elections". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1962 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. 1962. pp. 870, 871, 872. Retrieved April 8, 2023.