Kansas Sen. Bob Dole won Wisconsin's 1996 primary election by a wide margin, but wound up losing the state (and the race) to incumbent Bill Clinton in the general election.
1996 Republican winner: Bob Dole
Under a St. Patrick's Day banner, Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson cheers GOP presidential candidate Sen. Bob Dole at the Inn on the Park during a March 17, 1996 campaign stop in Madison.Â
Wisconsin has one of the longest traditions of holding presidential preference primaries in the United States. Here is every primary winner th…
