Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwema1940, Walter akakwira mukati meWisconsin Republican Party nekuita shamwari, kushandira vamwe, uye kuhwina rutsigiro rwemhizha Tom Coleman, simba rinotonga mukati meParty. Muna 1948, Kohler akanga ari nhume yekokorodzano yenyika
uye akajekesa kuti akanga ari muRepublican ane mwero muchimiro chomumiriri wepurezidhendi weRepublican, Thomas Dewey.