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Election 1878 Results

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1878 Kansas governor election

John P. St. John (Republican) beat John R. Goodin (Democrat) in Kansas in 1878, 53.5% to 26.9%, a margin of 26.6 points and 36,812 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1876, when George T. Anthony won.

Republicans led in 67 of the 71 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Leavenworth, cast 4,855 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.7 points. The closest was Elk, where 9 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
John P. St. John won Republican 74,020 53.5%
John R. Goodin Democratic 37,208 26.9%
David P. Mitchell Greenback 27,057 19.6%
Total138,285

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Leavenworth 2,485 51.2% 2,111 43.5% 259 4,855 D+7.7
Douglas 1,075 28.4% 1,907 50.3% 807 3,789 R+22.0
Shawnee 853 23.4% 2,340 64.1% 455 3,648 R+40.8
Cherokee 1,216 34.9% 1,303 37.4% 962 3,481 R+2.5
Atchison 1,559 45.0% 1,870 54.0% 37 3,466 R+9.0
Bourbon 800 23.5% 1,667 48.9% 944 3,411 R+25.4
Labette 968 28.8% 1,594 47.4% 804 3,366 R+18.6
Montgomery 1,054 31.6% 1,287 38.5% 999 3,340 R+7.0
Johnson 710 22.5% 1,445 45.8% 1,001 3,156 R+23.3
Sedgwick 1,137 37.1% 1,572 51.3% 354 3,063 R+14.2
Miami 897 30.6% 1,373 46.8% 666 2,936 R+16.2
Cowley 631 21.8% 1,545 53.4% 718 2,894 R+31.6
Crawford 1,012 36.3% 1,190 42.6% 589 2,791 R+6.4
Doniphan 875 31.5% 1,493 53.8% 409 2,777 R+22.3
Linn 264 9.5% 1,303 47.1% 1,201 2,768 R+37.5
Osage 353 12.8% 1,358 49.2% 1,050 2,761 R+36.4
Wyandotte 1,178 42.9% 1,086 39.6% 481 2,745 D+3.4
Jefferson 1,025 37.8% 1,383 51.0% 304 2,712 R+13.2
Marshall 653 24.7% 1,455 55.0% 539 2,647 R+30.3
Franklin 446 16.9% 1,257 47.6% 938 2,641 R+30.7
Butler 653 24.9% 1,506 57.5% 459 2,618 R+32.6
Lyon 388 15.4% 1,333 52.9% 801 2,522 R+37.5
Neosho 857 34.7% 1,014 41.0% 601 2,472 R+6.4
Pottawatomie 843 34.1% 1,181 47.8% 447 2,471 R+13.7
Sumner 735 29.9% 1,048 42.6% 677 2,460 R+12.7
Wilson 442 19.5% 1,145 50.4% 683 2,270 R+31.0
Saline 651 28.9% 1,429 63.5% 172 2,252 R+34.5
Dickinson 564 26.0% 1,464 67.5% 141 2,169 R+41.5
Reno 462 22.1% 1,477 70.7% 149 2,088 R+48.6
Brown 492 24.2% 1,127 55.5% 410 2,029 R+31.3
Washington 659 32.7% 1,201 59.6% 156 2,016 R+26.9
Jewell 300 15.4% 1,219 62.6% 429 1,948 R+47.2
Barton 801 41.2% 1,067 54.9% 77 1,945 R+13.7
Chautauqua 213 11.2% 866 45.6% 819 1,898 R+34.4
Allen 648 36.7% 944 53.5% 173 1,765 R+16.8
Cloud 427 24.3% 1,164 66.2% 167 1,758 R+41.9
Nemaha 710 40.9% 964 55.6% 61 1,735 R+14.6
McPherson 126 7.6% 931 56.0% 606 1,663 R+48.4
Coffey 398 24.5% 800 49.3% 424 1,622 R+24.8
Jackson 578 35.8% 927 57.4% 109 1,614 R+21.6
Clay 279 17.4% 1,180 73.5% 147 1,606 R+56.1
Greenwood 315 19.7% 836 52.3% 447 1,598 R+32.6
Mitchell 538 33.8% 1,052 66.1% 2 1,592 R+32.3
Marion 233 14.8% 926 58.8% 415 1,574 R+44.0
Riley 210 13.4% 945 60.5% 408 1,563 R+47.0
Harvey 295 20.2% 907 62.0% 260 1,462 R+41.9
Elk 56 3.9% 686 47.7% 695 1,437 Others
Republic 95 6.7% 1,150 81.7% 163 1,408 R+74.9
Anderson 222 16.1% 638 46.4% 516 1,376 R+30.2
Ottawa 189 14.7% 655 50.8% 445 1,289 R+36.2
Smith 171 13.6% 651 51.6% 439 1,261 R+38.1
Osborne 68 5.5% 1,090 87.7% 85 1,243 R+82.2
Rice 328 26.8% 755 61.7% 141 1,224 R+34.9
Morris 276 23.0% 690 57.4% 236 1,202 R+34.4
Wabaunsee 424 36.6% 640 55.2% 95 1,159 R+18.6
Woodson 320 29.5% 644 59.5% 119 1,083 R+29.9
Lincoln 251 23.9% 699 66.6% 99 1,049 R+42.7
Davis 402 39.1% 477 46.4% 148 1,027 R+7.3
Ellsworth 311 31.8% 664 67.8% 4 979 R+36.1
Pawnee 196 20.1% 647 66.3% 133 976 R+46.2
Ellis 274 28.3% 668 69.1% 25 967 R+40.7
Phillips 283 29.4% 558 58.0% 121 962 R+28.6
Chase 246 25.7% 473 49.3% 240 959 R+23.7
Russell 95 10.3% 566 61.6% 258 919 R+51.3
Rush 143 19.2% 564 75.8% 37 744 R+56.6
Ford 309 48.1% 247 38.4% 87 643 D+9.6
Edwards 99 18.2% 413 75.8% 33 545 R+57.6
Rooks 74 16.5% 297 66.1% 78 449 R+49.7
Norton 115 26.3% 323 73.7% 438 R+47.5
Harper 77 21.1% 251 68.8% 37 365 R+47.7
Kingman 43 13.4% 211 65.9% 66 320 R+52.5

Counties as they stood in 1878; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Kansas governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Laura Kelly (D) D+2.2
2018 Laura Kelly (D) D+5.0
2014 Sam Brownback (R) R+3.7
2010 Sam Brownback (R) R+31.1
2006 Kathleen Sebelius (D) D+17.5
2002 Kathleen Sebelius (D) D+7.8
1998 Bill Graves (R) R+50.7
1994 Bill Graves (R) R+28.2
1990 Joan Finney (D) D+6.0
1986 Mike Hayden (R) R+3.8
1982 John Carlin (D) D+8.7
1978 John Carlin (D) D+2.1
1974 Robert F. Bennett (R) R+0.5
1972 Robert Docking (D) D+24.9
1970 Robert Docking (D) D+9.6
1968 Robert Docking (D) D+4.2
1966 Robert Docking (D) D+10.9
1964 William H. Avery (R) R+3.8
1962 John Anderson Jr. (R) R+7.8
1960 John Anderson Jr. (R) R+11.8
1958 George Docking (D) D+13.9
1956 George Docking (D) D+13.3
1954 Fred Hall (R) R+7.0
1952 Edward F. Arn (R) R+14.7
1950 Edward F. Arn (R) R+9.3
1948 Frank Carlson (R) R+16.6
1946 Frank Carlson (R) R+9.5
1944 Andrew F. Schoeppel (R) R+32.9
1942 Andrew F. Schoeppel (R) R+14.9
1940 Payne Ratner (R) R+0.1
1938 Payne Ratner (R) R+7.0
1936 Walter A. Huxman (D) D+2.6
1934 Alfred M. Landon (R) R+7.9
1932 Alf Landon (R) R+0.7
1930 Harry H. Woodring (D) level
1928 Clyde M. Reed (R) R+32.4
1926 Ben S. Paulen (R) R+28.0
1924 Benjamin S. Paulen (R) R+21.3
1922 Jonathan M. Davis (D) D+3.5
1920 Henry J. Allen (R) R+19.2
1918 Henry J. Allen (R) R+35.7
1916 Arthur Capper (R) R+27.7
1914 Arthur Capper (R) R+9.1
1912 George H. Hodges (D) level
1910 Walter R. Stubbs (R) R+5.0
1908 Walter R. Stubbs (R) R+9.2
1906 Edward W. Hoch (R) R+0.7
1904 Edward W. Hoch (R) R+21.6
1902 Willis J. Bailey (R) R+14.7
1900 William Eugene Stanley (R) R+52.2
1898 William E. Stanley (R) R+51.8
1896 John W. Leedy (other)
1894 Edmund N. Morrill (R) R+40.3
1892 Lorenzo D. Lewelling (other)
1890 Lyman U. Humphrey (R) R+14.8
1888 Lyman U. Humphrey (R) R+22.2
1886 John A. Martin (R) R+12.4
1884 John A. Martin (R) R+14.5
1882 George Washington Glick (D) D+4.5
1880 John P. St. John (R) R+25.9
1878 John P. St. John (R) R+26.6
1876 George T. Anthony (R) R+18.9
1874 Thomas A. Osborn (R) R+15.6
1872 Thomas A. Osborn (R) R+65.8
1870 James M. Harvey (R) R+32.9
1868 James M. Harvey (R) R+36.3
1866 Samuel J. Crawford (R) R+70.4