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1882 Kansas governor election

George Washington Glick (Democrat) beat John P. St. John (Republican) in Kansas in 1882, 46.4% to 41.9%, a margin of 4.5 points and 8,074 votes.

Kansas changed party: in 1880 it went Republican, for John P. St. John.

Democrats led in 44 of the 80 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 36. The largest, Shawnee, cast 6,465 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.1 points. The closest was Norton, where 9 votes separated the two parties.

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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
George Washington Glick won Democratic 83,232 46.4%
John P. St. John Republican 75,158 41.9%
Charles L. Robinson Greenback 20,933 11.7%
Total179,323

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shawnee 3,282 50.8% 3,020 46.7% 163 6,465 D+4.1
Leavenworth 3,455 68.1% 1,468 28.9% 150 5,073 D+39.2
Atchison 2,830 63.1% 1,530 34.1% 124 4,484 D+29.0
Cherokee 1,639 38.8% 1,517 35.9% 1,064 4,220 D+2.9
Osage 1,490 35.4% 1,781 42.3% 935 4,206 R+6.9
Labette 1,669 42.4% 1,941 49.3% 329 3,939 R+6.9
Cowley 1,627 41.7% 1,995 51.1% 280 3,902 R+9.4
Sedgwick 2,082 55.3% 1,508 40.0% 177 3,767 D+15.2
Wyandotte 2,017 54.3% 1,493 40.2% 203 3,713 D+14.1
Douglas 1,455 40.0% 1,861 51.2% 322 3,638 R+11.2
Bourbon 1,686 47.1% 1,697 47.5% 193 3,576 R+0.3
Montgomery 1,819 51.1% 1,509 42.4% 235 3,563 D+8.7
Marshall 1,851 52.4% 1,502 42.5% 182 3,535 D+9.9
Butler 1,554 44.5% 1,530 43.9% 405 3,489 D+0.7
Crawford 1,585 46.2% 1,474 43.0% 371 3,430 D+3.2
Franklin 782 23.5% 1,404 42.2% 1,143 3,329 R+18.7
Pottawatomie 1,836 55.8% 1,357 41.2% 98 3,291 D+14.6
Miami 1,701 52.0% 1,182 36.2% 386 3,269 D+15.9
Sumner 1,517 46.5% 1,433 43.9% 312 3,262 D+2.6
Lyon 1,280 40.4% 1,664 52.5% 227 3,171 R+12.1
Jefferson 1,815 57.5% 1,251 39.7% 88 3,154 D+17.9
Johnson 1,492 48.9% 1,227 40.2% 335 3,054 D+8.7
Jewell 528 18.3% 1,187 41.2% 1,169 2,884 R+22.9
Nemaha 1,749 61.9% 949 33.6% 129 2,827 D+28.3
Doniphan 1,952 69.4% 769 27.3% 91 2,812 D+42.1
Brown 1,376 49.0% 1,275 45.4% 156 2,807 D+3.6
McPherson 1,127 40.2% 1,285 45.8% 392 2,804 R+5.6
Dickinson 1,437 51.4% 1,112 39.7% 249 2,798 D+11.6
Cloud 1,241 44.7% 1,100 39.6% 438 2,779 D+5.1
Washington 1,346 48.6% 1,068 38.5% 357 2,771 D+10.0
Linn 805 29.6% 1,148 42.2% 769 2,722 R+12.6
Saline 1,427 52.9% 1,256 46.6% 14 2,697 D+6.3
Wilson 1,097 43.2% 1,179 46.5% 262 2,538 R+3.2
Neosho 1,154 45.8% 1,068 42.4% 299 2,521 D+3.4
Coffey 1,229 50.6% 969 39.9% 232 2,430 D+10.7
Clay 902 37.2% 1,067 44.0% 456 2,425 R+6.8
Mitchell 1,076 47.7% 774 34.3% 406 2,256 D+13.4
Harvey 1,047 46.6% 1,010 45.0% 188 2,245 D+1.6
Republic 663 29.8% 1,017 45.6% 548 2,228 R+15.9
Reno 997 45.1% 1,057 47.8% 156 2,210 R+2.7
Allen 1,014 47.6% 1,035 48.6% 80 2,129 R+1.0
Chautauqua 816 39.2% 897 43.1% 370 2,083 R+3.9
Jackson 985 47.5% 1,006 48.5% 84 2,075 R+1.0
Anderson 710 34.3% 992 47.9% 368 2,070 R+13.6
Greenwood 809 40.7% 904 45.5% 275 1,988 R+4.8
Ottawa 843 43.4% 769 39.6% 331 1,943 D+3.8
Elk 795 40.9% 826 42.5% 321 1,942 R+1.6
Barton 1,064 55.1% 722 37.4% 145 1,931 D+17.7
Rice 916 48.4% 926 48.9% 50 1,892 R+0.5
Riley 827 44.8% 670 36.3% 350 1,847 D+8.5
Smith 489 26.5% 810 43.9% 547 1,846 R+17.4
Marion 848 48.5% 762 43.6% 137 1,747 D+4.9
Wabaunsee 942 56.9% 681 41.1% 32 1,655 D+15.8
Morris 840 52.0% 713 44.1% 63 1,616 D+7.9
Ellsworth 902 57.2% 564 35.8% 111 1,577 D+21.4
Osborne 538 34.4% 656 41.9% 371 1,565 R+7.5
Phillips 347 24.7% 596 42.4% 463 1,406 R+17.7
Davis 831 59.8% 434 31.2% 125 1,390 D+28.6
Chase 532 38.7% 498 36.2% 345 1,375 D+2.5
Lincoln 818 61.5% 355 26.7% 157 1,330 D+34.8
Woodson 542 43.1% 604 48.0% 113 1,259 R+4.9
Rooks 261 21.9% 488 41.0% 441 1,190 R+19.1
Russell 657 64.0% 269 26.2% 101 1,027 D+37.8
Harper 317 33.8% 380 40.5% 242 939 R+6.7
Ford 663 71.1% 253 27.1% 16 932 D+44.0
Ellis 603 65.1% 292 31.5% 31 926 D+33.6
Norton 139 17.7% 327 41.7% 318 784 R+24.0
Kingman 268 36.1% 392 52.8% 83 743 R+16.7
Pawnee 308 41.7% 427 57.9% 3 738 R+16.1
Rush 339 51.3% 259 39.2% 63 661 D+12.1
Stafford 329 51.7% 265 41.7% 42 636 D+10.1
Ness 57 11.4% 268 53.8% 173 498 R+42.4
Decatur 204 41.6% 257 52.4% 29 490 R+10.8
Graham 93 19.9% 201 42.9% 174 468 R+23.1
Edwards 190 44.6% 147 34.5% 89 426 D+10.1
Trego 116 31.6% 224 61.0% 27 367 R+29.4
Pratt 137 38.5% 150 42.1% 69 356 R+3.7
Hodgeman 87 29.1% 157 52.5% 55 299 R+23.4
Rawlins 94 41.4% 85 37.4% 48 227 D+4.0
Sheridan 50 47.6% 22 21.0% 33 105 D+26.7

Counties as they stood in 1882; 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