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1890 Kansas governor election

Lyman U. Humphrey (Republican) beat John F. Willits (independent) in Kansas in 1890, 39.0% to 36.3%, a margin of 2.7 points and 8,079 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1888, when Lyman U. Humphrey also won.

other candidates led in 50 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 48 and Democrats in 7. The largest, Shawnee, cast 10,156 votes and went to the Republican by 8.7 points. The closest was Geary, where 3 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
Lyman U. Humphrey won Republican 115,024 39.0%
John F. Willits Populist 106,945 36.3%
Charles Robinson Democratic 71,357 24.2%
All other candidates 1,230 0.4%
Total294,556

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shawnee 4,067 40.0% 4,949 48.7% 1,140 10,156 R+8.7
Sedgwick 4,692 50.8% 1,997 21.6% 2,553 9,242 D+29.2
Wyandotte 3,812 52.8% 2,907 40.3% 498 7,217 D+12.5
Cowley 1,381 19.8% 2,974 42.6% 2,628 6,983 R+22.8
Leavenworth 4,481 65.3% 1,419 20.7% 959 6,859 D+44.6
Crawford 1,616 24.9% 2,390 36.8% 2,489 6,495 Others
Sumner 1,504 23.8% 2,276 36.1% 2,532 6,312 Others
Cherokee 892 15.5% 1,804 31.3% 3,066 5,762 Others
Osage 670 12.0% 1,977 35.4% 2,934 5,581 Others
Labette 914 16.5% 2,165 39.1% 2,455 5,534 Others
Reno 943 17.4% 2,208 40.7% 2,277 5,428 Others
Bourbon 1,340 24.7% 2,374 43.8% 1,708 5,422 R+19.1
Atchison 2,208 41.6% 2,234 42.1% 868 5,310 R+0.5
Marion 1,570 29.8% 1,884 35.8% 1,814 5,268 R+6.0
Montgomery 929 17.8% 2,350 45.0% 1,939 5,218 R+27.2
Butler 1,061 20.5% 1,903 36.8% 2,202 5,166 Others
Douglas 1,853 36.8% 2,374 47.1% 813 5,040 R+10.3
Lyon 843 17.2% 1,771 36.1% 2,295 4,909 Others
Washington 1,192 24.6% 1,544 31.9% 2,103 4,839 Others
Dickinson 1,067 23.5% 1,504 33.1% 1,973 4,544 Others
Franklin 764 16.8% 1,715 37.8% 2,061 4,540 Others
Brown 1,182 26.3% 1,967 43.8% 1,337 4,486 R+17.5
Miami 1,051 24.0% 1,731 39.5% 1,595 4,377 R+15.5
Nemaha 1,072 24.5% 1,905 43.6% 1,392 4,369 R+19.1
Marshall 817 19.9% 1,631 39.8% 1,648 4,096 Others
Neosho 822 20.2% 1,691 41.6% 1,556 4,069 R+21.4
Pottawatomie 709 17.7% 1,552 38.7% 1,746 4,007 Others
Johnson 801 20.1% 1,837 46.1% 1,344 3,982 R+26.0
Cloud 548 13.9% 1,418 36.1% 1,966 3,932 Others
Republic 797 20.3% 1,486 37.8% 1,646 3,929 Others
Linn 424 10.8% 1,820 46.4% 1,675 3,919 R+35.6
McPherson 902 23.1% 1,535 39.2% 1,475 3,912 R+16.2
Jewell 324 8.4% 1,424 37.0% 2,099 3,847 Others
Jefferson 748 19.6% 1,772 46.4% 1,301 3,821 R+26.8
Greenwood 513 14.2% 1,498 41.4% 1,611 3,622 Others
Coffey 696 19.4% 1,432 40.0% 1,453 3,581 Others
Saline 537 15.0% 1,196 33.5% 1,841 3,574 Others
Clay 464 13.1% 1,320 37.2% 1,763 3,547 Others
Wilson 690 19.7% 1,684 48.0% 1,136 3,510 R+28.3
Harvey 1,088 32.6% 1,361 40.7% 892 3,341 R+8.2
Anderson 688 21.2% 1,550 47.8% 1,005 3,243 R+26.6
Jackson 645 20.1% 1,505 46.9% 1,057 3,207 R+26.8
Rice 421 13.2% 1,259 39.3% 1,521 3,201 Others
Doniphan 1,094 35.1% 1,881 60.3% 145 3,120 R+25.2
Mitchell 349 11.8% 1,001 34.0% 1,596 2,946 Others
Allen 821 28.4% 1,415 48.9% 655 2,891 R+20.5
Riley 556 19.5% 1,196 41.9% 1,101 2,853 R+22.4
Barton 946 33.3% 871 30.7% 1,022 2,839 Others
Smith 255 9.1% 960 34.2% 1,593 2,808 Others
Ottawa 242 8.7% 1,133 40.7% 1,409 2,784 Others
Harper 707 25.4% 758 27.2% 1,318 2,783 Others
Elk 369 13.4% 1,210 43.9% 1,179 2,758 R+30.5
Wabaunsee 727 26.9% 924 34.2% 1,050 2,701 Others
Chautauqua 296 11.0% 1,328 49.4% 1,064 2,688 R+38.4
Morris 443 17.2% 1,071 41.7% 1,057 2,571 R+24.4
Kingman 513 20.2% 824 32.5% 1,199 2,536 Others
Phillips 491 21.3% 812 35.2% 1,003 2,306 Others
Osborne 177 8.0% 801 36.2% 1,235 2,213 Others
Woodson 267 12.6% 1,002 47.3% 850 2,119 R+34.7
Lincoln 362 17.8% 608 29.9% 1,062 2,032 Others
Barber 445 22.1% 640 31.8% 930 2,015 Others
Ellsworth 687 34.3% 683 34.1% 631 2,001 D+0.2
Pratt 236 12.4% 702 36.8% 970 1,908 Others
Chase 447 24.0% 723 38.8% 693 1,863 R+14.8
Norton 193 10.5% 664 36.0% 988 1,845 Others
Geary 622 34.8% 547 30.6% 619 1,788 D+4.2
Stafford 119 6.7% 605 34.3% 1,042 1,766 Others
Ellis 688 44.2% 416 26.8% 451 1,555 D+17.5
Russell 389 26.3% 617 41.8% 471 1,477 R+15.4
Decatur 203 14.6% 422 30.4% 765 1,390 Others
Rooks 137 10.2% 487 36.4% 713 1,337 Others
Sherman 162 13.0% 498 40.1% 582 1,242 Others
Rawlins 430 35.4% 490 40.3% 296 1,216 R+4.9
Pawnee 150 12.7% 517 43.9% 512 1,179 R+31.1
Ford 537 48.4% 473 42.6% 100 1,110 D+5.8
Rush 265 24.2% 401 36.7% 427 1,093 Others
Ness 192 18.0% 405 37.9% 471 1,068 Others
Thomas 150 16.3% 373 40.5% 398 921 Others
Cheyenne 163 18.2% 400 44.6% 333 896 R+26.5
Graham 74 8.3% 336 37.8% 479 889 Others
Edwards 174 21.3% 305 37.3% 338 817 Others
Sheridan 66 9.3% 257 36.1% 389 712 Others
Finney 243 35.0% 384 55.3% 67 694 R+20.3
Kiowa 137 20.4% 266 39.6% 269 672 Others
Logan 161 24.2% 368 55.3% 137 666 R+31.1
Comanche 177 30.5% 231 39.8% 173 581 R+9.3
Hodgeman 174 31.3% 321 57.7% 61 556 R+26.4
Trego 106 19.9% 264 49.4% 164 534 R+29.6
Gove 110 20.8% 283 53.6% 135 528 R+32.8
Clark 127 25.0% 180 35.4% 201 508 Others
Wallace 100 20.2% 182 36.8% 212 494 Others
Gray 203 41.8% 246 50.6% 37 486 R+8.8
Meade 140 29.0% 248 51.5% 94 482 R+22.4
Lane 61 12.8% 249 52.4% 165 475 R+39.6
Hamilton 159 37.9% 245 58.5% 15 419 R+20.5
Kearny 158 41.7% 208 54.9% 13 379 R+13.2
Wichita 18 4.7% 174 45.9% 187 379 Others
Stevens 41 13.3% 92 29.9% 175 308 Others
Grant 36 12.2% 123 41.8% 135 294 Others
Scott 26 9.0% 139 48.3% 123 288 R+39.2
Seward 75 27.3% 171 62.2% 29 275 R+34.9
Greeley 53 19.8% 150 56.0% 65 268 R+36.2
Stanton 35 13.8% 131 51.6% 88 254 R+37.8
Haskell 59 23.7% 137 55.0% 53 249 R+31.3
Morton 24 11.4% 109 51.7% 78 211 R+40.3

Counties as they stood in 1890; 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