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Election 1902 Results

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1902 Kansas governor election

Willis J. Bailey (Republican) beat W. H. Craddock (Democrat) in Kansas in 1902, 55.5% to 40.8%, a margin of 14.7 points and 42,094 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1900, when William Eugene Stanley won.

Republicans led in 99 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Wyandotte, cast 12,544 votes and went to the Republican by 6.7 points. The closest was Thomas, where 6 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
Willis J. Bailey won Republican 159,242 55.5%
W. H. Craddock Democratic 117,148 40.8%
All other candidates 10,778 3.8%
Total287,168

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wyandotte 5,563 44.3% 6,398 51.0% 583 12,544 R+6.7
Shawnee 2,642 26.7% 6,248 63.2% 993 9,883 R+36.5
Sedgwick 3,536 38.8% 5,155 56.6% 416 9,107 R+17.8
Crawford 3,214 41.6% 4,114 53.2% 400 7,728 R+11.6
Leavenworth 3,157 45.1% 3,519 50.3% 326 7,002 R+5.2
Cherokee 3,230 47.0% 3,355 48.8% 290 6,875 R+1.8
Cowley 2,322 39.7% 3,005 51.4% 515 5,842 R+11.7
Labette 2,425 43.7% 2,974 53.6% 145 5,544 R+9.9
Reno 1,958 36.2% 3,145 58.2% 305 5,408 R+21.9
Montgomery 2,260 43.5% 2,847 54.8% 88 5,195 R+11.3
Marshall 2,047 39.6% 3,062 59.3% 56 5,165 R+19.7
Atchison 2,025 40.1% 3,002 59.4% 25 5,052 R+19.3
Lyon 2,162 43.5% 2,536 51.0% 273 4,971 R+7.5
Butler 2,001 42.4% 2,530 53.6% 191 4,722 R+11.2
Bourbon 1,884 40.5% 2,561 55.1% 204 4,649 R+14.6
Franklin 1,941 42.0% 2,491 53.9% 188 4,620 R+11.9
Sumner 1,922 42.2% 2,480 54.4% 154 4,556 R+12.2
Osage 1,637 36.2% 2,698 59.6% 191 4,526 R+23.4
Allen 1,639 36.3% 2,721 60.3% 153 4,513 R+24.0
Nemaha 1,766 40.9% 2,386 55.2% 168 4,320 R+14.4
Brown 1,574 36.7% 2,650 61.7% 70 4,294 R+25.1
Dickinson 1,708 40.7% 2,238 53.4% 248 4,194 R+12.6
Miami 1,953 48.0% 2,078 51.1% 39 4,070 R+3.1
Washington 1,638 40.7% 2,259 56.2% 124 4,021 R+15.4
Johnson 1,831 45.8% 2,102 52.5% 69 4,002 R+6.8
McPherson 1,397 35.3% 2,399 60.7% 158 3,954 R+25.3
Neosho 1,770 44.9% 2,068 52.5% 102 3,940 R+7.6
Saline 1,668 44.0% 1,976 52.1% 146 3,790 R+8.1
Jewell 1,616 43.5% 1,999 53.9% 96 3,711 R+10.3
Douglas 1,168 31.6% 2,384 64.4% 148 3,700 R+32.9
Pottawatomie 1,466 40.4% 2,115 58.3% 44 3,625 R+17.9
Coffey 1,541 43.7% 1,900 53.9% 85 3,526 R+10.2
Linn 1,595 45.5% 1,853 52.9% 56 3,504 R+7.4
Cloud 1,214 34.7% 1,995 57.0% 289 3,498 R+22.3
Jefferson 1,389 40.1% 1,979 57.1% 98 3,466 R+17.0
Greenwood 1,460 42.2% 1,945 56.2% 54 3,459 R+14.0
Republic 1,337 38.9% 2,029 59.0% 73 3,439 R+20.1
Wilson 1,406 43.6% 1,733 53.7% 86 3,225 R+10.1
Jackson 1,128 35.6% 1,913 60.4% 128 3,169 R+24.8
Anderson 1,431 45.7% 1,622 51.8% 77 3,130 R+6.1
Smith 1,390 45.3% 1,622 52.8% 58 3,070 R+7.6
Clay 1,389 45.3% 1,579 51.4% 101 3,069 R+6.2
Marion 955 31.2% 2,037 66.6% 68 3,060 R+35.4
Rice 1,023 34.8% 1,745 59.4% 168 2,936 R+24.6
Barton 1,505 51.8% 1,377 47.4% 21 2,903 D+4.4
Harvey 957 33.1% 1,817 62.8% 121 2,895 R+29.7
Mitchell 1,230 43.7% 1,406 50.0% 177 2,813 R+6.3
Phillips 1,206 43.0% 1,518 54.1% 81 2,805 R+11.1
Riley 960 35.6% 1,691 62.7% 46 2,697 R+27.1
Morris 1,161 43.8% 1,460 55.1% 28 2,649 R+11.3
Doniphan 704 27.8% 1,788 70.7% 37 2,529 R+42.9
Ottawa 899 37.5% 1,381 57.5% 120 2,400 R+20.1
Chautauqua 910 38.4% 1,427 60.3% 31 2,368 R+21.8
Elk 950 41.2% 1,327 57.5% 30 2,307 R+16.3
Osborne 838 36.5% 1,348 58.6% 113 2,299 R+22.2
Wabaunsee 698 31.4% 1,432 64.4% 95 2,225 R+33.0
Kingman 951 42.9% 1,143 51.6% 121 2,215 R+8.7
Harper 898 41.2% 1,115 51.1% 167 2,180 R+10.0
Norton 845 39.1% 1,252 57.9% 66 2,163 R+18.8
Woodson 738 36.5% 1,227 60.6% 59 2,024 R+24.2
Stafford 859 43.5% 997 50.5% 120 1,976 R+7.0
Lincoln 978 49.7% 962 48.9% 28 1,968 D+0.8
Ellsworth 790 41.0% 1,125 58.4% 13 1,928 R+17.4
Geary 795 42.6% 1,013 54.3% 57 1,865 R+11.7
Ellis 1,152 64.0% 639 35.5% 9 1,800 D+28.5
Russell 723 42.3% 977 57.1% 10 1,710 R+14.9
Chase 741 43.4% 947 55.5% 19 1,707 R+12.1
Decatur 877 52.0% 757 44.9% 51 1,685 D+7.1
Rooks 649 39.0% 942 56.6% 73 1,664 R+17.6
Pratt 611 39.4% 872 56.3% 66 1,549 R+16.8
Barber 639 42.5% 757 50.3% 109 1,505 R+7.8
Pawnee 676 46.1% 741 50.6% 48 1,465 R+4.4
Ford 549 40.0% 782 57.0% 40 1,371 R+17.0
Rush 678 50.3% 659 48.9% 12 1,349 D+1.4
Graham 580 45.6% 663 52.2% 28 1,271 R+6.5
Rawlins 521 47.7% 549 50.3% 22 1,092 R+2.6
Edwards 514 47.2% 555 51.0% 19 1,088 R+3.8
Ness 410 38.2% 517 48.1% 147 1,074 R+10.0
Thomas 419 47.6% 413 46.9% 48 880 D+0.7
Sheridan 333 40.4% 465 56.4% 26 824 R+16.0
Finney 289 36.7% 465 59.0% 34 788 R+22.3
Trego 336 44.0% 395 51.8% 32 763 R+7.7
Kiowa 297 44.7% 355 53.4% 13 665 R+8.7
Sherman 269 41.3% 373 57.2% 10 652 R+16.0
Gove 203 32.4% 402 64.2% 21 626 R+31.8
Hodgeman 262 42.4% 348 56.3% 8 618 R+13.9
Cheyenne 244 41.5% 325 55.3% 19 588 R+13.8
Logan 166 31.6% 337 64.2% 22 525 R+32.6
Lane 202 40.2% 290 57.7% 11 503 R+17.5
Meade 176 38.9% 276 61.1% 452 R+22.1
Comanche 151 37.3% 232 57.3% 22 405 R+20.0
Gray 143 38.8% 213 57.7% 13 369 R+19.0
Clark 158 42.9% 203 55.2% 7 368 R+12.2
Hamilton 170 47.0% 189 52.2% 3 362 R+5.2
Scott 137 42.0% 167 51.2% 22 326 R+9.2
Wallace 85 26.6% 229 71.8% 5 319 R+45.1
Wichita 99 31.8% 211 67.8% 1 311 R+36.0
Kearny 130 42.1% 174 56.3% 5 309 R+14.2
Stevens 73 41.2% 100 56.5% 4 177 R+15.3
Seward 56 33.1% 107 63.3% 6 169 R+30.2
Greeley 12 9.2% 106 81.5% 12 130 R+72.3
Haskell 39 30.7% 87 68.5% 1 127 R+37.8
Grant 48 42.9% 64 57.1% 112 R+14.3
Stanton 39 41.5% 55 58.5% 94 R+17.0
Morton 42 45.2% 51 54.8% 93 R+9.7

Counties as they stood in 1902; 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