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1908 Kansas governor election

Walter R. Stubbs (Republican) beat Jeremiah D. Botkin (Democrat) in Kansas in 1908, 52.5% to 43.3%, a margin of 9.2 points and 34,307 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1906, when Edward W. Hoch won.

Republicans led in 97 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 8. The largest, Wyandotte, cast 18,222 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.9 points. The closest was Saline, where 4 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
Walter R. Stubbs won Republican 196,692 52.5%
Jeremiah D. Botkin Democratic 162,385 43.3%
All other candidates 15,700 4.2%
Total374,777

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wyandotte 9,180 50.4% 8,477 46.5% 565 18,222 D+3.9
Sedgwick 6,399 47.7% 6,478 48.3% 531 13,408 R+0.6
Shawnee 5,915 44.1% 7,270 54.2% 217 13,402 R+10.1
Crawford 4,231 38.7% 5,048 46.2% 1,644 10,923 R+7.5
Montgomery 4,074 41.1% 5,119 51.7% 713 9,906 R+10.5
Leavenworth 4,011 44.8% 4,630 51.7% 319 8,960 R+6.9
Cherokee 3,807 43.5% 3,889 44.5% 1,048 8,744 R+0.9
Reno 3,492 45.0% 4,032 52.0% 230 7,754 R+7.0
Cowley 3,234 45.9% 3,392 48.1% 420 7,046 R+2.2
Labette 2,828 41.4% 3,311 48.5% 691 6,830 R+7.1
Sumner 2,860 45.6% 3,144 50.1% 272 6,276 R+4.5
Allen 2,570 42.3% 3,291 54.1% 219 6,080 R+11.9
Atchison 2,946 50.0% 2,886 49.0% 56 5,888 D+1.0
Marshall 2,614 44.5% 3,190 54.3% 73 5,877 R+9.8
Lyon 2,544 43.8% 3,025 52.0% 245 5,814 R+8.3
Bourbon 2,627 46.6% 2,785 49.4% 221 5,633 R+2.8
Butler 2,361 42.0% 3,007 53.5% 257 5,625 R+11.5
Neosho 2,486 45.2% 2,840 51.6% 173 5,499 R+6.4
Dickinson 2,321 42.9% 2,889 53.4% 199 5,409 R+10.5
Douglas 2,032 37.6% 3,279 60.6% 96 5,407 R+23.1
Osage 2,188 41.2% 2,813 52.9% 312 5,313 R+11.8
Franklin 2,129 42.2% 2,716 53.8% 206 5,051 R+11.6
Brown 2,020 41.2% 2,781 56.7% 102 4,903 R+15.5
Miami 2,301 47.5% 2,442 50.4% 103 4,846 R+2.9
McPherson 1,837 39.0% 2,781 59.0% 92 4,710 R+20.0
Washington 1,893 40.3% 2,720 57.9% 82 4,695 R+17.6
Nemaha 2,172 46.9% 2,396 51.7% 63 4,631 R+4.8
Saline 2,218 48.6% 2,222 48.7% 127 4,567 R+0.1
Wilson 1,770 38.9% 2,426 53.4% 351 4,547 R+14.4
Johnson 2,060 45.5% 2,373 52.5% 91 4,524 R+6.9
Jewell 1,920 42.8% 2,420 53.9% 149 4,489 R+11.1
Marion 1,712 38.6% 2,605 58.8% 113 4,430 R+20.2
Pottawatomie 1,693 38.8% 2,637 60.5% 28 4,358 R+21.7
Republic 1,876 45.2% 2,200 52.9% 79 4,155 R+7.8
Cloud 1,620 39.2% 2,189 53.0% 325 4,134 R+13.8
Jefferson 1,685 41.4% 2,301 56.5% 83 4,069 R+15.1
Greenwood 1,527 38.3% 2,384 59.7% 80 3,991 R+21.5
Harvey 1,477 37.5% 2,304 58.4% 162 3,943 R+21.0
Coffey 1,688 43.3% 2,132 54.7% 80 3,900 R+11.4
Barton 2,007 52.0% 1,746 45.2% 110 3,863 D+6.8
Linn 1,699 44.8% 1,953 51.5% 143 3,795 R+6.7
Jackson 1,480 39.6% 2,230 59.6% 31 3,741 R+20.0
Riley 1,222 33.1% 2,379 64.4% 93 3,694 R+31.3
Rice 1,392 39.2% 1,877 52.8% 284 3,553 R+13.7
Smith 1,612 45.5% 1,811 51.1% 121 3,544 R+5.6
Clay 1,479 42.4% 1,866 53.5% 142 3,487 R+11.1
Mitchell 1,561 44.8% 1,797 51.5% 128 3,486 R+6.8
Doniphan 1,049 30.3% 2,344 67.8% 64 3,457 R+37.5
Phillips 1,503 44.8% 1,754 52.3% 98 3,355 R+7.5
Anderson 1,503 45.0% 1,722 51.5% 118 3,343 R+6.6
Morris 1,264 40.7% 1,801 57.9% 43 3,108 R+17.3
Wabaunsee 1,124 36.4% 1,921 62.2% 42 3,087 R+25.8
Harper 1,365 44.6% 1,535 50.2% 158 3,058 R+5.6
Kingman 1,440 47.7% 1,471 48.8% 105 3,016 R+1.0
Osborne 1,056 35.4% 1,708 57.2% 222 2,986 R+21.8
Norton 1,367 47.3% 1,413 48.9% 109 2,889 R+1.6
Ottawa 1,245 44.1% 1,445 51.2% 134 2,824 R+7.1
Chautauqua 964 34.6% 1,666 59.8% 154 2,784 R+25.2
Elk 1,198 44.6% 1,459 54.3% 31 2,688 R+9.7
Stafford 1,121 44.6% 1,346 53.5% 47 2,514 R+8.9
Ford 1,063 42.6% 1,356 54.4% 75 2,494 R+11.7
Rooks 1,003 41.5% 1,292 53.5% 120 2,415 R+12.0
Lincoln 1,091 45.2% 1,249 51.8% 72 2,412 R+6.6
Russell 974 41.1% 1,361 57.4% 35 2,370 R+16.3
Geary 1,047 44.4% 1,257 53.3% 55 2,359 R+8.9
Pratt 1,050 44.6% 1,189 50.5% 114 2,353 R+5.9
Woodson 1,035 44.1% 1,278 54.5% 33 2,346 R+10.4
Ellsworth 1,091 47.5% 1,173 51.1% 31 2,295 R+3.6
Decatur 1,244 54.5% 919 40.3% 119 2,282 D+14.2
Ellis 1,348 61.3% 821 37.3% 30 2,199 D+24.0
Pawnee 981 47.7% 986 47.9% 91 2,058 R+0.2
Barber 850 41.8% 1,107 54.5% 76 2,033 R+12.6
Chase 816 42.7% 1,037 54.2% 59 1,912 R+11.6
Graham 722 41.7% 908 52.4% 102 1,732 R+10.7
Rush 878 52.0% 774 45.8% 38 1,690 D+6.2
Finney 539 33.1% 1,017 62.4% 73 1,629 R+29.3
Edwards 696 45.5% 783 51.1% 52 1,531 R+5.7
Rawlins 710 47.0% 734 48.6% 67 1,511 R+1.6
Ness 437 33.3% 652 49.7% 223 1,312 R+16.4
Sheridan 632 48.3% 649 49.6% 28 1,309 R+1.3
Thomas 615 48.8% 578 45.9% 66 1,259 D+2.9
Kiowa 399 33.8% 718 60.9% 62 1,179 R+27.1
Gove 455 39.6% 644 56.1% 49 1,148 R+16.5
Trego 442 39.8% 619 55.8% 49 1,110 R+15.9
Sherman 489 48.6% 460 45.7% 57 1,006 D+2.9
Meade 363 36.4% 600 60.2% 34 997 R+23.8
Seward 403 45.3% 446 50.1% 41 890 R+4.8
Logan 279 31.7% 558 63.3% 44 881 R+31.7
Cheyenne 325 37.0% 487 55.4% 67 879 R+18.4
Gray 336 42.6% 377 47.8% 76 789 R+5.2
Clark 333 43.2% 407 52.8% 31 771 R+9.6
Kearny 292 38.1% 447 58.3% 28 767 R+20.2
Hamilton 271 37.7% 419 58.3% 29 719 R+20.6
Hodgeman 283 39.4% 421 58.6% 14 718 R+19.2
Lane 262 37.9% 365 52.8% 64 691 R+14.9
Scott 272 39.5% 347 50.4% 70 689 R+10.9
Comanche 238 36.2% 398 60.6% 21 657 R+24.4
Wallace 183 31.0% 378 64.0% 30 591 R+33.0
Stevens 205 38.5% 272 51.0% 56 533 R+12.6
Wichita 166 39.0% 238 55.9% 22 426 R+16.9
Haskell 136 38.4% 177 50.0% 41 354 R+11.6
Grant 127 39.2% 183 56.5% 14 324 R+17.3
Greeley 86 26.8% 208 64.8% 27 321 R+38.0
Morton 143 46.3% 154 49.8% 12 309 R+3.6
Stanton 106 35.8% 181 61.1% 9 296 R+25.3

Counties as they stood in 1908; 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