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1934 Kansas governor election

Alfred M. Landon (Republican) beat Omar B. Ketchum (Democrat) in Kansas in 1934, 53.5% to 45.6%, a margin of 7.9 points and 62,153 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1932, when Alf Landon also won.

Republicans led in 91 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 14. The largest, Wyandotte, cast 51,194 votes and went to the Republican by 6.0 points. The closest was Cherokee, where 7 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
Alfred M. Landon won Republican 422,030 53.5%
Omar B. Ketchum Democratic 359,877 45.6%
All other candidates 6,744 0.9%
Total788,651

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wyandotte 23,832 46.6% 26,899 52.5% 463 51,194 R+6.0
Sedgwick 28,102 57.4% 20,441 41.8% 414 48,957 D+15.6
Shawnee 17,770 47.4% 19,410 51.7% 335 37,515 R+4.4
Montgomery 9,366 46.7% 10,476 52.2% 221 20,063 R+5.5
Reno 9,681 49.2% 9,810 49.8% 200 19,691 R+0.7
Crawford 10,118 51.9% 9,208 47.2% 187 19,513 D+4.7
Cowley 7,060 43.7% 8,869 54.9% 226 16,155 R+11.2
Leavenworth 7,412 46.7% 8,297 52.2% 171 15,880 R+5.6
Butler 6,492 47.5% 7,059 51.6% 125 13,676 R+4.1
Labette 6,243 47.9% 6,673 51.1% 130 13,046 R+3.3
Lyon 6,296 49.6% 6,236 49.2% 153 12,685 D+0.5
Johnson 5,393 42.6% 7,195 56.8% 74 12,662 R+14.2
Saline 6,307 50.2% 6,140 48.9% 116 12,563 D+1.3
Cherokee 5,836 49.2% 5,829 49.1% 195 11,860 D+0.1
Douglas 3,969 34.2% 7,486 64.6% 137 11,592 R+30.3
Sumner 5,373 47.9% 5,721 51.0% 123 11,217 R+3.1
Dickinson 4,779 43.3% 6,212 56.2% 57 11,048 R+13.0
Atchison 5,329 49.3% 5,419 50.1% 66 10,814 R+0.8
Marshall 4,628 45.2% 5,540 54.1% 75 10,243 R+8.9
Franklin 3,605 36.3% 6,258 62.9% 79 9,942 R+26.7
Neosho 4,544 46.1% 5,270 53.4% 52 9,866 R+7.4
Bourbon 3,884 39.7% 5,841 59.7% 55 9,780 R+20.0
McPherson 4,292 44.0% 5,377 55.2% 80 9,749 R+11.1
Riley 3,847 41.2% 5,375 57.6% 114 9,336 R+16.4
Brown 3,363 38.2% 5,410 61.4% 38 8,811 R+23.2
Harvey 3,668 42.2% 4,961 57.1% 65 8,694 R+14.9
Allen 3,412 39.3% 5,226 60.3% 33 8,671 R+20.9
Miami 4,135 47.7% 4,478 51.6% 58 8,671 R+4.0
Barton 4,471 52.2% 4,056 47.4% 37 8,564 D+4.8
Cloud 4,247 49.9% 4,206 49.4% 60 8,513 D+0.5
Osage 3,487 41.1% 4,865 57.4% 123 8,475 R+16.3
Wilson 3,656 44.3% 4,502 54.5% 100 8,258 R+10.2
Marion 3,686 45.2% 4,411 54.1% 51 8,148 R+8.9
Ford 4,006 49.3% 4,031 49.6% 89 8,126 R+0.3
Greenwood 3,600 44.7% 4,417 54.8% 43 8,060 R+10.1
Washington 3,478 43.2% 4,517 56.1% 57 8,052 R+12.9
Nemaha 3,910 49.7% 3,932 49.9% 31 7,873 R+0.3
Pottawatomie 2,816 38.3% 4,467 60.8% 62 7,345 R+22.5
Jewell 2,745 37.6% 4,504 61.6% 60 7,309 R+24.1
Republic 3,298 46.7% 3,729 52.8% 35 7,062 R+6.1
Jackson 2,876 41.2% 4,089 58.5% 24 6,989 R+17.4
Clay 3,066 44.5% 3,750 54.5% 67 6,883 R+9.9
Jefferson 2,560 38.7% 3,981 60.2% 72 6,613 R+21.5
Rice 2,754 42.6% 3,651 56.5% 59 6,464 R+13.9
Smith 2,804 44.0% 3,511 55.1% 57 6,372 R+11.1
Anderson 2,652 42.1% 3,627 57.6% 20 6,299 R+15.5
Linn 2,391 38.4% 3,793 60.9% 42 6,226 R+22.5
Coffey 2,280 38.1% 3,693 61.7% 12 5,985 R+23.6
Ellis 3,909 65.3% 2,054 34.3% 22 5,985 D+31.0
Mitchell 2,675 44.8% 3,238 54.3% 55 5,968 R+9.4
Doniphan 2,589 45.2% 3,100 54.2% 35 5,724 R+8.9
Pratt 2,720 48.4% 2,868 51.0% 34 5,622 R+2.6
Harper 2,145 38.9% 3,323 60.2% 50 5,518 R+21.3
Phillips 1,648 30.0% 3,815 69.4% 35 5,498 R+39.4
Morris 2,397 44.0% 3,010 55.2% 44 5,451 R+11.2
Osborne 1,882 35.1% 3,442 64.2% 34 5,358 R+29.1
Kingman 2,462 46.1% 2,852 53.4% 25 5,339 R+7.3
Norton 1,706 32.3% 3,531 66.8% 48 5,285 R+34.5
Ottawa 2,459 49.5% 2,469 49.7% 42 4,970 R+0.2
Russell 1,983 41.1% 2,819 58.4% 27 4,829 R+17.3
Ellsworth 2,393 51.0% 2,269 48.4% 28 4,690 D+2.6
Geary 2,449 52.8% 2,145 46.3% 41 4,635 D+6.6
Stafford 2,039 44.0% 2,549 55.0% 47 4,635 R+11.0
Finney 2,130 46.0% 2,478 53.5% 26 4,634 R+7.5
Wabaunsee 1,788 39.1% 2,741 60.0% 42 4,571 R+20.8
Pawnee 2,197 48.7% 2,290 50.7% 26 4,513 R+2.1
Rooks 1,650 37.3% 2,759 62.3% 20 4,429 R+25.0
Woodson 1,847 43.0% 2,389 55.6% 62 4,298 R+12.6
Lincoln 1,798 42.0% 2,458 57.4% 29 4,285 R+15.4
Barber 1,769 42.4% 2,361 56.5% 47 4,177 R+14.2
Chautauqua 1,464 35.1% 2,657 63.7% 49 4,170 R+28.6
Decatur 1,713 42.2% 2,326 57.3% 17 4,056 R+15.1
Elk 1,471 36.3% 2,538 62.6% 46 4,055 R+26.3
Rush 1,940 48.4% 2,048 51.0% 24 4,012 R+2.7
Thomas 1,883 53.1% 1,617 45.6% 45 3,545 D+7.5
Graham 1,476 42.0% 2,022 57.6% 15 3,513 R+15.5
Rawlins 1,562 46.5% 1,764 52.5% 32 3,358 R+6.0
Sherman 1,575 48.6% 1,583 48.8% 86 3,244 R+0.2
Ness 1,150 35.5% 2,058 63.6% 30 3,238 R+28.0
Edwards 1,490 46.1% 1,723 53.3% 17 3,230 R+7.2
Chase 1,397 43.6% 1,784 55.7% 21 3,202 R+12.1
Seward 1,468 47.8% 1,583 51.6% 19 3,070 R+3.7
Trego 1,366 47.0% 1,515 52.1% 27 2,908 R+5.1
Sheridan 1,289 47.4% 1,419 52.2% 12 2,720 R+4.8
Cheyenne 1,238 45.8% 1,428 52.8% 39 2,705 R+7.0
Meade 1,001 37.4% 1,657 62.0% 16 2,674 R+24.5
Kiowa 962 37.4% 1,596 62.0% 17 2,575 R+24.6
Gove 1,031 42.3% 1,393 57.1% 14 2,438 R+14.8
Comanche 1,003 43.3% 1,305 56.3% 9 2,317 R+13.0
Gray 1,053 46.6% 1,191 52.7% 15 2,259 R+6.1
Clark 1,042 46.8% 1,170 52.6% 13 2,225 R+5.8
Logan 866 42.0% 1,180 57.2% 16 2,062 R+15.2
Hodgeman 794 40.2% 1,168 59.1% 13 1,975 R+18.9
Stevens 873 45.8% 1,016 53.3% 18 1,907 R+7.5
Hamilton 916 50.9% 861 47.9% 21 1,798 D+3.1
Morton 689 39.2% 1,041 59.2% 29 1,759 R+20.0
Scott 897 51.1% 844 48.1% 15 1,756 D+3.0
Lane 624 37.4% 1,019 61.1% 26 1,669 R+23.7
Kearny 667 44.6% 807 53.9% 22 1,496 R+9.4
Wallace 508 36.5% 851 61.2% 31 1,390 R+24.7
Grant 504 41.5% 707 58.3% 2 1,213 R+16.7
Wichita 634 52.8% 566 47.1% 1 1,201 D+5.7
Haskell 432 39.0% 672 60.7% 3 1,107 R+21.7
Stanton 472 46.1% 540 52.8% 11 1,023 R+6.6
Greeley 273 31.9% 573 66.9% 11 857 R+35.0

Counties as they stood in 1934; 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