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Election 1940 Results

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1940 Kansas governor election

Payne Ratner (Republican) beat William H. Burke (Democrat) in Kansas in 1940, 49.63% to 49.58%, a margin of 0.05 points and 430 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1938, when Payne Ratner also won.

Republicans led in 55 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 50. The largest, Wyandotte, cast 66,105 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.8 points. The closest was Graham, where 2 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
Payne Ratner won Republican 425,928 49.6%
William H. Burke Democratic 425,498 49.6%
All other candidates 6,863 0.8%
Total858,289

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Wyandotte 35,267 53.3% 30,123 45.6% 715 66,105 D+7.8
Sedgwick 35,663 54.1% 29,698 45.1% 546 65,907 D+9.1
Shawnee 22,137 50.9% 21,094 48.5% 247 43,478 D+2.4
Montgomery 12,324 51.9% 11,199 47.2% 205 23,728 D+4.7
Reno 12,196 52.0% 10,986 46.8% 276 23,458 D+5.2
Crawford 12,381 57.9% 8,838 41.3% 157 21,376 D+16.6
Cowley 9,850 55.0% 7,912 44.2% 135 17,897 D+10.8
Johnson 6,110 38.5% 9,694 61.1% 60 15,864 R+22.6
Butler 8,092 52.7% 7,148 46.6% 107 15,347 D+6.2
Labette 8,318 54.3% 6,892 45.0% 97 15,307 D+9.3
Saline 7,464 51.2% 7,027 48.2% 91 14,582 D+3.0
Leavenworth 6,796 46.9% 7,649 52.8% 51 14,496 R+5.9
Lyon 6,955 52.3% 6,261 47.1% 90 13,306 D+5.2
Cherokee 7,364 55.9% 5,675 43.1% 135 13,174 D+12.8
Douglas 4,737 36.8% 7,991 62.1% 140 12,868 R+25.3
Sumner 6,869 53.9% 5,744 45.0% 141 12,754 D+8.8
McPherson 5,163 46.1% 5,908 52.7% 138 11,209 R+6.6
Neosho 5,246 47.4% 5,746 51.9% 69 11,061 R+4.5
Barton 5,925 53.9% 5,012 45.6% 60 10,997 D+8.3
Marshall 4,940 45.2% 5,952 54.5% 35 10,927 R+9.3
Bourbon 5,833 53.5% 4,968 45.6% 93 10,894 D+7.9
Dickinson 5,063 46.5% 5,686 52.2% 144 10,893 R+5.7
Riley 4,095 38.1% 6,538 60.9% 105 10,738 R+22.8
Atchison 5,268 50.0% 5,197 49.4% 61 10,526 D+0.7
Franklin 4,354 43.5% 5,589 55.8% 66 10,009 R+12.3
Harvey 4,464 45.9% 5,200 53.4% 66 9,730 R+7.6
Allen 4,308 44.8% 5,238 54.5% 60 9,606 R+9.7
Miami 4,415 49.1% 4,530 50.4% 43 8,988 R+1.3
Cloud 4,317 49.4% 4,312 49.4% 106 8,735 D+0.1
Brown 3,272 37.5% 5,413 62.1% 38 8,723 R+24.5
Marion 3,483 41.1% 4,960 58.5% 38 8,481 R+17.4
Rice 4,126 48.6% 4,300 50.7% 55 8,481 R+2.1
Ford 4,627 54.7% 3,684 43.6% 143 8,454 D+11.2
Osage 4,109 49.6% 4,134 49.9% 47 8,290 R+0.3
Wilson 3,776 45.6% 4,447 53.7% 65 8,288 R+8.1
Greenwood 3,949 48.2% 4,209 51.4% 29 8,187 R+3.2
Nemaha 3,974 49.8% 3,955 49.6% 48 7,977 D+0.2
Washington 2,977 37.6% 4,889 61.8% 51 7,917 R+24.2
Pottawatomie 3,133 42.8% 4,128 56.5% 51 7,312 R+13.6
Republic 3,023 43.1% 3,936 56.2% 47 7,006 R+13.0
Ellis 4,643 67.3% 2,225 32.2% 36 6,904 D+35.0
Clay 2,958 43.9% 3,706 55.0% 76 6,740 R+11.1
Jackson 3,018 45.0% 3,655 54.5% 28 6,701 R+9.5
Jefferson 2,972 44.9% 3,618 54.7% 25 6,615 R+9.8
Jewell 2,600 39.8% 3,874 59.3% 63 6,537 R+19.5
Coffey 3,050 46.8% 3,437 52.8% 24 6,511 R+5.9
Russell 3,052 48.6% 3,171 50.5% 54 6,277 R+1.9
Linn 2,818 45.4% 3,361 54.2% 27 6,206 R+8.7
Anderson 2,969 48.2% 3,177 51.5% 20 6,166 R+3.4
Doniphan 2,365 39.6% 3,575 59.9% 26 5,966 R+20.3
Pratt 3,024 51.6% 2,779 47.5% 53 5,856 D+4.2
Mitchell 2,636 45.5% 3,097 53.5% 61 5,794 R+8.0
Harper 2,936 51.0% 2,781 48.3% 41 5,758 D+2.7
Kingman 3,143 55.2% 2,519 44.2% 32 5,694 D+11.0
Smith 2,404 42.9% 3,133 56.0% 62 5,599 R+13.0
Geary 2,853 53.3% 2,478 46.3% 26 5,357 D+7.0
Stafford 2,621 49.3% 2,645 49.7% 52 5,318 R+0.5
Morris 2,461 46.5% 2,787 52.7% 45 5,293 R+6.2
Phillips 1,907 36.4% 3,287 62.7% 51 5,245 R+26.3
Ottawa 2,517 50.6% 2,398 48.2% 62 4,977 D+2.4
Osborne 2,069 41.6% 2,839 57.1% 62 4,970 R+15.5
Ellsworth 2,734 55.4% 2,182 44.2% 16 4,932 D+11.2
Norton 1,981 40.8% 2,814 58.0% 60 4,855 R+17.2
Wabaunsee 1,829 38.9% 2,839 60.4% 34 4,702 R+21.5
Pawnee 2,495 54.0% 2,085 45.1% 39 4,619 D+8.9
Chautauqua 2,112 46.5% 2,398 52.8% 28 4,538 R+6.3
Barber 2,272 51.1% 2,137 48.0% 41 4,450 D+3.0
Finney 2,255 51.1% 2,142 48.6% 13 4,410 D+2.6
Elk 1,976 46.0% 2,298 53.4% 26 4,300 R+7.5
Rooks 2,027 48.0% 2,154 51.0% 39 4,220 R+3.0
Lincoln 1,838 44.5% 2,269 55.0% 19 4,126 R+10.4
Woodson 1,911 46.8% 2,125 52.1% 45 4,081 R+5.2
Rush 1,933 47.9% 2,060 51.1% 39 4,032 R+3.1
Decatur 2,030 56.8% 1,524 42.6% 20 3,574 D+14.2
Chase 1,621 49.3% 1,649 50.1% 21 3,291 R+0.9
Ness 1,731 55.1% 1,363 43.4% 47 3,141 D+11.7
Edwards 1,553 49.7% 1,544 49.4% 28 3,125 D+0.3
Thomas 1,742 55.8% 1,348 43.2% 31 3,121 D+12.6
Rawlins 1,623 53.2% 1,384 45.4% 44 3,051 D+7.8
Graham 1,499 49.6% 1,501 49.6% 25 3,025 R+0.1
Sherman 1,690 56.5% 1,265 42.3% 38 2,993 D+14.2
Seward 1,588 53.1% 1,331 44.5% 70 2,989 D+8.6
Trego 1,542 55.9% 1,191 43.2% 25 2,758 D+12.7
Cheyenne 1,404 51.9% 1,284 47.5% 15 2,703 D+4.4
Meade 1,141 43.5% 1,438 54.9% 42 2,621 R+11.3
Kiowa 1,023 41.7% 1,414 57.6% 18 2,455 R+15.9
Sheridan 1,333 55.8% 1,041 43.6% 14 2,388 D+12.2
Comanche 1,006 45.5% 1,176 53.2% 28 2,210 R+7.7
Clark 1,183 55.2% 936 43.7% 23 2,142 D+11.5
Gove 1,095 52.8% 967 46.6% 11 2,073 D+6.2
Gray 1,126 55.6% 880 43.4% 20 2,026 D+12.1
Hodgeman 925 51.6% 858 47.9% 10 1,793 D+3.7
Logan 801 44.9% 976 54.8% 5 1,782 R+9.8
Scott 975 56.3% 734 42.4% 22 1,731 D+13.9
Stevens 840 54.8% 659 43.0% 33 1,532 D+11.8
Lane 738 50.6% 715 49.0% 6 1,459 D+1.6
Hamilton 732 53.1% 636 46.2% 10 1,378 D+7.0
Kearny 611 48.8% 634 50.6% 7 1,252 R+1.8
Morton 581 50.9% 551 48.2% 10 1,142 D+2.6
Wallace 438 39.6% 657 59.4% 11 1,106 R+19.8
Wichita 543 49.2% 552 50.0% 9 1,104 R+0.8
Haskell 524 50.7% 501 48.5% 9 1,034 D+2.2
Grant 454 45.4% 536 53.6% 10 1,000 R+8.2
Greeley 324 41.5% 445 57.1% 11 780 R+15.5
Stanton 340 49.6% 331 48.3% 14 685 D+1.3

Counties as they stood in 1940; 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