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1952 Kansas governor election

Edward F. Arn (Republican) beat Charles Rooney (Democrat) in Kansas in 1952, 56.3% to 41.7%, a margin of 14.7 points and 127,856 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1950, when Edward F. Arn also won.

Republicans led in 100 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 5. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 103,807 votes and went to the Republican by 6.7 points. The closest was Haskell, where 9 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
Edward F. Arn won Republican 491,338 56.3%
Charles Rooney Democratic 363,482 41.7%
All other candidates 17,319 2.0%
Total872,139

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 47,425 45.7% 54,333 52.3% 2,049 103,807 R+6.7
Wyandotte 36,670 51.2% 33,949 47.4% 985 71,604 D+3.8
Shawnee 20,569 40.9% 28,602 56.9% 1,065 50,236 R+16.0
Johnson 14,338 37.0% 24,107 62.3% 264 38,709 R+25.2
Reno 9,766 43.9% 11,380 51.1% 1,107 22,253 R+7.3
Montgomery 9,492 44.4% 11,648 54.5% 246 21,386 R+10.1
Crawford 9,650 50.1% 9,480 49.2% 134 19,264 D+0.9
Cowley 6,778 41.7% 9,200 56.6% 284 16,262 R+14.9
Saline 7,266 44.8% 8,733 53.9% 204 16,203 R+9.1
Butler 6,453 42.4% 8,537 56.1% 223 15,213 R+13.7
Douglas 4,838 33.3% 9,371 64.4% 333 14,542 R+31.2
Leavenworth 6,199 44.3% 7,691 55.0% 101 13,991 R+10.7
Labette 6,017 45.5% 7,081 53.5% 137 13,235 R+8.0
Barton 5,507 42.1% 7,404 56.6% 160 13,071 R+14.5
Lyon 4,958 39.5% 7,351 58.6% 228 12,537 R+19.1
Riley 4,295 36.5% 7,048 59.9% 425 11,768 R+23.4
Sumner 4,434 38.0% 6,967 59.6% 282 11,683 R+21.7
Dickinson 3,634 33.5% 7,044 65.0% 166 10,844 R+31.4
McPherson 4,122 38.6% 6,198 58.0% 366 10,686 R+19.4
Cherokee 4,874 47.0% 5,410 52.2% 80 10,364 R+5.2
Harvey 4,030 40.6% 5,515 55.5% 384 9,929 R+15.0
Neosho 4,127 43.6% 5,235 55.3% 109 9,471 R+11.7
Franklin 3,223 35.0% 5,881 63.9% 104 9,208 R+28.9
Ford 4,553 49.8% 4,182 45.8% 400 9,135 D+4.1
Atchison 3,967 43.5% 5,070 55.6% 84 9,121 R+12.1
Marshall 3,946 44.8% 4,737 53.8% 124 8,807 R+9.0
Bourbon 3,481 39.8% 5,183 59.3% 76 8,740 R+19.5
Miami 3,833 44.5% 4,671 54.2% 109 8,613 R+9.7
Allen 2,677 34.3% 5,060 64.7% 79 7,816 R+30.5
Marion 2,139 28.2% 5,198 68.5% 251 7,588 R+40.3
Brown 2,267 30.6% 5,053 68.2% 92 7,412 R+37.6
Cloud 2,905 39.8% 4,276 58.6% 121 7,302 R+18.8
Rice 2,837 39.3% 4,202 58.2% 175 7,214 R+18.9
Ellis 3,526 49.4% 3,573 50.1% 32 7,131 R+0.7
Wilson 2,777 40.4% 3,953 57.6% 138 6,868 R+17.1
Nemaha 3,437 51.2% 3,223 48.0% 55 6,715 D+3.2
Greenwood 2,420 36.6% 4,059 61.4% 134 6,613 R+24.8
Osage 2,642 40.0% 3,830 58.0% 131 6,603 R+18.0
Russell 2,411 38.7% 3,693 59.3% 127 6,231 R+20.6
Pottawatomie 2,427 39.7% 3,586 58.7% 94 6,107 R+19.0
Washington 2,057 33.7% 3,918 64.3% 122 6,097 R+30.5
Geary 2,541 42.4% 3,318 55.3% 138 5,997 R+13.0
Clay 2,133 36.4% 3,489 59.6% 233 5,855 R+23.2
Republic 2,202 37.6% 3,557 60.8% 93 5,852 R+23.2
Finney 2,638 45.1% 3,104 53.1% 109 5,851 R+8.0
Pratt 2,325 41.3% 3,124 55.5% 183 5,632 R+14.2
Jackson 1,939 35.5% 3,448 63.1% 81 5,468 R+27.6
Jefferson 1,941 37.5% 3,130 60.5% 101 5,172 R+23.0
Jewell 1,610 31.8% 3,141 62.0% 319 5,070 R+30.2
Mitchell 2,264 44.7% 2,695 53.2% 111 5,070 R+8.5
Anderson 1,911 38.4% 3,010 60.5% 52 4,973 R+22.1
Coffey 1,711 34.6% 3,194 64.6% 36 4,941 R+30.0
Kingman 1,870 38.9% 2,807 58.4% 133 4,810 R+19.5
Pawnee 2,133 45.5% 2,426 51.7% 134 4,693 R+6.2
Smith 1,446 31.8% 2,970 65.3% 135 4,551 R+33.5
Linn 1,522 33.5% 2,990 65.8% 34 4,546 R+32.3
Norton 1,574 34.9% 2,802 62.1% 135 4,511 R+27.2
Doniphan 1,390 31.2% 3,024 67.9% 39 4,453 R+36.7
Phillips 1,299 29.3% 3,036 68.6% 93 4,428 R+39.2
Harper 1,404 32.0% 2,850 64.9% 138 4,392 R+32.9
Stafford 1,722 40.1% 2,387 55.6% 186 4,295 R+15.5
Rooks 1,642 38.3% 2,542 59.2% 108 4,292 R+21.0
Osborne 1,435 33.6% 2,624 61.4% 213 4,272 R+27.8
Morris 1,587 37.4% 2,593 61.1% 63 4,243 R+23.7
Ellsworth 1,850 44.0% 2,322 55.2% 36 4,208 R+11.2
Seward 1,904 46.7% 2,076 50.9% 100 4,080 R+4.2
Barber 1,350 34.2% 2,532 64.1% 69 3,951 R+29.9
Wabaunsee 1,196 31.3% 2,549 66.6% 81 3,826 R+35.4
Ottawa 1,449 39.7% 2,112 57.9% 87 3,648 R+18.2
Thomas 1,511 44.0% 1,811 52.7% 115 3,437 R+8.7
Rush 1,341 39.3% 2,011 58.9% 63 3,415 R+19.6
Sherman 1,536 45.4% 1,722 50.9% 126 3,384 R+5.5
Woodson 1,000 29.9% 2,231 66.6% 119 3,350 R+36.7
Chautauqua 1,011 31.2% 2,196 67.8% 30 3,237 R+36.6
Lincoln 1,259 39.2% 1,912 59.6% 37 3,208 R+20.4
Decatur 1,194 38.2% 1,887 60.3% 48 3,129 R+22.1
Elk 1,033 33.7% 1,995 65.2% 34 3,062 R+31.4
Ness 1,060 36.5% 1,738 59.8% 110 2,908 R+23.3
Edwards 1,200 42.2% 1,568 55.2% 75 2,843 R+12.9
Rawlins 883 33.3% 1,742 65.7% 26 2,651 R+32.4
Graham 1,084 42.2% 1,439 56.0% 48 2,571 R+13.8
Meade 1,053 41.0% 1,338 52.1% 175 2,566 R+11.1
Trego 986 39.7% 1,450 58.4% 47 2,483 R+18.7
Cheyenne 785 32.5% 1,573 65.1% 57 2,415 R+32.6
Chase 790 34.5% 1,470 64.2% 30 2,290 R+29.7
Kiowa 837 36.8% 1,302 57.3% 133 2,272 R+20.5
Scott 900 43.6% 1,079 52.2% 87 2,066 R+8.7
Sheridan 973 47.5% 1,046 51.1% 28 2,047 R+3.6
Gray 883 44.4% 1,016 51.1% 90 1,989 R+6.7
Logan 643 33.9% 1,192 62.9% 60 1,895 R+29.0
Gove 817 43.7% 1,013 54.2% 38 1,868 R+10.5
Clark 787 42.5% 985 53.2% 80 1,852 R+10.7
Stevens 655 35.5% 1,069 58.0% 120 1,844 R+22.5
Comanche 631 36.0% 1,070 61.0% 53 1,754 R+25.0
Grant 662 38.5% 1,024 59.5% 35 1,721 R+21.0
Hodgeman 746 43.5% 914 53.3% 54 1,714 R+9.8
Hamilton 636 40.1% 921 58.0% 30 1,587 R+18.0
Lane 569 40.6% 774 55.3% 57 1,400 R+14.6
Kearny 606 43.9% 731 53.0% 42 1,379 R+9.1
Morton 496 40.8% 673 55.3% 48 1,217 R+14.5
Wichita 412 35.6% 688 59.5% 57 1,157 R+23.9
Wallace 427 37.5% 694 60.9% 19 1,140 R+23.4
Haskell 536 47.2% 527 46.4% 72 1,135 D+0.8
Stanton 315 36.3% 497 57.3% 56 868 R+21.0
Greeley 270 32.7% 556 67.3% 826 R+34.6

Counties as they stood in 1952; 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