Election 1952 Results
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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.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward F. Arn won | Republican | 491,338 | 56.3% |
| Charles Rooney | Democratic | 363,482 | 41.7% |
| All other candidates | 17,319 | 2.0% | |
| Total | 872,139 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |