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Election 1956 Results

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1956 Kansas governor election

George Docking (Democrat) beat Warren W. Shaw (Republican) in Kansas in 1956, 55.5% to 42.1%, a margin of 13.3 points and 115,361 votes.

Kansas changed party: in 1954 it went Republican, for Fred Hall.

Democrats led in 76 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 29. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 117,290 votes and went to the Democrat by 26.5 points. The closest was Gove, 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
George Docking won Democratic 479,701 55.5%
Warren W. Shaw Republican 364,340 42.1%
All other candidates 20,894 2.4%
Total864,935

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 72,770 62.0% 41,726 35.6% 2,794 117,290 D+26.5
Wyandotte 47,295 65.8% 23,929 33.3% 604 71,828 D+32.5
Shawnee 28,620 57.9% 19,765 40.0% 1,026 49,411 D+17.9
Johnson 23,226 47.7% 25,147 51.6% 315 48,688 R+3.9
Reno 13,417 59.0% 8,694 38.2% 637 22,748 D+20.8
Montgomery 11,719 56.5% 8,535 41.2% 470 20,724 D+15.4
Crawford 11,325 64.6% 5,934 33.8% 280 17,539 D+30.7
Saline 9,352 57.9% 6,521 40.4% 268 16,141 D+17.5
Butler 9,759 60.8% 5,778 36.0% 508 16,045 D+24.8
Douglas 8,355 53.5% 6,964 44.6% 290 15,609 D+8.9
Leavenworth 7,969 56.2% 6,118 43.1% 102 14,189 D+13.0
Barton 7,384 56.6% 5,302 40.6% 360 13,046 D+16.0
Labette 8,229 63.1% 4,527 34.7% 279 13,035 D+28.4
Riley 6,089 49.9% 5,415 44.4% 694 12,198 D+5.5
Lyon 6,450 54.1% 5,136 43.1% 335 11,921 D+11.0
Sumner 5,825 52.4% 4,980 44.8% 308 11,113 D+7.6
Cowley 5,975 56.2% 4,295 40.4% 367 10,637 D+15.8
Harvey 5,590 53.6% 4,487 43.0% 355 10,432 D+10.6
McPherson 5,454 53.8% 4,272 42.1% 414 10,140 D+11.7
Cherokee 6,359 63.0% 3,567 35.4% 161 10,087 D+27.7
Dickinson 4,880 49.3% 4,644 46.9% 377 9,901 D+2.4
Franklin 4,715 51.5% 4,166 45.5% 270 9,151 D+6.0
Neosho 4,987 55.8% 3,753 42.0% 194 8,934 D+13.8
Atchison 5,128 58.3% 3,571 40.6% 102 8,801 D+17.7
Bourbon 4,631 53.9% 3,789 44.1% 167 8,587 D+9.8
Ford 5,223 62.1% 2,966 35.3% 224 8,413 D+26.8
Miami 4,957 59.4% 3,268 39.2% 117 8,342 D+20.2
Marshall 4,458 54.2% 3,564 43.3% 210 8,232 D+10.9
Allen 3,875 50.6% 3,639 47.6% 138 7,652 D+3.1
Ellis 5,255 68.7% 2,312 30.2% 83 7,650 D+38.5
Marion 2,912 42.1% 3,764 54.4% 238 6,914 R+12.3
Brown 2,652 39.9% 3,822 57.5% 177 6,651 R+17.6
Rice 3,293 50.1% 3,109 47.3% 177 6,579 D+2.8
Cloud 3,194 48.8% 3,129 47.8% 223 6,546 D+1.0
Nemaha 3,445 54.6% 2,758 43.7% 106 6,309 D+10.9
Wilson 3,320 53.0% 2,821 45.1% 120 6,261 D+8.0
Osage 3,277 53.3% 2,663 43.3% 213 6,153 D+10.0
Geary 3,157 51.6% 2,287 37.4% 679 6,123 D+14.2
Greenwood 3,010 50.9% 2,803 47.4% 103 5,916 D+3.5
Pottawatomie 2,723 46.1% 3,022 51.1% 166 5,911 R+5.1
Pratt 3,131 55.7% 2,285 40.7% 201 5,617 D+15.1
Washington 2,520 45.5% 2,897 52.3% 123 5,540 R+6.8
Russell 2,806 51.0% 2,543 46.2% 152 5,501 D+4.8
Clay 2,385 43.4% 2,664 48.5% 445 5,494 R+5.1
Finney 2,948 54.6% 2,304 42.7% 146 5,398 D+11.9
Jefferson 2,904 55.6% 2,202 42.1% 120 5,226 D+13.4
Republic 2,395 46.4% 2,631 50.9% 138 5,164 R+4.6
Jackson 2,424 49.3% 2,363 48.0% 131 4,918 D+1.2
Kingman 2,438 52.5% 2,045 44.0% 162 4,645 D+8.5
Mitchell 2,322 50.9% 2,096 46.0% 141 4,559 D+5.0
Coffey 2,308 50.9% 2,122 46.8% 106 4,536 D+4.1
Anderson 2,148 47.8% 2,289 50.9% 61 4,498 R+3.1
Jewell 1,737 38.6% 2,427 54.0% 331 4,495 R+15.4
Harper 2,150 48.3% 2,129 47.8% 172 4,451 D+0.5
Pawnee 2,481 56.9% 1,715 39.4% 162 4,358 D+17.6
Smith 1,803 41.8% 2,392 55.5% 114 4,309 R+13.7
Rooks 2,122 49.5% 2,063 48.1% 104 4,289 D+1.4
Doniphan 1,824 42.9% 2,375 55.8% 56 4,255 R+12.9
Norton 1,606 37.9% 2,554 60.2% 83 4,243 R+22.3
Linn 1,838 45.0% 2,110 51.7% 134 4,082 R+6.7
Seward 2,102 51.6% 1,911 46.9% 60 4,073 D+4.7
Stafford 2,172 53.7% 1,760 43.5% 110 4,042 D+10.2
Phillips 1,450 35.9% 2,453 60.7% 136 4,039 R+24.8
Osborne 1,962 49.1% 1,802 45.1% 229 3,993 D+4.0
Ellsworth 2,248 56.5% 1,675 42.1% 53 3,976 D+14.4
Morris 1,988 50.6% 1,786 45.5% 152 3,926 D+5.1
Barber 2,082 53.4% 1,724 44.2% 94 3,900 D+9.2
Wabaunsee 1,726 49.6% 1,648 47.4% 105 3,479 D+2.2
Ottawa 1,714 50.4% 1,603 47.2% 82 3,399 D+3.3
Rush 1,671 53.9% 1,359 43.8% 70 3,100 D+10.1
Thomas 1,593 51.6% 1,444 46.8% 51 3,088 D+4.8
Woodson 1,358 44.4% 1,618 52.9% 82 3,058 R+8.5
Chautauqua 1,257 41.4% 1,730 57.0% 47 3,034 R+15.6
Decatur 1,266 43.0% 1,624 55.2% 51 2,941 R+12.2
Lincoln 1,363 47.1% 1,438 49.7% 90 2,891 R+2.6
Sherman 1,441 51.2% 1,307 46.4% 68 2,816 D+4.8
Elk 1,174 43.3% 1,461 53.9% 76 2,711 R+10.6
Ness 1,369 52.1% 1,189 45.2% 71 2,629 D+6.8
Edwards 1,478 56.4% 1,081 41.2% 63 2,622 D+15.1
Graham 1,118 45.3% 1,292 52.4% 56 2,466 R+7.1
Trego 1,402 57.4% 976 39.9% 66 2,444 D+17.4
Rawlins 971 41.8% 1,309 56.3% 44 2,324 R+14.5
Meade 1,089 47.5% 1,078 47.0% 127 2,294 D+0.5
Kiowa 1,023 45.1% 1,083 47.8% 160 2,266 R+2.6
Chase 1,015 47.8% 1,077 50.7% 31 2,123 R+2.9
Cheyenne 876 41.4% 1,172 55.4% 69 2,117 R+14.0
Sheridan 1,025 52.0% 916 46.5% 31 1,972 D+5.5
Gray 1,126 58.0% 760 39.2% 55 1,941 D+18.9
Logan 832 45.1% 947 51.3% 66 1,845 R+6.2
Stevens 903 49.3% 892 48.7% 37 1,832 D+0.6
Gove 874 48.0% 867 47.6% 80 1,821 D+0.4
Scott 860 47.7% 881 48.8% 63 1,804 R+1.2
Clark 941 53.0% 780 43.9% 55 1,776 D+9.1
Comanche 805 47.6% 834 49.3% 51 1,690 R+1.7
Hodgeman 835 53.0% 671 42.6% 69 1,575 D+10.4
Grant 787 51.8% 672 44.3% 59 1,518 D+7.6
Hamilton 841 59.3% 522 36.8% 56 1,419 D+22.5
Lane 722 53.0% 590 43.3% 51 1,363 D+9.7
Kearny 680 52.9% 587 45.7% 18 1,285 D+7.2
Morton 687 56.1% 503 41.1% 34 1,224 D+15.0
Haskell 678 58.3% 451 38.8% 34 1,163 D+19.5
Wichita 507 48.4% 485 46.3% 55 1,047 D+2.1
Wallace 412 43.7% 506 53.7% 25 943 R+10.0
Stanton 410 52.7% 327 42.0% 41 778 D+10.7
Greeley 324 42.5% 401 52.6% 38 763 R+10.1

Counties as they stood in 1956; 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