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1958 Kansas governor election
George Docking (Democrat) beat Clyde M. Reed (Republican) in Kansas in 1958, 56.5% to 42.5%, a margin of 13.9 points and 102,470 votes.
The Democratic hold continued from 1956, when George Docking also won.
Democrats led in 77 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 27. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 96,823 votes and went to the Democrat by 25.9 points. The closest was Comanche, where 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Docking won | Democratic | 415,506 | 56.5% |
| Clyde M. Reed | Republican | 313,036 | 42.5% |
| All other candidates | 7,397 | 1.0% | |
| Total | 735,939 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick | 60,621 62.6% | 35,499 36.7% | 703 | 96,823 | D+25.9 |
| Wyandotte | 38,400 69.6% | 16,354 29.6% | 424 | 55,178 | D+40.0 |
| Shawnee | 27,752 60.8% | 17,587 38.5% | 294 | 45,633 | D+22.3 |
| Johnson | 18,888 49.8% | 18,784 49.6% | 229 | 37,901 | D+0.3 |
| Reno | 11,623 58.2% | 8,038 40.3% | 301 | 19,962 | D+18.0 |
| Montgomery | 9,735 56.1% | 7,451 42.9% | 164 | 17,350 | D+13.2 |
| Crawford | 9,566 59.8% | 6,298 39.4% | 123 | 15,987 | D+20.4 |
| Butler | 8,814 61.8% | 5,291 37.1% | 154 | 14,259 | D+24.7 |
| Douglas | 6,615 47.2% | 7,249 51.7% | 150 | 14,014 | R+4.5 |
| Saline | 7,418 54.5% | 6,087 44.8% | 95 | 13,600 | D+9.8 |
| Cowley | 7,860 59.6% | 5,175 39.2% | 150 | 13,185 | D+20.4 |
| Leavenworth | 6,707 55.7% | 5,246 43.5% | 99 | 12,052 | D+12.1 |
| Labette | 6,557 57.7% | 4,675 41.1% | 131 | 11,363 | D+16.6 |
| Lyon | 6,005 58.0% | 4,218 40.7% | 138 | 10,361 | D+17.2 |
| Barton | 5,495 53.7% | 4,671 45.6% | 74 | 10,240 | D+8.0 |
| Riley | 4,609 45.6% | 5,326 52.7% | 172 | 10,107 | R+7.1 |
| Sumner | 5,573 56.2% | 4,241 42.8% | 105 | 9,919 | D+13.4 |
| Harvey | 4,862 52.7% | 4,242 46.0% | 122 | 9,226 | D+6.7 |
| McPherson | 4,294 49.7% | 4,206 48.7% | 141 | 8,641 | D+1.0 |
| Cherokee | 5,506 63.7% | 3,060 35.4% | 71 | 8,637 | D+28.3 |
| Atchison | 5,012 60.3% | 3,232 38.9% | 69 | 8,313 | D+21.4 |
| Dickinson | 4,148 51.0% | 3,882 47.8% | 96 | 8,126 | D+3.3 |
| Neosho | 4,513 56.4% | 3,395 42.4% | 100 | 8,008 | D+14.0 |
| Franklin | 3,905 51.2% | 3,641 47.7% | 83 | 7,629 | D+3.5 |
| Ford | 4,432 59.3% | 2,984 39.9% | 62 | 7,478 | D+19.4 |
| Bourbon | 3,964 55.8% | 2,999 42.2% | 144 | 7,107 | D+13.6 |
| Miami | 4,232 60.1% | 2,735 38.9% | 69 | 7,036 | D+21.3 |
| Ellis | 4,739 68.2% | 2,177 31.3% | 33 | 6,949 | D+36.9 |
| Marshall | 3,642 53.8% | 3,074 45.4% | 59 | 6,775 | D+8.4 |
| Allen | 3,191 51.5% | 2,944 47.5% | 60 | 6,195 | D+4.0 |
| Wilson | 3,245 56.1% | 2,517 43.5% | 25 | 5,787 | D+12.6 |
| Marion | 2,346 41.6% | 3,248 57.5% | 52 | 5,646 | R+16.0 |
| Rice | 2,813 50.0% | 2,733 48.6% | 76 | 5,622 | D+1.4 |
| Osage | 2,994 54.2% | 2,470 44.7% | 63 | 5,527 | D+9.5 |
| Brown | 2,316 42.3% | 3,080 56.3% | 75 | 5,471 | R+14.0 |
| Nemaha | 3,079 56.5% | 2,329 42.7% | 46 | 5,454 | D+13.8 |
| Cloud | 2,521 49.8% | 2,475 48.9% | 69 | 5,065 | D+0.9 |
| Russell | 2,429 48.4% | 2,537 50.5% | 53 | 5,019 | R+2.2 |
| Greenwood | 2,502 50.2% | 2,439 49.0% | 40 | 4,981 | D+1.3 |
| Pottawatomie | 2,320 47.4% | 2,530 51.7% | 45 | 4,895 | R+4.3 |
| Geary | 2,831 59.2% | 1,839 38.5% | 110 | 4,780 | D+20.8 |
| Pratt | 2,682 56.1% | 2,042 42.7% | 55 | 4,779 | D+13.4 |
| Clay | 2,204 47.1% | 2,369 50.6% | 108 | 4,681 | R+3.5 |
| Finney | 2,486 53.4% | 2,116 45.4% | 56 | 4,658 | D+7.9 |
| Jefferson | 2,424 52.8% | 2,123 46.3% | 43 | 4,590 | D+6.6 |
| Washington | 2,004 45.3% | 2,384 53.9% | 31 | 4,419 | R+8.6 |
| Jackson | 2,121 48.2% | 2,236 50.8% | 44 | 4,401 | R+2.6 |
| Republic | 2,196 50.7% | 2,080 48.0% | 58 | 4,334 | D+2.7 |
| Harper | 2,049 50.6% | 1,931 47.7% | 68 | 4,048 | D+2.9 |
| Kingman | 2,159 55.4% | 1,690 43.3% | 50 | 3,899 | D+12.0 |
| Mitchell | 2,015 51.9% | 1,820 46.9% | 45 | 3,880 | D+5.0 |
| Pawnee | 2,171 57.2% | 1,575 41.5% | 51 | 3,797 | D+15.7 |
| Rooks | 2,002 52.8% | 1,732 45.7% | 58 | 3,792 | D+7.1 |
| Norton | 1,725 45.5% | 1,999 52.7% | 67 | 3,791 | R+7.2 |
| Coffey | 1,896 50.5% | 1,832 48.8% | 25 | 3,753 | D+1.7 |
| Anderson | 1,890 51.1% | 1,760 47.6% | 47 | 3,697 | D+3.5 |
| Smith | 1,797 48.7% | 1,854 50.3% | 36 | 3,687 | R+1.5 |
| Seward | 1,942 53.8% | 1,640 45.4% | 27 | 3,609 | D+8.4 |
| Linn | 1,662 46.9% | 1,843 52.0% | 37 | 3,542 | R+5.1 |
| Jewell | 1,488 42.3% | 1,954 55.6% | 73 | 3,515 | R+13.3 |
| Phillips | 1,515 43.8% | 1,863 53.8% | 84 | 3,462 | R+10.1 |
| Morris | 1,827 53.2% | 1,575 45.8% | 35 | 3,437 | D+7.3 |
| Doniphan | 1,539 45.1% | 1,829 53.7% | 41 | 3,409 | R+8.5 |
| Stafford | 1,895 56.1% | 1,449 42.9% | 33 | 3,377 | D+13.2 |
| Osborne | 1,582 47.3% | 1,694 50.7% | 67 | 3,343 | R+3.4 |
| Barber | 1,877 56.3% | 1,420 42.6% | 37 | 3,334 | D+13.7 |
| Ellsworth | 1,878 56.5% | 1,429 43.0% | 15 | 3,322 | D+13.5 |
| Wabaunsee | 1,497 48.7% | 1,541 50.2% | 33 | 3,071 | R+1.4 |
| Ottawa | 1,401 48.2% | 1,471 50.7% | 32 | 2,904 | R+2.4 |
| Woodson | 1,269 47.7% | 1,373 51.6% | 20 | 2,662 | R+3.9 |
| Thomas | 1,612 61.8% | 967 37.1% | 29 | 2,608 | D+24.7 |
| Lincoln | 1,254 48.5% | 1,310 50.7% | 20 | 2,584 | R+2.2 |
| Decatur | 1,378 53.9% | 1,134 44.4% | 43 | 2,555 | D+9.5 |
| Rush | 1,431 56.9% | 1,051 41.8% | 32 | 2,514 | D+15.1 |
| Elk | 1,058 44.8% | 1,280 54.2% | 23 | 2,361 | R+9.4 |
| Edwards | 1,288 55.1% | 1,028 44.0% | 20 | 2,336 | D+11.1 |
| Sherman | 1,258 55.4% | 978 43.1% | 35 | 2,271 | D+12.3 |
| Graham | 1,272 56.5% | 936 41.5% | 45 | 2,253 | D+14.9 |
| Chautauqua | 886 41.1% | 1,243 57.7% | 27 | 2,156 | R+16.6 |
| Ness | 1,062 49.5% | 1,062 49.5% | 23 | 2,147 | level |
| Meade | 1,074 51.3% | 964 46.1% | 55 | 2,093 | D+5.3 |
| Rawlins | 1,064 51.0% | 1,005 48.1% | 19 | 2,088 | D+2.8 |
| Kiowa | 908 44.8% | 1,081 53.3% | 38 | 2,027 | R+8.5 |
| Trego | 1,123 56.4% | 851 42.8% | 16 | 1,990 | D+13.7 |
| Chase | 956 51.7% | 875 47.3% | 19 | 1,850 | D+4.4 |
| Sheridan | 1,094 59.9% | 721 39.5% | 10 | 1,825 | D+20.4 |
| Gray | 1,020 58.3% | 719 41.1% | 10 | 1,749 | D+17.2 |
| Cheyenne | 894 53.4% | 744 44.5% | 35 | 1,673 | D+9.0 |
| Logan | 866 52.3% | 770 46.5% | 20 | 1,656 | D+5.8 |
| Gove | 899 54.4% | 728 44.0% | 26 | 1,653 | D+10.3 |
| Clark | 898 55.4% | 714 44.0% | 10 | 1,622 | D+11.3 |
| Stevens | 815 52.0% | 742 47.4% | 9 | 1,566 | D+4.7 |
| Comanche | 756 49.2% | 769 50.0% | 12 | 1,537 | R+0.8 |
| Scott | 698 46.8% | 777 52.1% | 17 | 1,492 | R+5.3 |
| Hodgeman | 721 51.3% | 670 47.7% | 15 | 1,406 | D+3.6 |
| Grant | 922 68.6% | 377 28.0% | 46 | 1,345 | D+40.5 |
| Hamilton | 745 60.2% | 480 38.8% | 13 | 1,238 | D+21.4 |
| Lane | 668 54.6% | 545 44.5% | 11 | 1,224 | D+10.0 |
| Morton | 721 59.0% | 481 39.3% | 21 | 1,223 | D+19.6 |
| Kearny | 662 56.3% | 507 43.1% | 7 | 1,176 | D+13.2 |
| Haskell | 614 60.3% | 389 38.2% | 15 | 1,018 | D+22.1 |
| Wallace | 438 47.6% | 476 51.7% | 7 | 921 | R+4.1 |
| Wichita | 462 51.4% | 428 47.6% | 9 | 899 | D+3.8 |
| Stanton | 418 57.3% | 304 41.6% | 8 | 730 | D+15.6 |
| Greeley | 304 46.1% | 348 52.8% | 7 | 659 | R+6.7 |
Counties as they stood in 1958; 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 |