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Election 1958 Results

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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.

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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 415,506 56.5%
Clyde M. Reed Republican 313,036 42.5%
All other candidates 7,397 1.0%
Total735,939

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
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

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