Election 1962 Results
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1962 Kansas governor election
John Anderson Jr. (Republican) beat Dale E. Saffels (Democrat) in Kansas in 1962, 53.4% to 45.6%, a margin of 7.8 points and 49,972 votes.
The Republican hold continued from 1960, when John Anderson Jr. also won.
Republicans led in 80 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 25. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 82,146 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.9 points. The closest was Ness, where 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Anderson Jr. won | Republican | 341,257 | 53.4% |
| Dale E. Saffels | Democratic | 291,285 | 45.6% |
| All other candidates | 6,248 | 1.0% | |
| Total | 638,790 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick | 43,825 53.4% | 37,333 45.4% | 988 | 82,146 | D+7.9 |
| Wyandotte | 22,190 51.8% | 19,900 46.5% | 726 | 42,816 | D+5.3 |
| Johnson | 13,075 31.0% | 28,947 68.6% | 169 | 42,191 | R+37.6 |
| Shawnee | 18,411 48.1% | 19,562 51.1% | 287 | 38,260 | R+3.0 |
| Reno | 9,041 50.8% | 8,570 48.1% | 189 | 17,800 | D+2.6 |
| Crawford | 7,090 48.5% | 7,428 50.8% | 99 | 14,617 | R+2.3 |
| Montgomery | 5,826 43.2% | 7,523 55.8% | 136 | 13,485 | R+12.6 |
| Cowley | 6,017 50.6% | 5,748 48.3% | 124 | 11,889 | D+2.3 |
| Saline | 4,925 41.9% | 6,748 57.5% | 70 | 11,743 | R+15.5 |
| Butler | 5,880 50.6% | 5,617 48.4% | 113 | 11,610 | D+2.3 |
| Leavenworth | 4,805 47.4% | 5,207 51.3% | 131 | 10,143 | R+4.0 |
| Barton | 5,006 51.3% | 4,683 47.9% | 78 | 9,767 | D+3.3 |
| Labette | 4,648 48.6% | 4,816 50.4% | 98 | 9,562 | R+1.8 |
| Douglas | 3,324 35.4% | 6,011 63.9% | 66 | 9,401 | R+28.6 |
| Lyon | 4,568 49.4% | 4,613 49.9% | 72 | 9,253 | R+0.5 |
| Sumner | 4,125 48.7% | 4,279 50.5% | 63 | 8,467 | R+1.8 |
| Harvey | 3,675 44.3% | 4,504 54.2% | 126 | 8,305 | R+10.0 |
| Cherokee | 4,098 51.2% | 3,837 48.0% | 65 | 8,000 | D+3.3 |
| McPherson | 3,130 39.2% | 4,559 57.1% | 298 | 7,987 | R+17.9 |
| Riley | 2,732 35.8% | 4,823 63.2% | 79 | 7,634 | R+27.4 |
| Dickinson | 2,679 38.5% | 4,214 60.6% | 66 | 6,959 | R+22.1 |
| Neosho | 2,989 43.6% | 3,794 55.3% | 76 | 6,859 | R+11.7 |
| Franklin | 2,593 38.4% | 4,096 60.6% | 66 | 6,755 | R+22.3 |
| Ellis | 4,325 65.4% | 2,253 34.0% | 39 | 6,617 | D+31.3 |
| Atchison | 3,063 46.6% | 3,454 52.6% | 52 | 6,569 | R+6.0 |
| Ford | 3,501 54.2% | 2,907 45.0% | 48 | 6,456 | D+9.2 |
| Bourbon | 2,697 44.5% | 3,301 54.4% | 67 | 6,065 | R+10.0 |
| Marshall | 2,519 43.8% | 3,160 55.0% | 69 | 5,748 | R+11.2 |
| Miami | 2,557 45.7% | 2,985 53.4% | 48 | 5,590 | R+7.7 |
| Rice | 2,499 48.2% | 2,643 50.9% | 47 | 5,189 | R+2.8 |
| Allen | 1,911 37.1% | 3,203 62.1% | 41 | 5,155 | R+25.1 |
| Marion | 1,724 34.9% | 3,168 64.1% | 54 | 4,946 | R+29.2 |
| Cloud | 1,960 40.7% | 2,794 58.0% | 63 | 4,817 | R+17.3 |
| Finney | 2,965 63.4% | 1,693 36.2% | 19 | 4,677 | D+27.2 |
| Russell | 1,890 41.5% | 2,636 57.9% | 28 | 4,554 | R+16.4 |
| Nemaha | 2,305 50.6% | 2,212 48.6% | 36 | 4,553 | D+2.0 |
| Wilson | 1,584 35.4% | 2,851 63.8% | 37 | 4,472 | R+28.3 |
| Seward | 1,889 44.1% | 2,374 55.4% | 22 | 4,285 | R+11.3 |
| Geary | 2,086 48.9% | 2,135 50.1% | 43 | 4,264 | R+1.1 |
| Pratt | 2,037 49.0% | 2,099 50.5% | 21 | 4,157 | R+1.5 |
| Pottawatomie | 1,840 45.5% | 2,172 53.7% | 29 | 4,041 | R+8.2 |
| Greenwood | 1,621 40.8% | 2,330 58.6% | 26 | 3,977 | R+17.8 |
| Republic | 1,542 39.8% | 2,307 59.5% | 26 | 3,875 | R+19.7 |
| Osage | 1,776 46.1% | 2,045 53.1% | 31 | 3,852 | R+7.0 |
| Brown | 1,051 28.2% | 2,652 71.1% | 26 | 3,729 | R+42.9 |
| Rooks | 1,533 42.5% | 2,047 56.7% | 28 | 3,608 | R+14.2 |
| Clay | 1,231 34.3% | 2,314 64.4% | 46 | 3,591 | R+30.2 |
| Jackson | 1,318 37.8% | 2,129 61.0% | 41 | 3,488 | R+23.3 |
| Pawnee | 1,789 51.3% | 1,671 47.9% | 28 | 3,488 | D+3.4 |
| Phillips | 1,117 32.2% | 2,312 66.7% | 35 | 3,464 | R+34.5 |
| Mitchell | 1,420 42.2% | 1,908 56.8% | 33 | 3,361 | R+14.5 |
| Kingman | 1,497 45.0% | 1,792 53.9% | 36 | 3,325 | R+8.9 |
| Smith | 1,176 35.7% | 2,088 63.4% | 27 | 3,291 | R+27.7 |
| Jewell | 1,059 32.3% | 2,162 66.0% | 57 | 3,278 | R+33.6 |
| Norton | 1,162 35.9% | 2,054 63.4% | 25 | 3,241 | R+27.5 |
| Ellsworth | 1,510 47.3% | 1,654 51.8% | 28 | 3,192 | R+4.5 |
| Harper | 1,192 37.9% | 1,923 61.2% | 26 | 3,141 | R+23.3 |
| Stafford | 1,481 47.6% | 1,611 51.7% | 22 | 3,114 | R+4.2 |
| Coffey | 1,279 41.4% | 1,796 58.1% | 15 | 3,090 | R+16.7 |
| Jefferson | 1,225 39.9% | 1,804 58.7% | 43 | 3,072 | R+18.8 |
| Osborne | 1,153 38.2% | 1,828 60.5% | 39 | 3,020 | R+22.4 |
| Barber | 1,228 41.6% | 1,708 57.9% | 14 | 2,950 | R+16.3 |
| Washington | 1,122 38.2% | 1,797 61.2% | 18 | 2,937 | R+23.0 |
| Linn | 910 32.1% | 1,909 67.3% | 19 | 2,838 | R+35.2 |
| Doniphan | 878 31.0% | 1,933 68.3% | 18 | 2,829 | R+37.3 |
| Ottawa | 1,182 42.6% | 1,561 56.2% | 33 | 2,776 | R+13.7 |
| Wabaunsee | 1,203 44.2% | 1,494 54.9% | 24 | 2,721 | R+10.7 |
| Anderson | 1,038 38.9% | 1,609 60.2% | 24 | 2,671 | R+21.4 |
| Morris | 1,050 40.1% | 1,558 59.4% | 13 | 2,621 | R+19.4 |
| Thomas | 1,247 48.9% | 1,291 50.6% | 13 | 2,551 | R+1.7 |
| Sherman | 1,077 42.5% | 1,430 56.4% | 30 | 2,537 | R+13.9 |
| Rush | 1,267 51.8% | 1,161 47.5% | 16 | 2,444 | D+4.3 |
| Lincoln | 896 39.5% | 1,353 59.6% | 20 | 2,269 | R+20.1 |
| Decatur | 1,011 45.5% | 1,196 53.8% | 16 | 2,223 | R+8.3 |
| Ness | 1,072 49.7% | 1,070 49.6% | 15 | 2,157 | D+0.1 |
| Elk | 940 43.6% | 1,191 55.3% | 23 | 2,154 | R+11.7 |
| Graham | 942 44.0% | 1,174 54.9% | 23 | 2,139 | R+10.8 |
| Edwards | 1,068 50.3% | 1,030 48.5% | 24 | 2,122 | D+1.8 |
| Rawlins | 779 39.4% | 1,192 60.2% | 8 | 1,979 | R+20.9 |
| Logan | 834 43.3% | 1,075 55.8% | 16 | 1,925 | R+12.5 |
| Meade | 745 38.7% | 1,152 59.8% | 28 | 1,925 | R+21.1 |
| Woodson | 710 37.3% | 1,184 62.2% | 11 | 1,905 | R+24.9 |
| Chautauqua | 586 31.0% | 1,278 67.6% | 27 | 1,891 | R+36.6 |
| Trego | 960 51.1% | 906 48.3% | 11 | 1,877 | D+2.9 |
| Cheyenne | 632 34.8% | 1,163 64.0% | 22 | 1,817 | R+29.2 |
| Kiowa | 645 35.8% | 1,149 63.7% | 9 | 1,803 | R+28.0 |
| Stevens | 792 45.9% | 918 53.2% | 14 | 1,724 | R+7.3 |
| Gove | 955 56.1% | 720 42.3% | 27 | 1,702 | D+13.8 |
| Sheridan | 859 52.4% | 767 46.8% | 14 | 1,640 | D+5.6 |
| Scott | 755 46.2% | 874 53.5% | 5 | 1,634 | R+7.3 |
| Chase | 718 44.6% | 887 55.1% | 4 | 1,609 | R+10.5 |
| Gray | 799 54.5% | 657 44.8% | 9 | 1,465 | D+9.7 |
| Grant | 752 53.4% | 648 46.0% | 9 | 1,409 | D+7.4 |
| Morton | 756 53.7% | 636 45.2% | 15 | 1,407 | D+8.5 |
| Hamilton | 703 52.9% | 612 46.1% | 13 | 1,328 | D+6.9 |
| Clark | 569 43.3% | 735 56.0% | 9 | 1,313 | R+12.6 |
| Hodgeman | 604 47.7% | 653 51.6% | 9 | 1,266 | R+3.9 |
| Comanche | 500 40.3% | 732 58.9% | 10 | 1,242 | R+18.7 |
| Lane | 572 49.5% | 574 49.7% | 9 | 1,155 | R+0.2 |
| Haskell | 600 53.4% | 510 45.4% | 13 | 1,123 | D+8.0 |
| Kearny | 581 52.3% | 523 47.1% | 7 | 1,111 | D+5.2 |
| Wichita | 543 51.6% | 505 48.0% | 5 | 1,053 | D+3.6 |
| Wallace | 335 36.9% | 565 62.3% | 7 | 907 | R+25.4 |
| Stanton | 418 48.8% | 430 50.2% | 8 | 856 | R+1.4 |
| Greeley | 316 39.9% | 468 59.1% | 8 | 792 | R+19.2 |
Counties as they stood in 1962; 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 |