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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.

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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
John Anderson Jr. won Republican 341,257 53.4%
Dale E. Saffels Democratic 291,285 45.6%
All other candidates 6,248 1.0%
Total638,790

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
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

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