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Election 1966 Results

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1966 Kansas governor election

Robert Docking (Democrat) beat William H. Avery (Republican) in Kansas in 1966, 54.8% to 43.9%, a margin of 10.9 points and 75,705 votes.

Kansas changed party: in 1964 it went Republican, for William H. Avery.

Democrats led in 66 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 39. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 93,397 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.5 points. The closest was Russell, where 1 vote 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
Robert Docking won Democratic 380,030 54.8%
William H. Avery Republican 304,325 43.9%
All other candidates 8,600 1.2%
Total692,955

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 55,626 59.6% 36,448 39.0% 1,323 93,397 D+20.5
Johnson 25,736 46.7% 28,832 52.4% 486 55,054 R+5.6
Shawnee 27,037 57.6% 19,526 41.6% 414 46,977 D+16.0
Wyandotte 31,375 68.3% 13,348 29.0% 1,247 45,970 D+39.2
Reno 11,578 59.6% 7,579 39.0% 257 19,414 D+20.6
Montgomery 7,796 55.7% 6,062 43.3% 146 14,004 D+12.4
Crawford 7,670 54.9% 6,189 44.3% 121 13,980 D+10.6
Douglas 7,083 52.5% 6,255 46.4% 153 13,491 D+6.1
Butler 7,712 59.3% 5,136 39.5% 168 13,016 D+19.8
Cowley 7,721 60.8% 4,869 38.4% 101 12,691 D+22.5
Saline 6,099 48.5% 6,333 50.4% 131 12,563 R+1.9
Leavenworth 6,755 59.5% 4,498 39.6% 92 11,345 D+19.9
Barton 6,587 60.7% 4,170 38.4% 101 10,858 D+22.3
Riley 4,363 44.3% 5,326 54.1% 157 9,846 R+9.8
Harvey 5,249 54.3% 4,310 44.5% 116 9,675 D+9.7
Lyon 5,453 57.1% 4,005 42.0% 85 9,543 D+15.2
Sumner 5,410 61.7% 3,280 37.4% 80 8,770 D+24.3
Labette 4,804 55.1% 3,782 43.4% 126 8,712 D+11.7
McPherson 4,107 49.1% 4,101 49.0% 153 8,361 D+0.1
Dickinson 3,605 47.9% 3,809 50.7% 106 7,520 R+2.7
Ford 4,364 60.7% 2,757 38.4% 63 7,184 D+22.4
Neosho 3,759 54.7% 3,031 44.1% 80 6,870 D+10.6
Atchison 3,794 56.8% 2,837 42.5% 50 6,681 D+14.3
Ellis 4,287 64.7% 2,291 34.6% 48 6,626 D+30.1
Cherokee 3,689 55.8% 2,866 43.3% 60 6,615 D+12.4
Bourbon 3,179 50.8% 3,011 48.1% 65 6,255 D+2.7
Franklin 3,154 51.1% 2,925 47.4% 92 6,171 D+3.7
Marshall 3,360 55.7% 2,606 43.2% 67 6,033 D+12.5
Miami 3,455 59.8% 2,273 39.3% 53 5,781 D+20.4
Rice 2,786 53.8% 2,342 45.2% 54 5,182 D+8.6
Allen 2,670 51.9% 2,425 47.2% 47 5,142 D+4.8
Marion 2,180 43.4% 2,742 54.6% 98 5,020 R+11.2
Nemaha 2,987 59.6% 1,989 39.7% 33 5,009 D+19.9
Geary 2,752 55.5% 2,146 43.2% 65 4,963 D+12.2
Osage 2,792 58.4% 1,932 40.4% 58 4,782 D+18.0
Cloud 2,642 55.3% 2,073 43.4% 65 4,780 D+11.9
Wilson 2,057 45.2% 2,423 53.2% 73 4,553 R+8.0
Brown 1,800 40.2% 2,647 59.1% 31 4,478 R+18.9
Pottawatomie 2,314 52.3% 2,069 46.8% 39 4,422 D+5.5
Finney 2,214 50.1% 2,161 48.9% 40 4,415 D+1.2
Clay 1,691 38.3% 2,653 60.1% 69 4,413 R+21.8
Russell 2,074 49.3% 2,075 49.3% 59 4,208 level
Jackson 2,077 50.2% 2,011 48.6% 46 4,134 D+1.6
Seward 2,123 52.8% 1,869 46.4% 32 4,024 D+6.3
Pratt 2,074 51.6% 1,905 47.4% 40 4,019 D+4.2
Republic 1,909 48.0% 2,002 50.4% 63 3,974 R+2.3
Greenwood 1,790 47.3% 1,947 51.5% 45 3,782 R+4.2
Washington 1,659 44.9% 1,991 53.9% 47 3,697 R+9.0
Jefferson 1,931 53.2% 1,631 44.9% 67 3,629 D+8.3
Pawnee 2,261 65.3% 1,172 33.8% 32 3,465 D+31.4
Phillips 1,588 46.6% 1,763 51.7% 60 3,411 R+5.1
Kingman 2,095 62.1% 1,240 36.8% 36 3,371 D+25.4
Rooks 1,637 49.5% 1,626 49.2% 42 3,305 D+0.3
Norton 1,362 41.8% 1,868 57.3% 31 3,261 R+15.5
Mitchell 1,818 56.0% 1,383 42.6% 46 3,247 D+13.4
Harper 1,566 48.5% 1,634 50.6% 32 3,232 R+2.1
Anderson 1,683 52.4% 1,501 46.8% 25 3,209 D+5.7
Smith 1,277 40.6% 1,822 57.9% 49 3,148 R+17.3
Ellsworth 1,729 55.6% 1,374 44.2% 5 3,108 D+11.4
Linn 1,360 44.4% 1,677 54.8% 23 3,060 R+10.4
Morris 1,544 50.8% 1,443 47.4% 55 3,042 D+3.3
Osborne 1,328 45.4% 1,573 53.8% 24 2,925 R+8.4
Coffey 1,429 49.1% 1,450 49.8% 30 2,909 R+0.7
Jewell 1,224 42.5% 1,602 55.6% 57 2,883 R+13.1
Barber 1,517 52.7% 1,345 46.7% 17 2,879 D+6.0
Stafford 1,545 54.2% 1,276 44.8% 28 2,849 D+9.4
Doniphan 1,136 42.2% 1,547 57.4% 11 2,694 R+15.3
Wabaunsee 1,275 47.9% 1,358 51.0% 30 2,663 R+3.1
Sherman 1,380 52.0% 1,222 46.0% 52 2,654 D+6.0
Thomas 1,395 52.8% 1,211 45.9% 35 2,641 D+7.0
Ottawa 1,166 47.7% 1,248 51.0% 32 2,446 R+3.4
Decatur 1,157 49.6% 1,160 49.7% 16 2,333 R+0.1
Rush 1,345 58.3% 943 40.9% 20 2,308 D+17.4
Lincoln 1,022 46.5% 1,151 52.3% 26 2,199 R+5.9
Ness 1,184 54.6% 958 44.2% 27 2,169 D+10.4
Graham 1,115 53.3% 947 45.3% 28 2,090 D+8.0
Woodson 1,017 49.1% 1,029 49.7% 25 2,071 R+0.6
Meade 1,008 49.0% 1,022 49.6% 29 2,059 R+0.7
Edwards 1,163 57.2% 864 42.5% 6 2,033 D+14.7
Chautauqua 872 43.7% 1,103 55.2% 22 1,997 R+11.6
Elk 906 46.4% 1,021 52.3% 24 1,951 R+5.9
Rawlins 887 46.8% 970 51.2% 38 1,895 R+4.4
Kiowa 855 46.1% 970 52.3% 30 1,855 R+6.2
Scott 822 46.4% 928 52.4% 21 1,771 R+6.0
Trego 894 52.1% 796 46.4% 26 1,716 D+5.7
Gove 911 54.9% 720 43.4% 27 1,658 D+11.5
Logan 762 46.4% 851 51.8% 29 1,642 R+5.4
Stevens 838 51.3% 779 47.7% 15 1,632 D+3.6
Sheridan 935 57.7% 670 41.3% 16 1,621 D+16.3
Cheyenne 629 39.7% 924 58.3% 32 1,585 R+18.6
Chase 800 50.5% 760 48.0% 24 1,584 D+2.5
Gray 808 54.4% 672 45.3% 4 1,484 D+9.2
Grant 720 50.6% 688 48.3% 15 1,423 D+2.2
Clark 672 47.8% 713 50.7% 21 1,406 R+2.9
Comanche 621 44.5% 764 54.7% 12 1,397 R+10.2
Morton 792 59.4% 534 40.1% 7 1,333 D+19.4
Lane 620 48.9% 642 50.7% 5 1,267 R+1.7
Hamilton 605 51.0% 572 48.2% 10 1,187 D+2.8
Haskell 622 54.8% 504 44.4% 10 1,136 D+10.4
Hodgeman 578 52.6% 512 46.6% 9 1,099 D+6.0
Kearny 557 50.9% 531 48.5% 7 1,095 D+2.4
Wichita 527 53.3% 449 45.4% 13 989 D+7.9
Wallace 410 44.6% 482 52.4% 27 919 R+7.8
Stanton 453 51.0% 429 48.3% 7 889 D+2.7
Greeley 279 38.2% 444 60.7% 8 731 R+22.6

Counties as they stood in 1966; 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