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Election 1978 Results

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1978 Kansas governor election

John Carlin (Democrat) beat Robert F. Bennett (Republican) in Kansas in 1978, 49.4% to 47.3%, a margin of 2.1 points and 15,820 votes.

Kansas changed party: in 1974 it went Republican, for Robert F. Bennett.

Republicans led in 61 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 44. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 106,578 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.7 points. The closest was Haskell, 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
John Carlin won Democratic 363,835 49.4%
Robert F. Bennett Republican 348,015 47.3%
All other candidates 24,396 3.3%
Total736,246

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 57,978 54.4% 43,381 40.7% 5,219 106,578 D+13.7
Johnson 25,493 32.4% 51,166 65.0% 2,093 78,752 R+32.6
Shawnee 30,544 51.6% 27,003 45.6% 1,682 59,229 D+6.0
Wyandotte 25,538 60.3% 13,722 32.4% 3,068 42,328 D+27.9
Reno 13,469 61.5% 7,814 35.7% 602 21,885 D+25.8
Douglas 10,050 49.3% 9,909 48.6% 438 20,397 D+0.7
Saline 10,003 60.0% 6,429 38.6% 231 16,663 D+21.4
Butler 7,856 57.7% 5,389 39.5% 381 13,626 D+18.1
Crawford 7,075 54.9% 5,520 42.9% 287 12,882 D+12.1
Riley 5,086 39.5% 7,519 58.5% 255 12,860 R+18.9
Montgomery 5,028 41.8% 5,477 45.5% 1,521 12,026 R+3.7
Cowley 6,633 55.5% 5,053 42.2% 275 11,961 D+13.2
Leavenworth 6,301 56.1% 4,514 40.2% 424 11,239 D+15.9
Lyon 5,046 45.9% 5,326 48.5% 612 10,984 R+2.5
Barton 5,342 49.6% 5,176 48.1% 248 10,766 D+1.5
Harvey 4,723 50.8% 4,347 46.8% 228 9,298 D+4.0
McPherson 4,900 54.1% 3,974 43.8% 190 9,064 D+10.2
Ellis 5,772 66.2% 2,854 32.7% 99 8,725 D+33.4
Ford 4,035 49.8% 3,844 47.5% 222 8,101 D+2.4
Sumner 4,547 56.3% 3,265 40.4% 263 8,075 D+15.9
Labette 4,069 51.7% 3,436 43.7% 363 7,868 D+8.0
Dickinson 3,263 45.4% 3,797 52.8% 130 7,190 R+7.4
Cherokee 4,211 58.9% 2,782 38.9% 159 7,152 D+20.0
Finney 3,002 45.6% 3,417 51.9% 168 6,587 R+6.3
Atchison 2,930 46.7% 3,262 52.0% 80 6,272 R+5.3
Neosho 2,910 47.6% 3,034 49.6% 172 6,116 R+2.0
Franklin 3,059 50.3% 2,893 47.6% 126 6,078 D+2.7
Bourbon 2,736 45.4% 3,114 51.7% 170 6,020 R+6.3
Miami 3,351 57.2% 2,395 40.9% 110 5,856 D+16.3
Marshall 2,517 46.7% 2,752 51.0% 124 5,393 R+4.4
Geary 2,696 50.2% 2,563 47.7% 116 5,375 D+2.5
Osage 2,641 52.2% 2,295 45.4% 120 5,056 D+6.8
Rice 2,782 55.9% 2,108 42.4% 85 4,975 D+13.5
Pottawatomie 2,112 42.7% 2,741 55.5% 90 4,943 R+12.7
Jefferson 2,377 50.1% 2,253 47.5% 117 4,747 D+2.6
Marion 2,099 44.6% 2,512 53.4% 96 4,707 R+8.8
Nemaha 2,438 52.4% 2,139 46.0% 72 4,649 D+6.4
Allen 2,106 45.4% 2,423 52.2% 111 4,640 R+6.8
Cloud 2,468 53.6% 2,064 44.8% 72 4,604 D+8.8
Brown 1,817 41.1% 2,527 57.2% 72 4,416 R+16.1
Seward 1,614 38.2% 2,474 58.6% 134 4,222 R+20.4
Jackson 1,920 47.9% 2,017 50.3% 70 4,007 R+2.4
Clay 1,295 34.9% 2,348 63.3% 67 3,710 R+28.4
Russell 1,522 41.3% 2,089 56.7% 73 3,684 R+15.4
Wilson 1,472 40.4% 1,978 54.3% 190 3,640 R+13.9
Pratt 1,993 54.9% 1,564 43.0% 76 3,633 D+11.8
Greenwood 1,556 44.9% 1,640 47.3% 270 3,466 R+2.4
Mitchell 1,511 46.5% 1,686 51.9% 50 3,247 R+5.4
Kingman 1,788 55.5% 1,350 41.9% 83 3,221 D+13.6
Phillips 1,157 37.0% 1,900 60.7% 72 3,129 R+23.7
Washington 1,197 38.5% 1,863 59.8% 53 3,113 R+21.4
Pawnee 1,739 55.9% 1,321 42.4% 52 3,112 D+13.4
Thomas 1,279 41.1% 1,763 56.7% 70 3,112 R+15.6
Republic 1,717 55.7% 1,289 41.8% 79 3,085 D+13.9
Anderson 1,478 49.2% 1,456 48.4% 72 3,006 D+0.7
Coffey 1,322 45.1% 1,528 52.1% 81 2,931 R+7.0
Wabaunsee 1,188 41.8% 1,591 55.9% 66 2,845 R+14.2
Harper 1,384 49.8% 1,336 48.1% 57 2,777 D+1.7
Morris 1,273 46.2% 1,400 50.8% 81 2,754 R+4.6
Norton 955 34.9% 1,745 63.8% 36 2,736 R+28.9
Doniphan 1,018 37.5% 1,623 59.8% 72 2,713 R+22.3
Ellsworth 1,594 60.1% 1,025 38.7% 32 2,651 D+21.5
Smith 1,042 40.5% 1,473 57.2% 58 2,573 R+16.8
Rooks 1,238 48.2% 1,279 49.8% 51 2,568 R+1.6
Linn 1,087 43.5% 1,365 54.6% 46 2,498 R+11.1
Stafford 1,382 55.7% 1,049 42.3% 48 2,479 D+13.4
Sherman 1,079 46.2% 1,198 51.3% 59 2,336 R+5.1
Ottawa 1,223 53.8% 1,020 44.9% 29 2,272 D+8.9
Osborne 1,072 48.3% 1,106 49.8% 41 2,219 R+1.5
Barber 1,085 49.4% 1,040 47.4% 70 2,195 D+2.1
Jewell 821 37.9% 1,285 59.4% 59 2,165 R+21.4
Rush 1,073 52.2% 949 46.2% 34 2,056 D+6.0
Ness 941 50.0% 883 46.9% 59 1,883 D+3.1
Lincoln 863 46.9% 950 51.6% 27 1,840 R+4.7
Edwards 980 54.6% 778 43.3% 37 1,795 D+11.3
Grant 777 45.5% 891 52.2% 38 1,706 R+6.7
Gray 858 50.5% 813 47.9% 28 1,699 D+2.6
Decatur 722 42.6% 935 55.1% 39 1,696 R+12.6
Woodson 762 45.4% 859 51.2% 56 1,677 R+5.8
Trego 838 50.7% 793 47.9% 23 1,654 D+2.7
Meade 738 46.3% 813 51.0% 44 1,595 R+4.7
Scott 642 41.8% 831 54.1% 64 1,537 R+12.3
Rawlins 596 39.1% 885 58.1% 43 1,524 R+19.0
Stevens 725 47.7% 749 49.3% 46 1,520 R+1.6
Cheyenne 458 30.6% 1,012 67.7% 25 1,495 R+37.1
Elk 595 41.3% 784 54.4% 61 1,440 R+13.1
Kiowa 697 49.0% 684 48.1% 41 1,422 D+0.9
Graham 560 39.6% 832 58.8% 22 1,414 R+19.2
Chautauqua 473 33.5% 843 59.7% 96 1,412 R+26.2
Sheridan 655 48.2% 660 48.6% 44 1,359 R+0.4
Logan 567 42.0% 757 56.0% 27 1,351 R+14.1
Gove 583 43.8% 728 54.7% 20 1,331 R+10.9
Chase 652 50.4% 618 47.8% 23 1,293 D+2.6
Clark 521 45.1% 600 51.9% 34 1,155 R+6.8
Hamilton 574 52.4% 482 44.0% 40 1,096 D+8.4
Haskell 520 48.5% 521 48.6% 31 1,072 R+0.1
Lane 435 42.6% 570 55.8% 17 1,022 R+13.2
Morton 478 47.0% 504 49.6% 34 1,016 R+2.6
Hodgeman 425 43.7% 528 54.3% 19 972 R+10.6
Comanche 432 44.6% 517 53.4% 20 969 R+8.8
Wichita 407 42.1% 529 54.8% 30 966 R+12.6
Kearny 435 46.9% 474 51.1% 19 928 R+4.2
Wallace 300 38.5% 448 57.4% 32 780 R+19.0
Stanton 261 34.6% 475 63.0% 18 754 R+28.4
Greeley 288 45.4% 330 52.0% 17 635 R+6.6

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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