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Election 1990 Results

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1990 Kansas governor election

Joan Finney (Democrat) beat Mike Hayden (Republican) in Kansas in 1990, 48.6% to 42.6%, a margin of 6.0 points and 47,020 votes.

Kansas changed party: in 1986 it went Republican, for Mike Hayden.

Republicans led in 64 of the 105 counties and Democrats in 41. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 123,324 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.4 points. The closest was Gove, where 7 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
Joan Finney won Democratic 380,609 48.6%
Mike Hayden Republican 333,589 42.6%
Christina Campbell-Cline Independent 69,127 8.8%
Total783,325

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 62,299 50.5% 50,664 41.1% 10,361 123,324 D+9.4
Johnson 45,046 43.8% 46,116 44.8% 11,699 102,861 R+1.0
Shawnee 36,130 55.9% 24,156 37.3% 4,399 64,685 D+18.5
Wyandotte 27,538 73.5% 7,395 19.7% 2,520 37,453 D+53.8
Douglas 8,993 36.5% 12,579 51.1% 3,063 24,635 R+14.6
Reno 10,224 49.7% 8,467 41.2% 1,882 20,573 D+8.5
Saline 7,530 44.7% 7,786 46.2% 1,520 16,836 R+1.5
Butler 8,230 49.2% 7,005 41.9% 1,486 16,721 D+7.3
Leavenworth 8,649 62.3% 3,748 27.0% 1,494 13,891 D+35.3
Riley 4,859 38.8% 6,331 50.5% 1,343 12,533 R+11.7
Crawford 6,346 54.4% 4,383 37.5% 946 11,675 D+16.8
Montgomery 5,905 51.1% 4,780 41.4% 860 11,545 D+9.7
Cowley 5,675 50.4% 4,570 40.6% 1,021 11,266 D+9.8
Harvey 5,329 50.3% 4,304 40.7% 953 10,586 D+9.7
Lyon 5,410 52.2% 3,795 36.6% 1,166 10,371 D+15.6
Barton 4,413 43.7% 4,907 48.6% 785 10,105 R+4.9
McPherson 4,556 46.4% 4,288 43.7% 967 9,811 D+2.7
Ellis 4,845 53.5% 3,652 40.3% 559 9,056 D+13.2
Sumner 4,564 55.1% 2,982 36.0% 741 8,287 D+19.1
Ford 3,466 43.7% 3,979 50.1% 494 7,939 R+6.5
Labette 3,825 50.1% 3,389 44.4% 419 7,633 D+5.7
Finney 2,791 39.5% 3,905 55.2% 374 7,070 R+15.8
Miami 3,853 56.7% 2,225 32.8% 715 6,793 D+24.0
Franklin 3,013 44.7% 2,664 39.6% 1,056 6,733 D+5.2
Dickinson 2,816 42.6% 3,121 47.2% 680 6,617 R+4.6
Cherokee 3,296 51.0% 2,738 42.4% 428 6,462 D+8.6
Neosho 3,037 51.1% 2,396 40.3% 508 5,941 D+10.8
Osage 3,080 53.4% 2,055 35.6% 637 5,772 D+17.8
Jefferson 3,143 54.8% 2,028 35.4% 564 5,735 D+19.4
Pottawatomie 2,866 50.3% 2,243 39.3% 593 5,702 D+10.9
Bourbon 2,676 53.5% 1,938 38.7% 391 5,005 D+14.7
Atchison 2,966 60.1% 1,529 31.0% 437 4,932 D+29.1
Marion 1,912 38.9% 2,617 53.2% 387 4,916 R+14.3
Geary 2,142 43.6% 2,419 49.2% 354 4,915 R+5.6
Allen 2,164 44.4% 2,240 46.0% 469 4,873 R+1.6
Marshall 2,482 51.7% 1,931 40.2% 388 4,801 D+11.5
Nemaha 2,577 55.4% 1,827 39.3% 247 4,651 D+16.1
Jackson 2,139 48.8% 1,927 44.0% 313 4,379 D+4.8
Seward 1,592 36.7% 2,415 55.7% 331 4,338 R+19.0
Rice 2,029 49.2% 1,714 41.6% 379 4,122 D+7.6
Brown 1,575 38.6% 2,126 52.2% 375 4,076 R+13.5
Cloud 2,254 55.6% 1,504 37.1% 294 4,052 D+18.5
Clay 1,595 43.1% 1,765 47.7% 344 3,704 R+4.6
Pratt 1,627 44.5% 1,704 46.6% 323 3,654 R+2.1
Coffey 1,325 37.0% 1,825 51.0% 427 3,577 R+14.0
Wilson 1,391 39.4% 1,864 52.9% 271 3,526 R+13.4
Russell 1,646 47.8% 1,561 45.3% 238 3,445 D+2.5
Kingman 1,851 54.2% 1,310 38.3% 255 3,416 D+15.8
Greenwood 1,588 47.2% 1,433 42.6% 341 3,362 D+4.6
Thomas 1,090 34.9% 1,734 55.5% 302 3,126 R+20.6
Mitchell 1,237 40.4% 1,570 51.3% 252 3,059 R+10.9
Anderson 1,347 44.8% 1,134 37.7% 528 3,009 D+7.1
Washington 1,203 40.6% 1,500 50.6% 263 2,966 R+10.0
Republic 1,122 38.1% 1,569 53.3% 251 2,942 R+15.2
Doniphan 1,536 52.5% 1,135 38.8% 255 2,926 D+13.7
Wabaunsee 1,320 45.9% 1,285 44.7% 270 2,875 D+1.2
Pawnee 1,075 38.4% 1,534 54.9% 187 2,796 R+16.4
Harper 1,424 51.9% 1,123 41.0% 195 2,742 D+11.0
Linn 1,355 49.5% 1,181 43.1% 202 2,738 D+6.4
Phillips 810 30.6% 1,674 63.2% 165 2,649 R+32.6
Ellsworth 1,149 44.0% 1,283 49.1% 181 2,613 R+5.1
Norton 891 34.6% 1,520 59.1% 162 2,573 R+24.4
Rooks 1,069 42.2% 1,242 49.0% 224 2,535 R+6.8
Sherman 837 33.2% 1,478 58.7% 205 2,520 R+25.4
Morris 1,126 45.5% 1,061 42.9% 289 2,476 D+2.6
Smith 754 33.5% 1,302 57.8% 197 2,253 R+24.3
Ottawa 898 40.1% 1,155 51.5% 189 2,242 R+11.5
Barber 1,152 51.8% 905 40.7% 167 2,224 D+11.1
Stafford 964 43.6% 1,082 48.9% 167 2,213 R+5.3
Osborne 882 40.3% 1,156 52.9% 148 2,186 R+12.5
Lincoln 720 35.0% 1,155 56.1% 184 2,059 R+21.1
Scott 593 29.9% 1,249 62.9% 143 1,985 R+33.0
Grant 689 35.0% 1,138 57.9% 140 1,967 R+22.8
Ness 807 42.8% 920 48.8% 158 1,885 R+6.0
Rush 879 47.5% 829 44.8% 141 1,849 D+2.7
Rawlins 371 20.3% 1,395 76.2% 64 1,830 R+56.0
Jewell 605 34.6% 1,045 59.7% 101 1,751 R+25.1
Stevens 690 39.6% 903 51.8% 151 1,744 R+12.2
Gray 603 34.6% 998 57.3% 140 1,741 R+22.7
Decatur 448 25.8% 1,218 70.1% 71 1,737 R+44.3
Meade 628 38.1% 942 57.2% 78 1,648 R+19.1
Trego 643 40.6% 819 51.8% 120 1,582 R+11.1
Woodson 669 42.7% 789 50.4% 107 1,565 R+7.7
Edwards 743 48.5% 663 43.3% 125 1,531 D+5.2
Gove 669 45.7% 676 46.1% 120 1,465 R+0.5
Graham 568 39.9% 750 52.7% 105 1,423 R+12.8
Kiowa 480 33.8% 823 57.9% 118 1,421 R+24.1
Elk 628 44.6% 673 47.8% 106 1,407 R+3.2
Chautauqua 613 43.8% 675 48.2% 112 1,400 R+4.4
Sheridan 568 40.7% 728 52.1% 101 1,397 R+11.5
Kearny 435 33.1% 786 59.8% 93 1,314 R+26.7
Morton 504 38.4% 692 52.7% 118 1,314 R+14.3
Cheyenne 332 26.4% 862 68.6% 63 1,257 R+42.2
Logan 441 35.8% 695 56.5% 95 1,231 R+20.6
Chase 525 43.6% 534 44.3% 146 1,205 R+0.7
Haskell 430 35.8% 695 57.8% 77 1,202 R+22.0
Clark 410 36.6% 610 54.4% 101 1,121 R+17.8
Hamilton 372 34.9% 656 61.5% 38 1,066 R+26.6
Lane 315 29.6% 686 64.5% 63 1,064 R+34.9
Hodgeman 353 35.4% 591 59.3% 53 997 R+23.9
Comanche 325 34.1% 584 61.2% 45 954 R+27.1
Stanton 255 29.2% 550 63.0% 68 873 R+33.8
Wichita 356 41.8% 444 52.2% 51 851 R+10.3
Wallace 224 28.3% 499 63.0% 69 792 R+34.7
Greeley 219 32.3% 394 58.0% 66 679 R+25.8

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