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Election 1994 Results

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1994 Kansas governor election

Bill Graves (Republican) beat Jim Slattery (Democrat) in Kansas in 1994, 64.1% to 35.9%, a margin of 28.2 points and 231,380 votes.

Kansas changed party: in 1990 it went Democratic, for Joan Finney.

Republicans led in 102 of the 105 counties and Democrats in 3. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 131,992 votes and went to the Republican by 26.6 points. The closest was Labette, where 259 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
Bill Graves won Republican 526,113 64.1%
Jim Slattery Democratic 294,733 35.9%
Total820,846

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 48,424 36.7% 83,568 63.3% 131,992 R+26.6
Johnson 34,112 29.3% 82,238 70.7% 116,350 R+41.4
Shawnee 29,159 44.9% 35,843 55.1% 65,002 R+10.3
Wyandotte 19,569 58.1% 14,084 41.9% 33,653 D+16.3
Douglas 12,281 45.3% 14,814 54.7% 27,095 R+9.3
Reno 8,259 37.3% 13,872 62.7% 22,131 R+25.4
Butler 6,181 34.2% 11,893 65.8% 18,074 R+31.6
Saline 5,161 28.9% 12,699 71.1% 17,860 R+42.2
Leavenworth 6,637 40.4% 9,792 59.6% 16,429 R+19.2
Riley 5,642 38.9% 8,871 61.1% 14,513 R+22.2
Montgomery 4,662 37.9% 7,624 62.1% 12,286 R+24.1
Crawford 6,225 51.3% 5,917 48.7% 12,142 D+2.5
Harvey 4,102 33.9% 8,006 66.1% 12,108 R+32.2
Cowley 4,508 37.6% 7,494 62.4% 12,002 R+24.9
Barton 2,812 26.5% 7,816 73.5% 10,628 R+47.1
Lyon 3,718 35.8% 6,663 64.2% 10,381 R+28.4
McPherson 2,820 28.2% 7,176 71.8% 9,996 R+43.6
Ellis 3,605 38.5% 5,762 61.5% 9,367 R+23.0
Sumner 3,190 36.9% 5,444 63.1% 8,634 R+26.1
Miami 3,106 39.3% 4,791 60.7% 7,897 R+21.3
Finney 2,240 28.8% 5,546 71.2% 7,786 R+42.5
Franklin 2,194 29.7% 5,182 70.3% 7,376 R+40.5
Labette 3,544 48.2% 3,803 51.8% 7,347 R+3.5
Ford 2,184 30.2% 5,044 69.8% 7,228 R+39.6
Dickinson 1,939 28.4% 4,877 71.6% 6,816 R+43.1
Cherokee 2,791 43.1% 3,683 56.9% 6,474 R+13.8
Pottawatomie 2,356 36.5% 4,106 63.5% 6,462 R+27.1
Jefferson 2,567 41.0% 3,697 59.0% 6,264 R+18.0
Osage 2,010 33.3% 4,028 66.7% 6,038 R+33.4
Atchison 3,360 56.6% 2,573 43.4% 5,933 D+13.3
Neosho 2,350 39.7% 3,572 60.3% 5,922 R+20.6
Bourbon 1,822 34.5% 3,460 65.5% 5,282 R+31.0
Geary 2,080 39.9% 3,137 60.1% 5,217 R+20.3
Marion 1,392 26.9% 3,785 73.1% 5,177 R+46.2
Allen 1,651 33.0% 3,346 67.0% 4,997 R+33.9
Jackson 2,059 42.5% 2,786 57.5% 4,845 R+15.0
Nemaha 2,133 44.5% 2,659 55.5% 4,792 R+11.0
Marshall 1,808 39.1% 2,820 60.9% 4,628 R+21.9
Seward 1,054 24.6% 3,239 75.4% 4,293 R+50.9
Rice 1,356 33.1% 2,738 66.9% 4,094 R+33.8
Brown 1,518 37.9% 2,490 62.1% 4,008 R+24.3
Cloud 1,229 31.0% 2,732 69.0% 3,961 R+37.9
Coffey 905 24.4% 2,803 75.6% 3,708 R+51.2
Clay 1,050 29.2% 2,544 70.8% 3,594 R+41.6
Thomas 989 28.7% 2,454 71.3% 3,443 R+42.6
Pratt 1,258 36.6% 2,177 63.4% 3,435 R+26.8
Kingman 1,076 31.7% 2,313 68.3% 3,389 R+36.5
Wilson 989 29.3% 2,382 70.7% 3,371 R+41.3
Russell 943 28.0% 2,419 72.0% 3,362 R+43.9
Greenwood 871 28.2% 2,216 71.8% 3,087 R+43.6
Wabaunsee 949 31.3% 2,080 68.7% 3,029 R+37.3
Linn 969 32.3% 2,027 67.7% 2,996 R+35.3
Doniphan 1,025 35.6% 1,858 64.4% 2,883 R+28.9
Anderson 939 32.8% 1,922 67.2% 2,861 R+34.4
Sherman 620 21.9% 2,207 78.1% 2,827 R+56.1
Pawnee 974 34.6% 1,842 65.4% 2,816 R+30.8
Mitchell 670 24.2% 2,097 75.8% 2,767 R+51.6
Republic 718 26.0% 2,040 74.0% 2,758 R+47.9
Washington 699 25.9% 2,005 74.1% 2,704 R+48.3
Harper 837 31.2% 1,843 68.8% 2,680 R+37.5
Ellsworth 788 30.7% 1,776 69.3% 2,564 R+38.5
Morris 817 32.3% 1,716 67.7% 2,533 R+35.5
Barber 826 32.7% 1,699 67.3% 2,525 R+34.6
Phillips 525 20.8% 2,000 79.2% 2,525 R+58.4
Ottawa 662 27.3% 1,765 72.7% 2,427 R+45.4
Rooks 565 24.1% 1,776 75.9% 2,341 R+51.7
Grant 409 18.2% 1,833 81.8% 2,242 R+63.5
Smith 624 28.1% 1,596 71.9% 2,220 R+43.8
Norton 526 23.8% 1,684 76.2% 2,210 R+52.4
Osborne 535 26.0% 1,525 74.0% 2,060 R+48.1
Stafford 621 30.2% 1,437 69.8% 2,058 R+39.7
Scott 380 18.5% 1,669 81.5% 2,049 R+62.9
Stevens 331 18.7% 1,442 81.3% 1,773 R+62.7
Meade 398 22.7% 1,357 77.3% 1,755 R+54.6
Lincoln 446 25.6% 1,299 74.4% 1,745 R+48.9
Gray 419 24.2% 1,310 75.8% 1,729 R+51.5
Ness 397 23.2% 1,313 76.8% 1,710 R+53.6
Cheyenne 413 25.4% 1,214 74.6% 1,627 R+49.2
Rush 469 28.9% 1,152 71.1% 1,621 R+42.1
Jewell 302 18.7% 1,310 81.3% 1,612 R+62.5
Decatur 330 21.3% 1,216 78.7% 1,546 R+57.3
Trego 404 26.3% 1,132 73.7% 1,536 R+47.4
Edwards 448 29.4% 1,074 70.6% 1,522 R+41.1
Woodson 528 35.9% 944 64.1% 1,472 R+28.3
Rawlins 411 28.7% 1,022 71.3% 1,433 R+42.6
Elk 435 30.7% 981 69.3% 1,416 R+38.6
Kiowa 378 26.7% 1,036 73.3% 1,414 R+46.5
Chautauqua 400 28.6% 998 71.4% 1,398 R+42.8
Graham 319 23.6% 1,033 76.4% 1,352 R+52.8
Gove 352 26.3% 986 73.7% 1,338 R+47.4
Morton 396 30.2% 916 69.8% 1,312 R+39.6
Kearny 262 20.2% 1,035 79.8% 1,297 R+59.6
Logan 325 25.1% 968 74.9% 1,293 R+49.7
Haskell 301 23.4% 985 76.6% 1,286 R+53.2
Sheridan 345 27.3% 918 72.7% 1,263 R+45.4
Chase 418 33.2% 841 66.8% 1,259 R+33.6
Clark 302 28.9% 743 71.1% 1,045 R+42.2
Hodgeman 250 24.1% 788 75.9% 1,038 R+51.8
Lane 197 19.7% 803 80.3% 1,000 R+60.6
Hamilton 293 29.4% 705 70.6% 998 R+41.3
Wichita 209 21.9% 745 78.1% 954 R+56.2
Comanche 233 26.2% 656 73.8% 889 R+47.6
Greeley 195 25.1% 583 74.9% 778 R+49.9
Wallace 136 17.6% 635 82.4% 771 R+64.7
Stanton 122 16.9% 598 83.1% 720 R+66.1

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