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Election 2018 Results

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2018 Kansas governor election

Laura Kelly (Democrat) beat Kris Kobach (Republican) in Kansas in 2018, 48.0% to 43.0%, a margin of 5.0 points and 53,082 votes.

Kansas changed party: in 2014 it went Republican, for Sam Brownback.

Republicans led in 96 of the 105 counties and Democrats in 9. The largest, Johnson, cast 271,017 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.7 points. The closest was Geary, where 66 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
Laura Kelly won Democratic 506,727 48.0%
Kris Kobach Republican 453,645 43.0%
Greg Orman Independent 68,590 6.5%
All other candidates 26,604 2.5%
Total1,055,566

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Johnson 148,082 54.6% 102,813 37.9% 20,122 271,017 D+16.7
Sedgwick 81,011 48.2% 70,879 42.2% 16,184 168,074 D+6.0
Shawnee 40,936 57.9% 23,933 33.8% 5,872 70,741 D+24.0
Douglas 36,678 74.1% 10,154 20.5% 2,686 49,518 D+53.6
Wyandotte 28,285 67.1% 10,526 25.0% 3,315 42,126 D+42.2
Leavenworth 11,802 44.8% 12,379 47.0% 2,159 26,340 R+2.2
Butler 8,651 36.1% 12,822 53.5% 2,494 23,967 R+17.4
Reno 8,799 41.9% 9,892 47.1% 2,331 21,022 R+5.2
Riley 11,280 56.8% 6,514 32.8% 2,068 19,862 D+24.0
Saline 8,181 44.5% 8,384 45.6% 1,814 18,379 R+1.1
Harvey 6,450 47.0% 5,872 42.8% 1,400 13,722 D+4.2
Miami 4,842 37.0% 7,160 54.7% 1,098 13,100 R+17.7
Crawford 6,294 48.9% 5,662 44.0% 922 12,878 D+4.9
McPherson 4,440 39.1% 5,832 51.4% 1,077 11,349 R+12.3
Lyon 5,679 52.1% 3,920 36.0% 1,300 10,899 D+16.1
Cowley 4,221 40.1% 5,165 49.1% 1,143 10,529 R+9.0
Ellis 4,243 40.6% 5,138 49.2% 1,066 10,447 R+8.6
Pottawatomie 3,344 34.0% 5,384 54.8% 1,093 9,821 R+20.8
Montgomery 2,931 30.0% 6,133 62.7% 722 9,786 R+32.7
Franklin 3,806 40.6% 4,742 50.6% 828 9,376 R+10.0
Finney 3,192 36.8% 3,891 44.8% 1,597 8,680 R+8.1
Barton 2,645 30.8% 4,841 56.4% 1,101 8,587 R+25.6
Sumner 2,827 35.4% 4,203 52.6% 964 7,994 R+17.2
Jefferson 3,306 43.7% 3,485 46.1% 771 7,562 R+2.4
Ford 2,582 36.3% 3,574 50.2% 959 7,115 R+13.9
Cherokee 2,314 33.1% 4,284 61.3% 393 6,991 R+28.2
Dickinson 2,265 33.5% 3,790 56.0% 707 6,762 R+22.6
Labette 2,646 41.7% 3,273 51.6% 422 6,341 R+9.9
Osage 2,525 40.0% 2,964 47.0% 817 6,306 R+7.0
Geary 2,703 43.8% 2,769 44.9% 697 6,169 R+1.1
Atchison 2,447 44.7% 2,558 46.7% 467 5,472 R+2.0
Neosho 2,069 38.0% 2,930 53.9% 441 5,440 R+15.8
Jackson 2,088 39.3% 2,565 48.3% 656 5,309 R+9.0
Bourbon 1,576 31.9% 2,970 60.2% 387 4,933 R+28.3
Marion 1,785 36.7% 2,564 52.7% 513 4,862 R+16.0
Nemaha 1,415 30.9% 2,605 56.9% 560 4,580 R+26.0
Allen 1,795 40.5% 2,292 51.7% 349 4,436 R+11.2
Seward 1,394 36.5% 2,009 52.7% 412 3,815 R+16.1
Linn 1,091 29.0% 2,401 63.7% 275 3,767 R+34.8
Marshall 1,449 41.5% 1,581 45.3% 458 3,488 R+3.8
Coffey 1,082 31.1% 1,926 55.4% 467 3,475 R+24.3
Brown 1,133 33.4% 1,836 54.2% 419 3,388 R+20.7
Pratt 1,221 37.4% 1,701 52.0% 347 3,269 R+14.7
Cloud 1,092 33.7% 1,744 53.8% 407 3,243 R+20.1
Clay 1,040 32.7% 1,743 54.9% 393 3,176 R+22.1
Wabaunsee 1,233 39.2% 1,582 50.3% 333 3,148 R+11.1
Rice 963 31.2% 1,729 56.0% 396 3,088 R+24.8
Thomas 813 26.9% 1,856 61.3% 358 3,027 R+34.5
Kingman 891 29.8% 1,764 58.9% 338 2,993 R+29.2
Wilson 921 30.9% 1,869 62.7% 191 2,981 R+31.8
Anderson 957 34.6% 1,596 57.7% 212 2,765 R+23.1
Russell 783 29.1% 1,564 58.2% 340 2,687 R+29.1
Doniphan 749 28.8% 1,699 65.4% 151 2,599 R+36.6
Mitchell 876 35.1% 1,375 55.0% 248 2,499 R+20.0
Ottawa 669 27.4% 1,497 61.4% 272 2,438 R+34.0
Ellsworth 840 36.5% 1,168 50.8% 293 2,301 R+14.3
Washington 626 27.6% 1,342 59.2% 299 2,267 R+31.6
Morris 898 39.9% 1,106 49.2% 246 2,250 R+9.2
Pawnee 837 37.3% 1,145 51.1% 260 2,242 R+13.7
Phillips 518 23.9% 1,419 65.4% 233 2,170 R+41.5
Rooks 506 23.5% 1,409 65.5% 236 2,151 R+42.0
Greenwood 653 30.6% 1,214 56.9% 268 2,135 R+26.3
Sherman 510 24.3% 1,376 65.4% 217 2,103 R+41.2
Harper 570 27.9% 1,243 60.8% 233 2,046 R+32.9
Republic 592 29.2% 1,245 61.5% 188 2,025 R+32.2
Norton 511 27.0% 1,187 62.8% 193 1,891 R+35.7
Scott 324 17.4% 1,244 66.7% 296 1,864 R+49.4
Grant 451 24.6% 1,096 59.7% 288 1,835 R+35.1
Gray 347 19.4% 1,138 63.5% 306 1,791 R+44.2
Barber 396 22.5% 1,155 65.7% 206 1,757 R+43.2
Stafford 458 28.3% 950 58.6% 212 1,620 R+30.4
Smith 418 25.9% 1,074 66.5% 122 1,614 R+40.6
Stevens 274 18.1% 1,042 68.7% 201 1,517 R+50.6
Osborne 413 27.6% 907 60.5% 178 1,498 R+33.0
Meade 311 22.3% 914 65.6% 169 1,394 R+43.3
Rush 403 30.9% 754 57.8% 147 1,304 R+26.9
Trego 348 27.4% 755 59.5% 166 1,269 R+32.1
Lincoln 383 30.6% 769 61.4% 100 1,252 R+30.8
Chase 440 36.1% 653 53.6% 125 1,218 R+17.5
Rawlins 333 27.4% 771 63.4% 112 1,216 R+36.0
Jewell 294 24.9% 765 64.7% 124 1,183 R+39.8
Woodson 394 33.4% 693 58.7% 93 1,180 R+25.3
Ness 250 21.2% 808 68.6% 120 1,178 R+47.4
Logan 255 21.9% 785 67.6% 122 1,162 R+45.6
Edwards 307 26.9% 692 60.6% 143 1,142 R+33.7
Sheridan 219 19.2% 795 69.9% 124 1,138 R+50.6
Chautauqua 252 22.2% 808 71.2% 75 1,135 R+49.0
Haskell 287 25.3% 681 60.1% 166 1,134 R+34.7
Decatur 287 25.4% 736 65.2% 106 1,129 R+39.8
Gove 256 23.4% 720 65.7% 120 1,096 R+42.3
Kearny 286 26.1% 687 62.7% 122 1,095 R+36.6
Cheyenne 248 22.8% 733 67.4% 106 1,087 R+44.6
Graham 284 26.3% 671 62.1% 125 1,080 R+35.8
Elk 277 26.2% 669 63.3% 111 1,057 R+37.1
Kiowa 218 23.1% 615 65.1% 111 944 R+42.1
Morton 184 20.3% 626 69.0% 97 907 R+48.7
Hodgeman 167 18.9% 597 67.6% 119 883 R+48.7
Clark 181 21.3% 521 61.4% 147 849 R+40.0
Wichita 129 17.0% 560 73.9% 69 758 R+56.9
Lane 174 24.2% 437 60.8% 108 719 R+36.6
Comanche 170 23.8% 453 63.4% 92 715 R+39.6
Wallace 106 16.0% 506 76.6% 49 661 R+60.5
Hamilton 166 26.3% 373 59.2% 91 630 R+32.9
Stanton 148 24.7% 376 62.9% 74 598 R+38.1
Greeley 118 23.7% 313 62.9% 67 498 R+39.2

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