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Election 2022 Results

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2022 Kansas governor election

Laura Kelly (Democrat) beat Derek Schmidt (Republican) in Kansas in 2022, 49.5% to 47.3%, a margin of 2.2 points and 22,259 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2018, when Laura Kelly also won.

Republicans led in 97 of the 105 counties and Democrats in 8. The largest, Johnson, cast 262,697 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.2 points. The closest was Harvey, where 73 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 499,845 49.5%
Derek Schmidt Republican 477,586 47.3%
All other candidates 31,558 3.1%
Total1,008,989

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Johnson 155,104 59.0% 102,162 38.9% 5,431 262,697 D+20.2
Sedgwick 77,727 50.1% 72,884 47.0% 4,595 155,206 D+3.1
Shawnee 39,312 59.6% 24,882 37.7% 1,720 65,914 D+21.9
Douglas 35,796 75.5% 10,634 22.4% 966 47,396 D+53.1
Wyandotte 23,768 67.8% 10,244 29.2% 1,023 35,035 D+38.6
Leavenworth 12,480 46.4% 13,419 49.9% 994 26,893 R+3.5
Butler 9,042 38.1% 13,867 58.4% 847 23,756 R+20.3
Reno 8,813 42.4% 11,083 53.3% 880 20,776 R+10.9
Riley 10,849 59.6% 6,849 37.6% 497 18,195 D+22.0
Saline 8,036 45.3% 9,124 51.5% 571 17,731 R+6.1
Miami 5,050 37.4% 7,993 59.2% 451 13,494 R+21.8
Harvey 6,206 48.0% 6,279 48.6% 432 12,917 R+0.6
Crawford 5,432 45.9% 6,033 51.0% 369 11,834 R+5.1
McPherson 4,158 37.6% 6,509 58.9% 377 11,044 R+21.3
Cowley 4,327 40.5% 5,898 55.3% 446 10,671 R+14.7
Ellis 4,248 40.3% 5,968 56.6% 336 10,552 R+16.3
Pottawatomie 3,789 36.1% 6,245 59.5% 469 10,503 R+23.4
Lyon 5,380 53.1% 4,411 43.6% 337 10,128 D+9.6
Montgomery 2,746 28.6% 6,567 68.3% 298 9,611 R+39.8
Franklin 3,823 40.1% 5,374 56.4% 338 9,535 R+16.3
Barton 2,645 32.7% 5,026 62.1% 424 8,095 R+29.4
Sumner 2,926 37.1% 4,592 58.2% 372 7,890 R+21.1
Jefferson 3,380 44.3% 3,939 51.7% 303 7,622 R+7.3
Finney 2,924 40.7% 4,021 55.9% 246 7,191 R+15.3
Dickinson 2,414 34.8% 4,253 61.3% 276 6,943 R+26.5
Cherokee 1,833 28.5% 4,378 68.1% 222 6,433 R+39.6
Osage 2,449 39.0% 3,582 57.0% 254 6,285 R+18.0
Geary 3,094 50.9% 2,758 45.4% 223 6,075 D+5.5
Ford 2,348 39.2% 3,410 56.9% 236 5,994 R+17.7
Labette 2,287 38.6% 3,470 58.5% 170 5,927 R+20.0
Atchison 2,185 39.9% 2,929 53.4% 366 5,480 R+13.6
Neosho 1,854 36.3% 3,053 59.8% 199 5,106 R+23.5
Jackson 2,081 40.9% 2,670 52.5% 338 5,089 R+11.6
Bourbon 1,474 30.5% 3,155 65.2% 210 4,839 R+34.7
Marion 1,709 35.5% 2,935 61.0% 171 4,815 R+25.5
Nemaha 1,276 27.7% 2,957 64.2% 376 4,609 R+36.5
Allen 1,579 38.2% 2,424 58.6% 135 4,138 R+20.4
Marshall 1,523 39.1% 2,157 55.3% 219 3,899 R+16.3
Linn 979 26.3% 2,576 69.2% 168 3,723 R+42.9
Coffey 1,049 30.5% 2,251 65.4% 143 3,443 R+34.9
Brown 1,180 35.0% 1,837 54.6% 350 3,367 R+19.5
Wabaunsee 1,257 37.5% 1,977 59.0% 119 3,353 R+21.5
Clay 1,105 33.5% 2,051 62.1% 145 3,301 R+28.7
Wilson 769 23.4% 2,405 73.1% 116 3,290 R+49.7
Cloud 1,014 31.6% 2,103 65.6% 88 3,205 R+34.0
Pratt 1,168 37.3% 1,841 58.9% 119 3,128 R+21.5
Rice 985 31.7% 1,858 59.7% 269 3,112 R+28.1
Kingman 971 31.3% 1,997 64.4% 132 3,100 R+33.1
Seward 1,104 37.5% 1,726 58.6% 114 2,944 R+21.1
Anderson 835 28.7% 1,899 65.3% 174 2,908 R+36.6
Thomas 782 27.1% 1,995 69.1% 111 2,888 R+42.0
Russell 886 32.6% 1,698 62.5% 133 2,717 R+29.9
Doniphan 648 24.5% 1,773 67.1% 223 2,644 R+42.5
Ottawa 695 29.1% 1,592 66.7% 101 2,388 R+37.6
Mitchell 718 30.2% 1,577 66.4% 80 2,375 R+36.2
Greenwood 753 32.5% 1,483 63.9% 84 2,320 R+31.5
Washington 511 22.6% 1,677 74.3% 69 2,257 R+51.7
Morris 942 42.0% 1,227 54.7% 75 2,244 R+12.7
Ellsworth 866 38.7% 1,269 56.7% 103 2,238 R+18.0
Phillips 465 21.3% 1,647 75.3% 75 2,187 R+54.0
Pawnee 827 38.4% 1,207 56.0% 121 2,155 R+17.6
Rooks 541 25.7% 1,488 70.7% 75 2,104 R+45.0
Sherman 484 23.6% 1,485 72.4% 83 2,052 R+48.8
Harper 577 29.2% 1,314 66.4% 88 1,979 R+37.2
Republic 494 25.1% 1,396 70.9% 80 1,970 R+45.8
Norton 473 26.3% 1,244 69.1% 82 1,799 R+42.9
Barber 403 23.1% 1,261 72.3% 81 1,745 R+49.2
Gray 428 24.9% 1,222 71.1% 68 1,718 R+46.2
Scott 346 20.4% 1,279 75.3% 74 1,699 R+54.9
Smith 403 24.5% 1,163 70.7% 79 1,645 R+46.2
Grant 489 30.3% 1,055 65.4% 69 1,613 R+35.1
Stafford 458 29.2% 1,039 66.1% 74 1,571 R+37.0
Osborne 394 27.4% 937 65.1% 109 1,440 R+37.7
Stevens 302 21.6% 1,037 74.0% 62 1,401 R+52.5
Rush 390 29.4% 852 64.2% 86 1,328 R+34.8
Meade 309 23.6% 951 72.5% 52 1,312 R+48.9
Trego 342 27.1% 856 67.8% 65 1,263 R+40.7
Jewell 268 22.2% 861 71.3% 79 1,208 R+49.1
Lincoln 344 28.6% 803 66.7% 57 1,204 R+38.1
Chase 463 39.1% 692 58.4% 30 1,185 R+19.3
Woodson 324 27.3% 833 70.3% 28 1,185 R+43.0
Chautauqua 200 16.9% 960 81.2% 22 1,182 R+64.3
Gove 248 21.4% 866 74.6% 47 1,161 R+53.2
Ness 208 18.0% 900 77.8% 49 1,157 R+59.8
Rawlins 308 26.8% 808 70.4% 32 1,148 R+43.6
Decatur 283 25.0% 803 70.9% 46 1,132 R+45.9
Sheridan 197 17.7% 863 77.6% 52 1,112 R+59.9
Logan 237 21.4% 818 74.0% 50 1,105 R+52.6
Edwards 333 30.5% 725 66.3% 35 1,093 R+35.9
Elk 283 26.3% 750 69.7% 43 1,076 R+43.4
Graham 280 27.1% 709 68.6% 44 1,033 R+41.5
Cheyenne 207 20.3% 785 77.1% 26 1,018 R+56.8
Haskell 250 25.2% 715 71.9% 29 994 R+46.8
Kearny 220 23.0% 694 72.5% 43 957 R+49.5
Kiowa 234 24.8% 662 70.1% 48 944 R+45.3
Clark 220 25.8% 565 66.3% 67 852 R+40.5
Morton 167 20.7% 606 75.0% 35 808 R+54.3
Hodgeman 181 22.4% 594 73.6% 32 807 R+51.2
Comanche 188 25.3% 514 69.1% 42 744 R+43.8
Wichita 138 19.4% 548 77.0% 26 712 R+57.6
Lane 164 24.1% 487 71.5% 30 681 R+47.4
Wallace 78 11.6% 560 83.3% 34 672 R+71.7
Hamilton 175 28.9% 401 66.3% 29 605 R+37.4
Stanton 124 24.0% 373 72.1% 20 517 R+48.2
Greeley 114 25.2% 312 68.9% 27 453 R+43.7

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