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Election 1918 Results

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1918 US Senate election in Kansas

Arthur Capper (Republican) beat William H. Thompson (Democrat) in Kansas in 1918, 63.7% to 33.7%, a margin of 30.0 points and 132,631 votes.

Republicans led in 103 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 18,187 votes and went to the Republican by 22.0 points. The closest was Decatur, where 81 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Arthur Capper won Republican 281,931 63.7%
William H. Thompson Democratic 149,300 33.7%
All other candidates 11,423 2.6%
Total442,654

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 6,932 38.1% 10,931 60.1% 324 18,187 R+22.0
Wyandotte 7,212 41.9% 9,776 56.8% 225 17,213 R+14.9
Shawnee 4,503 29.2% 10,661 69.2% 252 15,416 R+39.9
Crawford 3,630 32.3% 6,495 57.8% 1,110 11,235 R+25.5
Reno 3,085 30.7% 6,712 66.9% 243 10,040 R+36.1
Montgomery 3,157 31.7% 6,538 65.7% 259 9,954 R+34.0
Labette 2,744 31.9% 5,518 64.2% 336 8,598 R+32.3
Cowley 2,576 30.2% 5,793 67.9% 164 8,533 R+37.7
Leavenworth 3,850 46.4% 4,075 49.1% 368 8,293 R+2.7
Sumner 2,529 34.7% 4,682 64.2% 87 7,298 R+29.5
Cherokee 2,834 39.6% 4,009 56.0% 313 7,156 R+16.4
Neosho 2,773 39.1% 4,225 59.6% 92 7,090 R+20.5
Lyon 2,460 35.7% 4,285 62.2% 141 6,886 R+26.5
Butler 2,213 32.7% 4,420 65.3% 131 6,764 R+32.6
Marshall 2,164 32.3% 4,332 64.6% 211 6,707 R+32.3
Atchison 2,206 33.3% 4,342 65.5% 83 6,631 R+32.2
Dickinson 2,146 32.6% 4,304 65.4% 131 6,581 R+32.8
Osage 2,404 36.6% 3,962 60.3% 208 6,574 R+23.7
Bourbon 2,385 37.3% 3,901 61.0% 110 6,396 R+23.7
Douglas 1,402 23.1% 4,544 75.0% 114 6,060 R+51.8
Franklin 1,869 31.3% 4,018 67.3% 79 5,966 R+36.0
McPherson 1,895 31.9% 3,867 65.2% 170 5,932 R+33.2
Saline 2,039 34.5% 3,734 63.2% 132 5,905 R+28.7
Johnson 1,942 33.5% 3,774 65.1% 79 5,795 R+31.6
Jewell 2,099 36.8% 3,532 62.0% 69 5,700 R+25.1
Nemaha 2,140 37.7% 3,466 61.1% 69 5,675 R+23.4
Washington 1,968 34.7% 3,574 63.1% 126 5,668 R+28.3
Brown 1,454 26.1% 4,048 72.6% 72 5,574 R+46.5
Harvey 1,937 35.0% 3,429 62.0% 169 5,535 R+27.0
Allen 1,576 28.7% 3,803 69.2% 117 5,496 R+40.5
Pottawatomie 1,738 32.7% 3,482 65.6% 90 5,310 R+32.8
Riley 1,477 28.3% 3,639 69.8% 95 5,211 R+41.5
Republic 1,916 37.4% 3,125 61.0% 83 5,124 R+23.6
Cloud 1,563 30.9% 3,363 66.5% 134 5,060 R+35.6
Jackson 1,763 35.1% 3,203 63.9% 50 5,016 R+28.7
Miami 1,822 36.3% 3,104 61.9% 88 5,014 R+25.6
Marion 1,542 31.5% 2,897 59.2% 453 4,892 R+27.7
Wilson 1,421 30.3% 3,160 67.3% 114 4,695 R+37.0
Greenwood 1,441 30.9% 3,167 68.0% 48 4,656 R+37.1
Jefferson 1,540 33.1% 3,016 64.8% 100 4,656 R+31.7
Coffey 1,499 33.1% 2,954 65.3% 70 4,523 R+32.2
Smith 1,658 37.0% 2,732 61.0% 91 4,481 R+24.0
Barton 1,403 33.2% 2,609 61.8% 208 4,220 R+28.6
Anderson 1,455 34.7% 2,663 63.5% 77 4,195 R+28.8
Rice 1,234 29.5% 2,855 68.3% 89 4,178 R+38.8
Morris 1,282 32.2% 2,645 66.4% 55 3,982 R+34.2
Ford 1,435 36.2% 2,441 61.5% 93 3,969 R+25.3
Clay 1,250 31.7% 2,565 65.0% 129 3,944 R+33.3
Linn 1,187 30.3% 2,644 67.5% 85 3,916 R+37.2
Mitchell 1,529 39.6% 2,237 57.9% 98 3,864 R+18.3
Doniphan 891 23.4% 2,851 74.8% 67 3,809 R+51.5
Phillips 1,246 33.4% 2,367 63.4% 123 3,736 R+30.0
Osborne 1,163 31.4% 2,465 66.6% 72 3,700 R+35.2
Ottawa 1,318 35.8% 2,289 62.1% 79 3,686 R+26.3
Wabaunsee 1,045 28.9% 2,485 68.6% 91 3,621 R+39.8
Kingman 1,289 35.7% 2,270 62.9% 48 3,607 R+27.2
Harper 1,071 30.6% 2,379 67.9% 54 3,504 R+37.3
Pratt 1,059 31.3% 2,286 67.6% 38 3,383 R+36.3
Stafford 1,038 31.1% 2,234 66.9% 67 3,339 R+35.8
Woodson 879 27.7% 2,240 70.5% 58 3,177 R+42.8
Lincoln 1,209 38.1% 1,869 58.9% 93 3,171 R+20.8
Norton 1,090 34.5% 1,987 62.9% 80 3,157 R+28.4
Barber 927 29.9% 2,120 68.5% 50 3,097 R+38.5
Rooks 991 32.7% 1,998 65.9% 42 3,031 R+33.2
Ellsworth 1,107 38.5% 1,706 59.3% 64 2,877 R+20.8
Pawnee 1,075 38.7% 1,617 58.2% 84 2,776 R+19.5
Ellis 1,351 48.7% 1,257 45.3% 164 2,772 D+3.4
Elk 888 33.1% 1,737 64.8% 56 2,681 R+31.7
Chase 846 32.7% 1,694 65.5% 47 2,587 R+32.8
Chautauqua 698 27.1% 1,820 70.7% 55 2,573 R+43.6
Decatur 1,279 50.2% 1,198 47.0% 73 2,550 D+3.2
Russell 749 29.4% 1,722 67.5% 79 2,550 R+38.2
Rush 886 38.5% 1,195 52.0% 218 2,299 R+13.4
Graham 763 33.9% 1,405 62.4% 84 2,252 R+28.5
Edwards 635 29.4% 1,463 67.8% 60 2,158 R+38.4
Geary 649 31.8% 1,319 64.7% 70 2,038 R+32.9
Ness 515 25.6% 1,365 67.8% 133 2,013 R+42.2
Kiowa 484 25.4% 1,398 73.3% 25 1,907 R+47.9
Finney 550 28.9% 1,296 68.0% 59 1,905 R+39.2
Rawlins 622 32.9% 1,173 62.1% 95 1,890 R+29.2
Thomas 783 44.3% 920 52.1% 64 1,767 R+7.8
Seward 574 34.8% 1,065 64.5% 12 1,651 R+29.7
Sheridan 706 43.3% 876 53.7% 49 1,631 R+10.4
Sherman 582 37.0% 936 59.4% 57 1,575 R+22.5
Comanche 447 29.0% 1,063 68.8% 34 1,544 R+39.9
Meade 439 29.7% 1,006 68.0% 34 1,479 R+38.3
Trego 536 37.3% 846 58.9% 55 1,437 R+21.6
Cheyenne 339 24.9% 886 65.1% 136 1,361 R+40.2
Gove 379 29.1% 902 69.2% 23 1,304 R+40.1
Hodgeman 340 28.5% 820 68.8% 31 1,191 R+40.3
Clark 403 34.1% 766 64.8% 13 1,182 R+30.7
Gray 333 29.2% 773 67.9% 33 1,139 R+38.6
Logan 301 28.8% 708 67.8% 35 1,044 R+39.0
Stevens 304 29.3% 714 68.8% 20 1,038 R+39.5
Scott 419 40.5% 580 56.1% 35 1,034 R+15.6
Hamilton 295 32.0% 604 65.6% 22 921 R+33.6
Kearny 284 31.2% 592 65.0% 35 911 R+33.8
Lane 306 33.9% 566 62.7% 31 903 R+28.8
Morton 210 24.7% 618 72.7% 22 850 R+48.0
Wallace 219 27.0% 558 68.9% 33 810 R+41.9
Haskell 139 25.4% 379 69.2% 30 548 R+43.8
Wichita 150 27.9% 373 69.3% 15 538 R+41.4
Grant 104 24.1% 318 73.6% 10 432 R+49.5
Greeley 35 8.9% 338 85.6% 22 395 R+76.7
Stanton 81 22.6% 268 74.7% 10 359 R+52.1

Counties as they stood in 1918; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Jerry Moran (R) R+23.0
2020 Roger Marshall (R) R+11.4
2016 Jerry Moran (R) R+29.9
2014 Pat Roberts (R) R+53.1
2010 Jerry Moran (R) R+43.7
2008 Pat Roberts (R) R+23.6
2004 Sam Brownback (R) R+41.7
2002 Pat Roberts (R) R+82.5
1998 Sam Brownback (R) R+33.7
1996 Pat Roberts (R) R+27.6
1992 Bob Dole (R) R+31.7
1990 Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R) R+47.2
1986 Bob Dole (R) R+40.1
1984 Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R) R+54.8
1980 Bob Dole (R) R+27.5
1978 Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R) R+11.5
1974 Bob Dole (R) R+1.7
1972 James B. Pearson (R) R+48.4
1968 Bob Dole (R) R+21.4
1966 James Pearson (R) R+7.0
1962 Frank Carlson (R) R+26.5
1960 Andrew Schoeppel (R) R+10.9
1956 Frank Carlson (R) R+17.4
1954 Andrew Schoeppel (R) R+14.5
1950 Frank Carlson (R) R+10.4
1948 Andrew Schoeppel (R) R+12.2
1944 Clyde M. Reed (R) R+17.2
1942 Arthur Capper (R) R+16.8
1938 Clyde M. Reed (R) R+12.4
1936 Arthur Capper (R) R+3.9
1932 George McGill (D) D+3.6
1930 Arthur Capper (R) R+22.2
1926 Charles Curtis (R) R+28.8
1924 Arthur Capper (R) R+44.9
1920 Charles Curtis (R) R+30.7
1918 Arthur Capper (R) R+30.0
1914 Charles Curtis (R) R+0.8