Election 1938 Results
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1938 US Senate election in Kansas
Clyde M. Reed (Republican) beat George McGill (Democrat) in Kansas in 1938, 56.2% to 43.8%, a margin of 12.4 points and 92,758 votes.
Kansas changed party: in 1932 it went Democratic, for George McGill.
Republicans led in 94 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 11. The largest, Wyandotte, cast 56,704 votes and went to the Democrat by 9.1 points. The closest was Morton, where 8 votes separated the two parties.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde M. Reed won | Republican | 419,532 | 56.2% |
| George McGill | Democratic | 326,774 | 43.8% |
| All other candidates | 99 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 746,405 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyandotte | 30,930 54.5% | 25,773 45.5% | 1 | 56,704 | D+9.1 |
| Sedgwick | 22,012 47.5% | 24,325 52.5% | 46,337 | R+5.0 | |
| Shawnee | 17,105 44.4% | 21,401 55.6% | 38,506 | R+11.2 | |
| Reno | 8,696 44.3% | 10,949 55.7% | 19,645 | R+11.5 | |
| Montgomery | 8,152 41.6% | 11,455 58.4% | 19,607 | R+16.8 | |
| Crawford | 10,057 51.6% | 9,431 48.4% | 19,488 | D+3.2 | |
| Cowley | 6,933 42.8% | 9,249 57.2% | 16,182 | R+14.3 | |
| Leavenworth | 7,402 49.1% | 7,678 50.9% | 15,080 | R+1.8 | |
| Labette | 6,356 45.1% | 7,722 54.9% | 14,078 | R+9.7 | |
| Butler | 6,324 48.0% | 6,842 52.0% | 13,166 | R+3.9 | |
| Johnson | 5,026 40.7% | 7,319 59.3% | 12,345 | R+18.6 | |
| Saline | 5,349 43.6% | 6,921 56.4% | 12,270 | R+12.8 | |
| Lyon | 5,338 46.3% | 6,200 53.7% | 11,538 | R+7.5 | |
| Cherokee | 5,656 49.5% | 5,775 50.5% | 11,431 | R+1.0 | |
| Sumner | 5,025 44.5% | 6,257 55.5% | 11,282 | R+10.9 | |
| Douglas | 3,543 31.7% | 7,650 68.3% | 11,193 | R+36.7 | |
| Marshall | 4,053 39.1% | 6,303 60.9% | 10,356 | R+21.7 | |
| Neosho | 4,185 41.4% | 5,931 58.6% | 10,116 | R+17.3 | |
| Dickinson | 3,860 39.6% | 5,898 60.4% | 9,758 | R+20.9 | |
| McPherson | 3,846 40.3% | 5,709 59.7% | 9,555 | R+19.5 | |
| Bourbon | 4,561 48.0% | 4,939 52.0% | 9,500 | R+4.0 | |
| Atchison | 4,120 44.7% | 5,009 54.3% | 91 | 9,220 | R+9.6 |
| Riley | 2,826 31.7% | 6,087 68.3% | 8,913 | R+36.6 | |
| Franklin | 3,260 37.2% | 5,505 62.8% | 8,765 | R+25.6 | |
| Barton | 4,404 50.7% | 4,290 49.3% | 8,694 | D+1.3 | |
| Allen | 3,051 36.5% | 5,317 63.5% | 8,368 | R+27.1 | |
| Harvey | 3,612 43.4% | 4,712 56.6% | 8,324 | R+13.2 | |
| Miami | 3,652 45.5% | 4,369 54.5% | 8,021 | R+8.9 | |
| Brown | 2,619 33.8% | 5,140 66.2% | 7,759 | R+32.5 | |
| Wilson | 2,653 34.3% | 5,076 65.7% | 7,729 | R+31.3 | |
| Ford | 3,690 49.1% | 3,823 50.9% | 7,513 | R+1.8 | |
| Osage | 3,055 40.9% | 4,409 59.1% | 7,464 | R+18.1 | |
| Cloud | 3,157 42.3% | 4,304 57.7% | 7,461 | R+15.4 | |
| Nemaha | 3,317 45.0% | 4,055 55.0% | 7,372 | R+10.0 | |
| Marion | 2,882 39.2% | 4,477 60.8% | 7,359 | R+21.7 | |
| Greenwood | 2,663 38.1% | 4,319 61.9% | 6,982 | R+23.7 | |
| Washington | 2,366 34.6% | 4,469 65.4% | 6,835 | R+30.8 | |
| Pottawatomie | 2,350 35.6% | 4,247 64.3% | 4 | 6,601 | R+28.7 |
| Rice | 2,695 41.1% | 3,857 58.9% | 6,552 | R+17.7 | |
| Republic | 2,432 38.5% | 3,879 61.5% | 6,311 | R+22.9 | |
| Jackson | 2,296 37.1% | 3,896 62.9% | 6,192 | R+25.8 | |
| Jewell | 2,055 34.4% | 3,913 65.6% | 5,968 | R+31.1 | |
| Ellis | 3,039 51.0% | 2,923 49.0% | 5,962 | D+1.9 | |
| Clay | 2,281 38.5% | 3,645 61.5% | 5,926 | R+23.0 | |
| Anderson | 2,389 41.6% | 3,350 58.4% | 5,739 | R+16.7 | |
| Coffey | 2,148 37.5% | 3,583 62.5% | 5,731 | R+25.0 | |
| Jefferson | 2,164 37.9% | 3,541 62.1% | 5,705 | R+24.1 | |
| Linn | 2,096 37.4% | 3,501 62.6% | 5,597 | R+25.1 | |
| Mitchell | 2,281 41.6% | 3,202 58.4% | 5,483 | R+16.8 | |
| Russell | 2,097 39.0% | 3,285 61.0% | 5,382 | R+22.1 | |
| Pratt | 2,638 49.0% | 2,741 51.0% | 5,379 | R+1.9 | |
| Smith | 2,034 38.2% | 3,294 61.8% | 5,328 | R+23.6 | |
| Kingman | 2,620 49.4% | 2,678 50.5% | 1 | 5,299 | R+1.1 |
| Harper | 2,136 42.0% | 2,953 58.0% | 5,089 | R+16.1 | |
| Doniphan | 1,656 33.0% | 3,366 67.0% | 5,022 | R+34.1 | |
| Morris | 2,143 43.8% | 2,750 56.2% | 4,893 | R+12.4 | |
| Phillips | 1,550 32.3% | 3,247 67.7% | 4,797 | R+35.4 | |
| Norton | 1,724 36.9% | 2,949 63.1% | 4,673 | R+26.2 | |
| Stafford | 2,154 46.5% | 2,475 53.5% | 4,629 | R+6.9 | |
| Ottawa | 2,014 44.0% | 2,565 56.0% | 4,579 | R+12.0 | |
| Geary | 2,150 47.0% | 2,422 53.0% | 4,572 | R+5.9 | |
| Osborne | 1,535 34.1% | 2,973 65.9% | 4,508 | R+31.9 | |
| Ellsworth | 2,126 48.0% | 2,305 52.0% | 4,431 | R+4.0 | |
| Pawnee | 2,201 52.2% | 2,018 47.8% | 4,219 | D+4.3 | |
| Wabaunsee | 1,489 36.0% | 2,646 64.0% | 4,135 | R+28.0 | |
| Rush | 1,899 47.2% | 2,128 52.8% | 4,027 | R+5.7 | |
| Barber | 1,833 46.7% | 2,093 53.3% | 3,926 | R+6.6 | |
| Woodson | 1,479 37.7% | 2,443 62.3% | 3,922 | R+24.6 | |
| Elk | 1,410 36.0% | 2,504 64.0% | 3,914 | R+28.0 | |
| Chautauqua | 1,350 34.7% | 2,546 65.3% | 3,896 | R+30.7 | |
| Rooks | 1,461 38.3% | 2,354 61.7% | 3,815 | R+23.4 | |
| Finney | 1,762 46.3% | 2,047 53.7% | 3,809 | R+7.5 | |
| Lincoln | 1,371 37.7% | 2,268 62.3% | 3,639 | R+24.6 | |
| Decatur | 1,731 50.3% | 1,709 49.7% | 2 | 3,442 | D+0.6 |
| Thomas | 1,506 50.8% | 1,460 49.2% | 2,966 | D+1.6 | |
| Edwards | 1,308 44.7% | 1,616 55.3% | 2,924 | R+10.5 | |
| Chase | 1,243 42.5% | 1,679 57.5% | 2,922 | R+14.9 | |
| Graham | 1,270 44.2% | 1,606 55.8% | 2,876 | R+11.7 | |
| Ness | 1,202 43.0% | 1,596 57.0% | 2,798 | R+14.1 | |
| Rawlins | 1,205 44.0% | 1,532 56.0% | 2,737 | R+11.9 | |
| Sherman | 1,240 47.2% | 1,388 52.8% | 2,628 | R+5.6 | |
| Seward | 1,252 50.2% | 1,241 49.8% | 2,493 | D+0.4 | |
| Trego | 1,130 45.7% | 1,345 54.3% | 2,475 | R+8.7 | |
| Kiowa | 968 39.7% | 1,468 60.3% | 2,436 | R+20.5 | |
| Cheyenne | 1,002 42.5% | 1,353 57.5% | 2,355 | R+14.9 | |
| Meade | 938 42.8% | 1,254 57.2% | 2,192 | R+14.4 | |
| Sheridan | 997 46.2% | 1,159 53.8% | 2,156 | R+7.5 | |
| Clark | 1,081 51.8% | 1,005 48.2% | 2,086 | D+3.6 | |
| Comanche | 933 45.9% | 1,099 54.1% | 2,032 | R+8.2 | |
| Gove | 716 36.3% | 1,254 63.7% | 1,970 | R+27.3 | |
| Gray | 1,001 53.6% | 866 46.4% | 1,867 | D+7.2 | |
| Logan | 775 43.9% | 991 56.1% | 1,766 | R+12.2 | |
| Hodgeman | 775 45.3% | 935 54.7% | 1,710 | R+9.4 | |
| Scott | 698 48.8% | 732 51.2% | 1,430 | R+2.4 | |
| Lane | 642 46.2% | 748 53.8% | 1,390 | R+7.6 | |
| Stevens | 653 47.8% | 712 52.2% | 1,365 | R+4.3 | |
| Hamilton | 598 44.6% | 744 55.4% | 1,342 | R+10.9 | |
| Kearny | 482 39.3% | 746 60.7% | 1,228 | R+21.5 | |
| Wallace | 319 30.4% | 730 69.6% | 1,049 | R+39.2 | |
| Wichita | 438 42.5% | 593 57.5% | 1,031 | R+15.0 | |
| Morton | 518 50.4% | 510 49.6% | 1,028 | D+0.8 | |
| Haskell | 423 44.9% | 519 55.1% | 942 | R+10.2 | |
| Grant | 347 39.1% | 541 60.9% | 888 | R+21.8 | |
| Greeley | 308 43.2% | 405 56.8% | 713 | R+13.6 | |
| Stanton | 281 46.7% | 321 53.3% | 602 | R+6.6 |
Counties as they stood in 1938; 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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |