Election 1948 Results
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1948 US Senate election in Kansas
Andrew Schoeppel (Republican) beat George McGill (Democrat) in Kansas in 1948, 54.9% to 42.7%, a margin of 12.2 points and 87,425 votes.
The Republican hold continued from 1942, when Arthur Capper won.
Republicans led in 100 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 5. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 76,220 votes and went to the Democrat by 3.2 points. The closest was Morton, where 57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Schoeppel won | Republican | 393,412 | 54.9% |
| George McGill | Democratic | 305,987 | 42.7% |
| All other candidates | 16,943 | 2.4% | |
| Total | 716,342 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick | 38,642 50.7% | 36,181 47.5% | 1,397 | 76,220 | D+3.2 |
| Wyandotte | 37,082 57.9% | 26,242 41.0% | 697 | 64,021 | D+16.9 |
| Shawnee | 15,862 41.5% | 21,652 56.6% | 716 | 38,230 | R+15.1 |
| Reno | 8,819 43.5% | 10,822 53.4% | 612 | 20,253 | R+9.9 |
| Johnson | 7,416 37.1% | 12,382 62.0% | 188 | 19,986 | R+24.8 |
| Montgomery | 8,392 44.6% | 10,127 53.8% | 318 | 18,837 | R+9.2 |
| Crawford | 7,259 48.6% | 7,349 49.2% | 319 | 14,927 | R+0.6 |
| Douglas | 4,519 33.1% | 8,822 64.6% | 317 | 13,658 | R+31.5 |
| Cowley | 6,025 45.4% | 6,717 50.6% | 523 | 13,265 | R+5.2 |
| Saline | 5,340 41.6% | 7,325 57.0% | 184 | 12,849 | R+15.4 |
| Riley | 4,002 31.9% | 8,177 65.2% | 356 | 12,535 | R+33.3 |
| Leavenworth | 5,477 45.2% | 6,554 54.1% | 74 | 12,105 | R+8.9 |
| Labette | 5,495 47.8% | 5,859 51.0% | 139 | 11,493 | R+3.2 |
| Butler | 5,344 47.8% | 5,637 50.4% | 203 | 11,184 | R+2.6 |
| Lyon | 5,230 47.6% | 5,526 50.3% | 234 | 10,990 | R+2.7 |
| Barton | 4,800 44.3% | 5,831 53.9% | 193 | 10,824 | R+9.5 |
| McPherson | 3,747 38.6% | 5,647 58.2% | 314 | 9,708 | R+19.6 |
| Dickinson | 3,286 37.2% | 5,272 59.7% | 276 | 8,834 | R+22.5 |
| Harvey | 3,547 42.3% | 4,626 55.2% | 215 | 8,388 | R+12.9 |
| Franklin | 2,956 36.9% | 4,701 58.7% | 353 | 8,010 | R+21.8 |
| Ford | 3,987 49.9% | 3,791 47.5% | 205 | 7,983 | D+2.5 |
| Sumner | 3,605 45.8% | 4,019 51.0% | 252 | 7,876 | R+5.3 |
| Marshall | 2,764 35.5% | 4,927 63.3% | 92 | 7,783 | R+27.8 |
| Cherokee | 3,911 50.4% | 3,676 47.4% | 168 | 7,755 | D+3.0 |
| Neosho | 3,276 42.5% | 4,338 56.2% | 101 | 7,715 | R+13.8 |
| Bourbon | 3,246 44.8% | 3,772 52.1% | 225 | 7,243 | R+7.3 |
| Cloud | 2,606 37.8% | 3,872 56.2% | 412 | 6,890 | R+18.4 |
| Marion | 2,351 34.4% | 4,372 64.0% | 113 | 6,836 | R+29.6 |
| Miami | 3,195 47.4% | 3,470 51.5% | 75 | 6,740 | R+4.1 |
| Atchison | 2,818 42.6% | 3,658 55.4% | 132 | 6,608 | R+12.7 |
| Rice | 2,492 37.7% | 3,964 60.0% | 147 | 6,603 | R+22.3 |
| Allen | 2,350 35.6% | 4,055 61.4% | 196 | 6,601 | R+25.8 |
| Wilson | 2,198 35.5% | 3,838 62.1% | 147 | 6,183 | R+26.5 |
| Ellis | 3,154 51.3% | 2,905 47.2% | 92 | 6,151 | D+4.0 |
| Brown | 1,634 28.5% | 3,896 68.0% | 202 | 5,732 | R+39.5 |
| Washington | 1,529 26.9% | 4,033 71.1% | 113 | 5,675 | R+44.1 |
| Greenwood | 2,210 39.7% | 3,209 57.7% | 142 | 5,561 | R+18.0 |
| Nemaha | 2,254 40.6% | 3,261 58.8% | 31 | 5,546 | R+18.2 |
| Clay | 1,430 26.5% | 3,655 67.7% | 316 | 5,401 | R+41.2 |
| Geary | 2,294 42.6% | 2,906 53.9% | 187 | 5,387 | R+11.4 |
| Russell | 1,937 36.0% | 3,352 62.4% | 85 | 5,374 | R+26.3 |
| Pratt | 2,490 46.8% | 2,737 51.4% | 96 | 5,323 | R+4.6 |
| Osage | 2,135 41.8% | 2,861 56.0% | 117 | 5,113 | R+14.2 |
| Republic | 1,615 33.9% | 3,009 63.2% | 139 | 4,763 | R+29.3 |
| Pottawatomie | 1,638 34.9% | 3,010 64.2% | 44 | 4,692 | R+29.2 |
| Mitchell | 1,697 37.0% | 2,770 60.4% | 116 | 4,583 | R+23.4 |
| Coffey | 1,631 35.7% | 2,820 61.7% | 119 | 4,570 | R+26.0 |
| Finney | 1,763 39.3% | 2,497 55.6% | 228 | 4,488 | R+16.4 |
| Jewell | 1,197 26.7% | 2,637 58.9% | 642 | 4,476 | R+32.2 |
| Kingman | 1,986 45.1% | 2,323 52.7% | 97 | 4,406 | R+7.6 |
| Anderson | 1,785 40.9% | 2,471 56.7% | 103 | 4,359 | R+15.7 |
| Jefferson | 1,515 34.9% | 2,704 62.3% | 123 | 4,342 | R+27.4 |
| Jackson | 1,478 34.2% | 2,727 63.1% | 115 | 4,320 | R+28.9 |
| Harper | 1,589 37.3% | 2,453 57.6% | 216 | 4,258 | R+20.3 |
| Smith | 1,333 32.4% | 2,599 63.1% | 187 | 4,119 | R+30.7 |
| Pawnee | 1,795 44.2% | 2,194 54.1% | 69 | 4,058 | R+9.8 |
| Stafford | 1,627 40.1% | 2,300 56.7% | 130 | 4,057 | R+16.6 |
| Linn | 1,406 35.5% | 2,499 63.2% | 51 | 3,956 | R+27.6 |
| Osborne | 1,267 32.0% | 2,448 61.9% | 239 | 3,954 | R+29.9 |
| Phillips | 1,027 26.0% | 2,713 68.7% | 207 | 3,947 | R+42.7 |
| Norton | 1,196 31.1% | 2,463 64.1% | 181 | 3,840 | R+33.0 |
| Ellsworth | 1,750 47.0% | 1,910 51.3% | 65 | 3,725 | R+4.3 |
| Doniphan | 1,146 30.9% | 2,468 66.5% | 99 | 3,713 | R+35.6 |
| Rooks | 1,347 36.6% | 2,230 60.7% | 99 | 3,676 | R+24.0 |
| Morris | 1,543 42.3% | 2,053 56.2% | 54 | 3,650 | R+14.0 |
| Barber | 1,509 41.5% | 2,014 55.4% | 115 | 3,638 | R+13.9 |
| Ottawa | 1,347 37.7% | 2,106 58.9% | 123 | 3,576 | R+21.2 |
| Wabaunsee | 957 30.0% | 2,156 67.6% | 76 | 3,189 | R+37.6 |
| Lincoln | 953 30.6% | 2,124 68.2% | 39 | 3,116 | R+37.6 |
| Chautauqua | 1,091 36.5% | 1,827 61.1% | 70 | 2,988 | R+24.6 |
| Seward | 1,268 42.9% | 1,591 53.9% | 94 | 2,953 | R+10.9 |
| Thomas | 1,243 45.0% | 1,470 53.2% | 50 | 2,763 | R+8.2 |
| Rush | 938 34.2% | 1,788 65.1% | 19 | 2,745 | R+31.0 |
| Elk | 949 34.6% | 1,718 62.7% | 75 | 2,742 | R+28.0 |
| Ness | 743 27.4% | 1,916 70.5% | 57 | 2,716 | R+43.2 |
| Decatur | 1,083 41.8% | 1,406 54.2% | 103 | 2,592 | R+12.5 |
| Edwards | 910 35.4% | 1,537 59.8% | 124 | 2,571 | R+24.4 |
| Chase | 887 36.4% | 1,515 62.2% | 35 | 2,437 | R+25.8 |
| Woodson | 793 32.9% | 1,575 65.3% | 44 | 2,412 | R+32.4 |
| Sherman | 952 41.6% | 1,210 52.9% | 127 | 2,289 | R+11.3 |
| Trego | 864 37.8% | 1,385 60.5% | 39 | 2,288 | R+22.8 |
| Graham | 870 38.1% | 1,333 58.3% | 82 | 2,285 | R+20.3 |
| Rawlins | 864 38.9% | 1,320 59.4% | 39 | 2,223 | R+20.5 |
| Meade | 698 31.9% | 1,373 62.8% | 117 | 2,188 | R+30.9 |
| Kiowa | 653 31.7% | 1,298 63.0% | 108 | 2,059 | R+31.3 |
| Cheyenne | 796 39.3% | 1,079 53.2% | 152 | 2,027 | R+14.0 |
| Sheridan | 857 43.7% | 1,083 55.2% | 23 | 1,963 | R+11.5 |
| Gray | 723 40.0% | 1,031 57.0% | 55 | 1,809 | R+17.0 |
| Clark | 691 41.4% | 939 56.3% | 38 | 1,668 | R+14.9 |
| Logan | 498 31.7% | 1,019 64.8% | 56 | 1,573 | R+33.1 |
| Scott | 573 36.7% | 941 60.3% | 47 | 1,561 | R+23.6 |
| Gove | 560 37.9% | 885 59.9% | 32 | 1,477 | R+22.0 |
| Hodgeman | 567 39.3% | 830 57.6% | 45 | 1,442 | R+18.2 |
| Grant | 515 40.7% | 714 56.4% | 36 | 1,265 | R+15.7 |
| Lane | 381 30.4% | 847 67.5% | 27 | 1,255 | R+37.1 |
| Stevens | 453 36.7% | 747 60.5% | 34 | 1,234 | R+23.8 |
| Comanche | 407 33.3% | 775 63.5% | 39 | 1,221 | R+30.1 |
| Kearny | 474 40.2% | 685 58.1% | 20 | 1,179 | R+17.9 |
| Hamilton | 470 42.3% | 618 55.6% | 23 | 1,111 | R+13.3 |
| Morton | 508 45.9% | 565 51.1% | 33 | 1,106 | R+5.2 |
| Wallace | 326 31.8% | 676 66.0% | 23 | 1,025 | R+34.1 |
| Haskell | 394 38.7% | 575 56.5% | 48 | 1,017 | R+17.8 |
| Wichita | 327 33.1% | 624 63.2% | 36 | 987 | R+30.1 |
| Stanton | 242 35.3% | 417 60.9% | 26 | 685 | R+25.5 |
| Greeley | 216 34.9% | 386 62.4% | 17 | 619 | R+27.5 |
Counties as they stood in 1948; 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 |