Kansas — 2022 governor election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2022 gubernatorial electionKansas · GovernorKellyD+2.2
How it voted
Share of the 2022 vote
| Laura Kelly ✓Democrat | 49.5% | 499,845 |
|---|---|---|
| Derek SchmidtRepublican | 47.3% | 477,586 |
| Dennis PyleIndependent | 2.0% | 20,452 |
2022gubernatorial margin
D+60R+60
105 counties, each filled by 2022 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (105 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Allen, KS | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Anderson, KS | Republican | R+36.6 |
| Atchison, KS | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Barber, KS | Republican | R+49.2 |
| Barton, KS | Republican | R+29.4 |
| Bourbon, KS | Republican | R+34.7 |
| Brown, KS | Republican | R+19.5 |
| Butler, KS | Republican | R+20.3 |
| Chase, KS | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Chautauqua, KS | Republican | R+64.3 |
| Cherokee, KS | Republican | R+39.6 |
| Cheyenne, KS | Republican | R+56.8 |
| Clark, KS | Republican | R+40.5 |
| Clay, KS | Republican | R+28.7 |
| Cloud, KS | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Coffey, KS | Republican | R+34.9 |
| Comanche, KS | Republican | R+43.8 |
| Cowley, KS | Republican | R+14.7 |
| Crawford, KS | Republican | R+5.1 |
| Decatur, KS | Republican | R+45.9 |
| Dickinson, KS | Republican | R+26.5 |
| Doniphan, KS | Republican | R+42.5 |
| Douglas, KS | Democratic | D+53.1 |
| Edwards, KS | Republican | R+35.9 |
| Elk, KS | Republican | R+43.4 |
| Ellis, KS | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Ellsworth, KS | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Finney, KS | Republican | R+15.3 |
| Ford, KS | Republican | R+17.7 |
| Franklin, KS | Republican | R+16.3 |
| Geary, KS | Democratic | D+5.5 |
| Gove, KS | Republican | R+53.2 |
| Graham, KS | Republican | R+41.5 |
| Grant, KS | Republican | R+35.1 |
| Gray, KS | Republican | R+46.2 |
| Greeley, KS | Republican | R+43.7 |
| Greenwood, KS | Republican | R+31.5 |
| Hamilton, KS | Republican | R+37.4 |
| Harper, KS | Republican | R+37.2 |
| Harvey, KS | Republican | R+0.6 |
| Haskell, KS | Republican | R+46.8 |
| Hodgeman, KS | Republican | R+51.2 |
| Jackson, KS | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Jefferson, KS | Republican | R+7.3 |
| Jewell, KS | Republican | R+49.1 |
| Johnson, KS | Democratic | D+20.2 |
| Kearny, KS | Republican | R+49.5 |
| Kingman, KS | Republican | R+33.1 |
| Kiowa, KS | Republican | R+45.3 |
| Labette, KS | Republican | R+20.0 |
| Lane, KS | Republican | R+47.4 |
| Leavenworth, KS | Republican | R+3.5 |
| Lincoln, KS | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Linn, KS | Republican | R+42.9 |
| Logan, KS | Republican | R+52.6 |
| Lyon, KS | Democratic | D+9.6 |
| Marion, KS | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Marshall, KS | Republican | R+16.3 |
| McPherson, KS | Republican | R+21.3 |
| Meade, KS | Republican | R+48.9 |
| Miami, KS | Republican | R+21.8 |
| Mitchell, KS | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Montgomery, KS | Republican | R+39.8 |
| Morris, KS | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Morton, KS | Republican | R+54.3 |
| Nemaha, KS | Republican | R+36.5 |
| Neosho, KS | Republican | R+23.5 |
| Ness, KS | Republican | R+59.8 |
| Norton, KS | Republican | R+42.9 |
| Osage, KS | Republican | R+18.0 |
| Osborne, KS | Republican | R+37.7 |
| Ottawa, KS | Republican | R+37.6 |
| Pawnee, KS | Republican | R+17.6 |
| Phillips, KS | Republican | R+54.0 |
| Pottawatomie, KS | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Pratt, KS | Republican | R+21.5 |
| Rawlins, KS | Republican | R+43.6 |
| Reno, KS | Republican | R+10.9 |
| Republic, KS | Republican | R+45.8 |
| Rice, KS | Republican | R+28.1 |
| Riley, KS | Democratic | D+22.0 |
| Rooks, KS | Republican | R+45.0 |
| Rush, KS | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Russell, KS | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Saline, KS | Republican | R+6.1 |
| Scott, KS | Republican | R+54.9 |
| Sedgwick, KS | Democratic | D+3.1 |
| Seward, KS | Republican | R+21.1 |
| Shawnee, KS | Democratic | D+21.9 |
| Sheridan, KS | Republican | R+59.9 |
| Sherman, KS | Republican | R+48.8 |
| Smith, KS | Republican | R+46.2 |
| Stafford, KS | Republican | R+37.0 |
| Stanton, KS | Republican | R+48.2 |
| Stevens, KS | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Sumner, KS | Republican | R+21.1 |
| Thomas, KS | Republican | R+42.0 |
| Trego, KS | Republican | R+40.7 |
| Wabaunsee, KS | Republican | R+21.5 |
| Wallace, KS | Republican | R+71.7 |
| Washington, KS | Republican | R+51.7 |
| Wichita, KS | Republican | R+57.6 |
| Wilson, KS | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Woodson, KS | Republican | R+43.0 |
| Wyandotte, KS | Democratic | D+38.6 |
presidential baselinePresident 2020R+14.6Governor 2022D+2.2vs. baselineD+16.8
Kansas's 2022 governor race ran 16.8 points more Democratic than its 2020 presidential margin.
Kansas results by county
105 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | Derek Schmidt+845 | 1,57938.2% | 2,42458.6% | 1353.3% | 4,138 |
| Anderson | Derek Schmidt+1,064 | 83528.7% | 1,89965.3% | 1746.0% | 2,908 |
| Atchison | Derek Schmidt+744 | 2,18539.9% | 2,92953.4% | 3666.7% | 5,480 |
| Barber | Derek Schmidt+858 | 40323.1% | 1,26172.3% | 814.6% | 1,745 |
| Barton | Derek Schmidt+2,381 | 2,64532.7% | 5,02662.1% | 4245.2% | 8,095 |
| Bourbon | Derek Schmidt+1,681 | 1,47430.5% | 3,15565.2% | 2104.3% | 4,839 |
| Brown | Derek Schmidt+657 | 1,18035.0% | 1,83754.6% | 35010.4% | 3,367 |
| Butler | Derek Schmidt+4,825 | 9,04238.1% | 13,86758.4% | 8473.6% | 23,756 |
| Chase | Derek Schmidt+229 | 46339.1% | 69258.4% | 302.5% | 1,185 |
| Chautauqua | Derek Schmidt+760 | 20016.9% | 96081.2% | 221.9% | 1,182 |
| Cherokee | Derek Schmidt+2,545 | 1,83328.5% | 4,37868.1% | 2223.5% | 6,433 |
| Cheyenne | Derek Schmidt+578 | 20720.3% | 78577.1% | 262.6% | 1,018 |
| Clark | Derek Schmidt+345 | 22025.8% | 56566.3% | 677.9% | 852 |
| Clay | Derek Schmidt+946 | 1,10533.5% | 2,05162.1% | 1454.4% | 3,301 |
| Cloud | Derek Schmidt+1,089 | 1,01431.6% | 2,10365.6% | 882.7% | 3,205 |
| Coffey | Derek Schmidt+1,202 | 1,04930.5% | 2,25165.4% | 1434.2% | 3,443 |
| Comanche | Derek Schmidt+326 | 18825.3% | 51469.1% | 425.6% | 744 |
| Cowley | Derek Schmidt+1,571 | 4,32740.5% | 5,89855.3% | 4464.2% | 10,671 |
| Crawford | Derek Schmidt+601 | 5,43245.9% | 6,03351.0% | 3693.1% | 11,834 |
| Decatur | Derek Schmidt+520 | 28325.0% | 80370.9% | 464.1% | 1,132 |
| Dickinson | Derek Schmidt+1,839 | 2,41434.8% | 4,25361.3% | 2764.0% | 6,943 |
| Doniphan | Derek Schmidt+1,125 | 64824.5% | 1,77367.1% | 2238.4% | 2,644 |
| Douglas | Laura Kelly+25,162 | 35,79675.5% | 10,63422.4% | 9662.0% | 47,396 |
| Edwards | Derek Schmidt+392 | 33330.5% | 72566.3% | 353.2% | 1,093 |
| Elk | Derek Schmidt+467 | 28326.3% | 75069.7% | 434.0% | 1,076 |
| Ellis | Derek Schmidt+1,720 | 4,24840.3% | 5,96856.6% | 3363.2% | 10,552 |
| Ellsworth | Derek Schmidt+403 | 86638.7% | 1,26956.7% | 1034.6% | 2,238 |
| Finney | Derek Schmidt+1,097 | 2,92440.7% | 4,02155.9% | 2463.4% | 7,191 |
| Ford | Derek Schmidt+1,062 | 2,34839.2% | 3,41056.9% | 2363.9% | 5,994 |
| Franklin | Derek Schmidt+1,551 | 3,82340.1% | 5,37456.4% | 3383.5% | 9,535 |
| Geary | Laura Kelly+336 | 3,09450.9% | 2,75845.4% | 2233.7% | 6,075 |
| Gove | Derek Schmidt+618 | 24821.4% | 86674.6% | 474.0% | 1,161 |
| Graham | Derek Schmidt+429 | 28027.1% | 70968.6% | 444.3% | 1,033 |
| Grant | Derek Schmidt+566 | 48930.3% | 1,05565.4% | 694.3% | 1,613 |
| Gray | Derek Schmidt+794 | 42824.9% | 1,22271.1% | 684.0% | 1,718 |
| Greeley | Derek Schmidt+198 | 11425.2% | 31268.9% | 276.0% | 453 |
| Greenwood | Derek Schmidt+730 | 75332.5% | 1,48363.9% | 843.6% | 2,320 |
| Hamilton | Derek Schmidt+226 | 17528.9% | 40166.3% | 294.8% | 605 |
| Harper | Derek Schmidt+737 | 57729.2% | 1,31466.4% | 884.4% | 1,979 |
| Harvey | Derek Schmidt+73 | 6,20648.0% | 6,27948.6% | 4323.3% | 12,917 |
| Haskell | Derek Schmidt+465 | 25025.2% | 71571.9% | 292.9% | 994 |
| Hodgeman | Derek Schmidt+413 | 18122.4% | 59473.6% | 324.0% | 807 |
| Jackson | Derek Schmidt+589 | 2,08140.9% | 2,67052.5% | 3386.6% | 5,089 |
| Jefferson | Derek Schmidt+559 | 3,38044.3% | 3,93951.7% | 3034.0% | 7,622 |
| Jewell | Derek Schmidt+593 | 26822.2% | 86171.3% | 796.5% | 1,208 |
| Johnson | Laura Kelly+52,942 | 155,10459.0% | 102,16238.9% | 5,4312.1% | 262,697 |
| Kearny | Derek Schmidt+474 | 22023.0% | 69472.5% | 434.5% | 957 |
| Kingman | Derek Schmidt+1,026 | 97131.3% | 1,99764.4% | 1324.3% | 3,100 |
| Kiowa | Derek Schmidt+428 | 23424.8% | 66270.1% | 485.1% | 944 |
| Labette | Derek Schmidt+1,183 | 2,28738.6% | 3,47058.5% | 1702.9% | 5,927 |
| Lane | Derek Schmidt+323 | 16424.1% | 48771.5% | 304.4% | 681 |
| Leavenworth | Derek Schmidt+939 | 12,48046.4% | 13,41949.9% | 9943.7% | 26,893 |
| Lincoln | Derek Schmidt+459 | 34428.6% | 80366.7% | 574.7% | 1,204 |
| Linn | Derek Schmidt+1,597 | 97926.3% | 2,57669.2% | 1684.5% | 3,723 |
| Logan | Derek Schmidt+581 | 23721.4% | 81874.0% | 504.5% | 1,105 |
| Lyon | Laura Kelly+969 | 5,38053.1% | 4,41143.6% | 3373.3% | 10,128 |
| Marion | Derek Schmidt+1,226 | 1,70935.5% | 2,93561.0% | 1713.6% | 4,815 |
| Marshall | Derek Schmidt+634 | 1,52339.1% | 2,15755.3% | 2195.6% | 3,899 |
| McPherson | Derek Schmidt+2,351 | 4,15837.6% | 6,50958.9% | 3773.4% | 11,044 |
| Meade | Derek Schmidt+642 | 30923.6% | 95172.5% | 524.0% | 1,312 |
| Miami | Derek Schmidt+2,943 | 5,05037.4% | 7,99359.2% | 4513.3% | 13,494 |
| Mitchell | Derek Schmidt+859 | 71830.2% | 1,57766.4% | 803.4% | 2,375 |
| Montgomery | Derek Schmidt+3,821 | 2,74628.6% | 6,56768.3% | 2983.1% | 9,611 |
| Morris | Derek Schmidt+285 | 94242.0% | 1,22754.7% | 753.3% | 2,244 |
| Morton | Derek Schmidt+439 | 16720.7% | 60675.0% | 354.3% | 808 |
| Nemaha | Derek Schmidt+1,681 | 1,27627.7% | 2,95764.2% | 3768.2% | 4,609 |
| Neosho | Derek Schmidt+1,199 | 1,85436.3% | 3,05359.8% | 1993.9% | 5,106 |
| Ness | Derek Schmidt+692 | 20818.0% | 90077.8% | 494.2% | 1,157 |
| Norton | Derek Schmidt+771 | 47326.3% | 1,24469.1% | 824.6% | 1,799 |
| Osage | Derek Schmidt+1,133 | 2,44939.0% | 3,58257.0% | 2544.0% | 6,285 |
| Osborne | Derek Schmidt+543 | 39427.4% | 93765.1% | 1097.6% | 1,440 |
| Ottawa | Derek Schmidt+897 | 69529.1% | 1,59266.7% | 1014.2% | 2,388 |
| Pawnee | Derek Schmidt+380 | 82738.4% | 1,20756.0% | 1215.6% | 2,155 |
| Phillips | Derek Schmidt+1,182 | 46521.3% | 1,64775.3% | 753.4% | 2,187 |
| Pottawatomie | Derek Schmidt+2,456 | 3,78936.1% | 6,24559.5% | 4694.5% | 10,503 |
| Pratt | Derek Schmidt+673 | 1,16837.3% | 1,84158.9% | 1193.8% | 3,128 |
| Rawlins | Derek Schmidt+500 | 30826.8% | 80870.4% | 322.8% | 1,148 |
| Reno | Derek Schmidt+2,270 | 8,81342.4% | 11,08353.3% | 8804.2% | 20,776 |
| Republic | Derek Schmidt+902 | 49425.1% | 1,39670.9% | 804.1% | 1,970 |
| Rice | Derek Schmidt+873 | 98531.7% | 1,85859.7% | 2698.6% | 3,112 |
| Riley | Laura Kelly+4,000 | 10,84959.6% | 6,84937.6% | 4972.7% | 18,195 |
| Rooks | Derek Schmidt+947 | 54125.7% | 1,48870.7% | 753.6% | 2,104 |
| Rush | Derek Schmidt+462 | 39029.4% | 85264.2% | 866.5% | 1,328 |
| Russell | Derek Schmidt+812 | 88632.6% | 1,69862.5% | 1334.9% | 2,717 |
| Saline | Derek Schmidt+1,088 | 8,03645.3% | 9,12451.5% | 5713.2% | 17,731 |
| Scott | Derek Schmidt+933 | 34620.4% | 1,27975.3% | 744.4% | 1,699 |
| Sedgwick | Laura Kelly+4,843 | 77,72750.1% | 72,88447.0% | 4,5953.0% | 155,206 |
| Seward | Derek Schmidt+622 | 1,10437.5% | 1,72658.6% | 1143.9% | 2,944 |
| Shawnee | Laura Kelly+14,430 | 39,31259.6% | 24,88237.7% | 1,7202.6% | 65,914 |
| Sheridan | Derek Schmidt+666 | 19717.7% | 86377.6% | 524.7% | 1,112 |
| Sherman | Derek Schmidt+1,001 | 48423.6% | 1,48572.4% | 834.0% | 2,052 |
| Smith | Derek Schmidt+760 | 40324.5% | 1,16370.7% | 794.8% | 1,645 |
| Stafford | Derek Schmidt+581 | 45829.2% | 1,03966.1% | 744.7% | 1,571 |
| Stanton | Derek Schmidt+249 | 12424.0% | 37372.1% | 203.9% | 517 |
| Stevens | Derek Schmidt+735 | 30221.6% | 1,03774.0% | 624.4% | 1,401 |
| Sumner | Derek Schmidt+1,666 | 2,92637.1% | 4,59258.2% | 3724.7% | 7,890 |
| Thomas | Derek Schmidt+1,213 | 78227.1% | 1,99569.1% | 1113.8% | 2,888 |
| Trego | Derek Schmidt+514 | 34227.1% | 85667.8% | 655.1% | 1,263 |
| Wabaunsee | Derek Schmidt+720 | 1,25737.5% | 1,97759.0% | 1193.5% | 3,353 |
| Wallace | Derek Schmidt+482 | 7811.6% | 56083.3% | 345.1% | 672 |
| Washington | Derek Schmidt+1,166 | 51122.6% | 1,67774.3% | 693.1% | 2,257 |
| Wichita | Derek Schmidt+410 | 13819.4% | 54877.0% | 263.7% | 712 |
| Wilson | Derek Schmidt+1,636 | 76923.4% | 2,40573.1% | 1163.5% | 3,290 |
| Woodson | Derek Schmidt+509 | 32427.3% | 83370.3% | 282.4% | 1,185 |
| Wyandotte | Laura Kelly+13,524 | 23,76867.8% | 10,24429.2% | 1,0232.9% | 35,035 |
Same ballot, 2022KS
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2022 gubernatorial returns · precinct returns aggregated to county. Real returns — nothing estimated.