2018 Kansas gubernatorial election

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2018 Kansas gubernatorial election
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Turnout57.6%[1]
  Laura Kelly official photo (cropped).jpg Kris Kobach Kansas, Secretary of State (13419571233) (1).jpg Orman52414D4-536 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Laura Kelly Kris Kobach Greg Orman
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Running mate Lynn Rogers Wink Hartman John Doll
Popular vote 506,727 453,645 68,590
Percentage 48.0% 43.0% 6.5%
Kansas Governor Election Results by County, 2018.svg
County results
Kelly:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Kobach:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Jeff Colyer
Republican

Elected Governor

Laura Kelly
Democratic

Elections in Kansas
Federal government
State government
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Flag of Wichita, Kansas.svg Wichita
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The 2018 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next Governor of Kansas. Democratic nominee Laura Kelly won the election, defeating Republican nominee Kris Kobach and independent candidate Greg Orman.

Incumbent Republican Governor Sam Brownback was term-limited and could not seek reelection to a third consecutive term. On July 26, 2017, Brownback was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24, 2018.[2][3] Brownback resigned the governorship on January 31 and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer.[4] Colyer was eligible to seek a full term and announced his candidacy prior to becoming Governor of Kansas. In the August 7 primary, Colyer ran against CPA and incumbent Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer, Topeka doctor and 2006 Republican Kansas gubernatorial nominee Jim Barnett, and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.

On August 7, 2018, Kobach defeated Colyer in the Republican gubernatorial primary by an initial margin of 191 votes,[5] a lead that increased to 361 votes by August 14, although discrepancies in some counties needed resolution and provisional and absentee ballots may not have been counted in some counties.[6][7][8] Colyer conceded the Republican nomination after the final votes were tallied, in which Kobach's margin grew slightly.[9] Democratic State Senator Laura Kelly easily won the Democratic nomination.[10] Businessman Greg Orman, who finished second as an independent in the 2014 U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Pat Roberts, also ran for governor as an independent candidate.[11]

Given that Kansas is the only state which has no gubernatorial statutory qualifications whatsoever in its constitution, seven teenagers, including one who has never even been to the state of Kansas, ran for the office in this election cycle.[12] A debate took place on September 5 between the three candidates that consistently polled above 5%.[13] Polls in late August had Laura Kelly and Kris Kobach running close with Greg Orman polling in the single digits.[14]

Kelly's win continued a streak of party turnover for Governor of Kansas, as Kansas has not elected two consecutive governors of the same party since Republican William Avery succeeded fellow Republican John Anderson Jr. following the 1964 election, and neither major party has held the governorship for longer than eight consecutive years since Republican John McCuish left office in 1957.[15]

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Nominated[]

  • Kris Kobach, Secretary of State of Kansas[16]
    • Running mate: Wink Hartman, businessman[17]

Eliminated in primary[]

  • Jim Barnett, former state senator, nominee for governor in 2006 and candidate for KS-01 in 2010[18]
    • Running mate: Rosemary Hansen, Barnett's wife
  • Jeff Colyer, incumbent Governor[19]
    • Running mate: Tracey Mann, incumbent Lieutenant Governor[20]
  • Patrick Kucera, businessman[21]
    • Running Mate: Patricia Reitz[22]
  • Tyler Ruzich, high school student[23]
    • Running mate: Dominic Scavuzzo, high school student
  • Ken Selzer, Kansas Insurance Commissioner[24]
    • Running mate: Jen Sanderson, businesswoman[25]
  • Joseph Tutera Jr., high school student[26]
    • Running mate: Phillip Clemente, high school student

Withdrew[]

  • Wink Hartman, businessman and candidate for KS-04 in 2010[27] (ran for lieutenant governor)[28] Hartman joined Kris Kobach's campaign as his Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate.

Endorsements[]

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Jeff Colyer
Local and statewide politicians
  • Jeff Longbine, Senate Vice President[29]
  • Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin[30]
  • Mark Hutton, state representative[31]
  • Bob Dole, former US Senator for Kansas and 1996 Republican nominee for President[32]
Organizations
  • Kansas Farm Bureau[33]
  • National Rifle Association[34]
  • Kansans for Life[35]
  • Kansas Livestock Association[36]
  • Kansas State Troopers Association[37]

Polling[]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Jim
Barnett 		Jeff
Colyer 		Wink
Hartman 		Kris
Kobach 		Ken
Selzer 		Other Undecided
Remington (R) August 3–5, 2018 2,769 ± 2.0% 14% 34% – 32% 9% 3%[38] 10%
The Trafalgar Group (R) July 30 – August 2, 2018 1,546 ± 2.4% 11% 36% – 43% 5% 4%[38] –
Remington (R) August 2, 2018 859 ± 3.3% 13% 32% – 32% 9% 3%[38] 11%
JMC Analytics (R-Kobach) July 24–26, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 11% 25% – 34% 8% 2%[39] 20%
Remington (R) May 14–15, 2018 1,441 ± 2.6% 9% 29% – 27% 5% – 30%
JMC Analytics (R-Kobach) March 15–17, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 10% 18% – 31% 4% – 36%
Remington (R) February 13–14, 2018 1,806 ± 2.3% 8% 23% 5% 21% 3% 3%[40] 37%
Moore Information (R) February 11, 2018 – – – 20% 6% 26% 11% – 38%

Results[]

Results by county:
  Kobach—50–60%
  Kobach—40–50%
  Kobach—30–40%
  Kobach/Colyer tie—40–50%
  Colyer—30–40%
  Colyer—40–50%
  Colyer—50–60%
  Colyer—70–80%
  Selzer—30–40%
Republican primary results[41]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kris Kobach 128,838 40.62
Republican Jeff Colyer (incumbent) 128,488 40.51
Republican Jim Barnett 27,993 8.83
Republican Ken Selzer 24,807 7.82
Republican Patrick Kucera 3,212 1.01
Republican Tyler Ruzich 2,276 0.72
Republican Joseph Tutera Jr. 1,559 0.49
Total votes 317,173 100.0

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Nominated[]

  • Laura Kelly, state senator[42]
    • Running mate: Lynn Rogers, state senator[43]

Eliminated in primary[]

  • Arden Andersen, physician[44]
    • Running mate: Dale Cowsert, businessman
  • Jack Bergeson, high school student[45]
    • Running mate: Alexander Cline, high school student[45]
  • Carl Brewer, former Mayor of Wichita[46]
    • Running mate: Chris Morrow, former mayor of Gardner[47]
  • Josh Svaty, former Kansas Secretary of Agriculture and former state representative[48]
    • Running mate: Katrina Gier Lewison, Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education member, veteran

Withdrew[]

  • Jim Ward, Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives[49]

Declined[]

  • Paul Davis, former Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives and nominee for governor in 2014 (running for KS-02)[50][51][52][53][54]

Endorsements[]

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Josh Svaty
Statewide and local politicians
  • John W. Carlin, former Governor of Kansas and former Archivist of the United States [55]
  • Bill Graves, Republican former governor of Kansas[56]
  • Sheila Frahm, Republican Former U.S. Senator from Kansas
  • Dick Bond, Republican former Kansas state Senate President
  • Lee Kinch, Former Kansas Democratic Party chairman.[57]
  • Tom Burroughs, Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, formerly served as the House Minority Leader.[58]
  • Rep. Pam Curtis, D-32nd Dist.[59]
  • Rep. Stan Frownfelter, D-37th Dist.[59]
  • Rep. Broderick Henderson, D-35th Dist.[59]
  • Rep. Louis Ruiz, D-31st Dist.[59]
  • State Rep. Jason Probst, D-Hutchinson,[60]
  • Rep. Cindy Neighbor, D-18th Dist.[59]
  • Rep. Adam Lusker, D-2nd Dist.[59]
  • Rep. Eber Phelps, D-111th Dist.[59]
  • Rep. Tom Sawyer, D-95th Dist.[59]
  • Rep. Jerry Stogsdill, D-21st Dist.[59]

Polling[]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Arden
Andersen 		Jack
Bergeson 		Carl
Brewer 		Laura
Kelly 		Josh
Svaty 		Undecided
GBA Strategies (D-Kelly) June 5–7, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 3% 2% 22% 35% 12% 25%
– – 25% 44% 12% 20%

Results[]

County results
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Laura Kelly 78,746 51.5
Democratic Carl Brewer 30,693 20.1
Democratic Josh Svaty 26,722 17.5
Democratic Arden Andersen 12,845 8.4
Democratic Jack Bergeson 3,850 2.5
Total votes 152,856 100.0

Independent candidates[]

Candidates[]

On the ballot[]

  • Rick Kloos[61]
    • Running mate: Nathaniel Kloos, son of Rick Kloos[62]
  • Greg Orman, businessman and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014[54][63]
    • Running mate: John Doll, state senator[64]

Failed to qualify[]

  • Ilan Cohen, high school student from Maryland[65]
  • Aaron Coleman, college student (write-in)[62]
  • Max Correa, college student from North Carolina [66]
  • Joe Larry Hunter, former inmate[67][68]
  • Andy Maskin, New York City Advertiser[69][70][71]
    • Running mate: Scott Goodwin, Connecticut Advertiser
  • Victor Redko, McGill University student[72]
  • Jared Rogers, University of Pennsylvania student[73]
  • Nicholas Schrieber, college student from Delaware[74]
    • Running mate: Matthew Ueckermann, college student from Maryland[74]
  • Conner Shelton, college student from Pennsylvania[75]

Libertarian convention[]

Candidates[]

Nominated[]

  • Jeff Caldwell, executive committee member for the Libertarian Party of Kansas[76]
    • Running mate: Mary Gerlt

Withdrew[]

General election[]

Predictions[]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[79] Tossup October 26, 2018
The Washington Post[80] Tossup November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[81] Tossup November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[82] Tossup November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[83] Lean D (flip) November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[84] Tossup November 4, 2018
Daily Kos[85] Tossup November 5, 2018
Fox News[86][a] Tossup November 5, 2018
Politico[87] Tossup November 5, 2018
Governing[88] Tossup November 5, 2018
Notes
  1. ^ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Debates[]

Dates Location Kelly Kobach Orman Link
September 6, 2018 Overland Park, Kansas Participant Participant Participant Full debate - YouTube
October 30, 2018 Wichita, Kansas Participant Participant Participant Full debate - C-SPAN

Endorsements[]

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Laura Kelly (D)
Federal politicians
  • Sheila Frahm, former U.S. Senator (R-KS) and former Lieutenant Governor of Kansas[89]
  • Nancy Kassebaum, former U.S. Senator (R-KS)[90]
  • Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator (D-MN)[91]
  • Eric Holder, former U.S. Attorney General[92]
Statewide and local politicians
  • Barbara Allen, former state senator (Republican)[89]
  • Ginger Barr, former state representative (Republican)[89]
  • Barbara Bollier, state senator (Republican, later Democratic)[93]
  • Dick Bond, former President of the Kansas Senate (Republican)[89]
  • Pete Brungardt, former state senator (Republican)[89]
  • John W. Carlin, former governor of Kansas[94]
  • Rochelle Chronister, former state representative (Republican) and former Chairperson of the Kansas Republican Party[89]
  • Paul Davis, former state representative and 2014 nominee for governor[95]
  • Tim Emert, former Majority Leader of the Kansas Senate (Republican)[89]
  • Duane Goossen, former Kansas Secretary of Administration and former Director of the Kansas Division of the Budget[96]
  • Bill Graves, former Governor of Kansas and former Kansas Secretary of State (Republican)[97]
  • Mike Hayden, former governor of Kansas (Republican)[98]
  • Terrie Huntington, former state senator and former state representative (Republican)[89]
  • Dave Kerr, former President of the Kansas Senate (Republican)[89]
  • Joy Koesten, state representative (Republican)[89]
  • Audrey Langworthy, former state senator (Republican)[89]
  • Fred Lorentz, former state representative (Republican)[89]
  • Jim Lowther, former state representative (Republican)[89]
  • Terry McAuliffe, former governor of Virginia[99]
  • Lana Oleen, former Majority Leader of the Kansas Senate (Republican)[89]
  • Tim Owens, former state senator (Republican)[100]
  • Mark Parkinson, former governor of Kansas[98]
  • Jo Ann Pottorff, former state representative (Republican)[89]
  • Sandy Praeger, former Kansas Insurance Commissioner (Republican)[89]
  • Charlie Roth, former state representative (Republican)[89]
  • Alicia Salisbury, former Vice President of the Kansas Senate (Republican)[89]
  • Kathleen Sebelius, former Governor of Kansas and former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary[101]
  • Gary Sherrer, former Lieutenant Governor of Kansas (Republican)[89]
  • Ruth Teichman, former state senator (Republican)[89]
  • John Vratil, former Vice President of the Kansas Senate (Republican)[89]
  • Win Winter Jr., former state senator (Republican)[89]
  • David Wysong, former state senator (Republican)[89]
  • Jim Yonally, former state representative (Republican)[89]
Labor unions
  • American Federation of Teachers-Kansas Affiliate[102]
  • International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 124[103]
  • Kansas Fraternal Order of Police State Lodge[104]
  • Kansas National Education Association[105]
  • Kansas State AFL-CIO[106]
  • Missouri Kansas Alliance of Teamsters[107]
  • National Education Association[108]
  • St. Louis - Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council[109]
  • United Automobile Workers[110]
  • United Steelworkers District 11[111]
Organizations
Newspapers and news websites
  • The Kansas City Star[116]
  • The Topeka Capital-Journal[117]
  • The Wichita Eagle[118]
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Kris Kobach (R)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
  • Donald Trump, President of the United States[119][120]
  • Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States[121]
  • John Ashcroft, former United States Attorney General[122]
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Statewide and local politicians
Individuals
  • Sean Hannity, political commentator and talk show host[130]
  • Donald Trump Jr., businessman and son of U.S. President Donald Trump[131]
  • Ann Coulter, conservative commentator[132]
  • Ted Nugent, American singer-songwriter[133]
  • Joe Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona[134]
Organizations
  • Kansans for Life[35]
  • Kansas State Council of Firefighters[135]
  • National Rifle Association[136]
  • Kansas Chamber of Commerce[137]
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Greg Orman (I)
Organisations
  • Unite America

Polling[]

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Kris
Kobach
(R) 		Laura
Kelly
(D) 		Greg
Orman
(I) 		Jeff
Caldwell
(L) 		Other Undecided
Emerson College October 26–28, 2018 976 ± 3.3% 44% 43% 8% – 1% 4%
Ipsos October 17–27, 2018 986 ± 3.6% 41% 43% 9% – 2% 5%
Public Policy Polling (D-Western States Strategies) October 19–20, 2018 698 ± 3.7% 41% 41% 10% 2% 0%[138] 6%
Remington (R) September 30 – October 1, 2018 1,680 ± 2.4% 41% 42% 10% 2% 1%[139] 4%
Emerson College September 26–28, 2018 938 ± 3.5% 37% 36% 9% – 3% 15%
Fort Hays State University August 22 – September 25, 2018 324 – 36% 40% 10% – 5% –
Civiqs (D-Crawford County Dems) September 21–24, 2018 1,178 ± 3.4% 39% 41% 9% 5% 0%[138] 5%
Public Policy Polling (D-Pottawatomie County Dems) September 12–13, 2018 618 – 39% 38% 9% 1% 2%[140] 12%
Public Policy Polling (D-KNEA PAC) August 24–26, 2018 877 – 39% 38% 9% 1% 2%[140] 11%
Remington (R) July 19–20, 2018 1,189 ± 2.9% 35% 36% 12% – – 17%

Results[]

Kansas gubernatorial election, 2018[141]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Laura Kelly 506,727 48.01% +1.88%
Republican Kris Kobach 453,645 42.98% -6.84%
Independent Greg Orman 68,590 6.50% N/A
Libertarian Jeff Caldwell 20,020 1.90% -2.15%
Independent Rick Kloos 6,584 0.62% N/A
Total votes 1,055,566 100.00% N/A
Democratic gain from Republican

By congressional district[]

Kelly won 2 of 4 congressional districts.[142]

District Kelly Kobach Orman Representative
1st 37.35% 51.18% 9.01% Roger Marshall
2nd 50.68% 41.37% 5.24% Lynn Jenkins (115th Congress)
Steve Watkins (116th Congress)
3rd 56.00% 36.55% 4.95% Kevin Yoder (115th Congress)
Sharice Davids (116th Congress)
4th 44.69% 45.37% 7.55% Ron Estes

Maps[]

  • Support for Orman by county:
      >16%
      14–16%
      12–14%
      10–12%
      8–10%
      6–8%
      4–6%
      2–4%

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