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  KS Governor
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Kansas > Governor
Office
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline March 01, 2018 - 11:00am
Polls Open November 06, 2018 - 07:00am
Polls Close November 06, 2018 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 14, 2019 - 11:00am
Term End January 16, 2023 - 12:00am
ContributorRBH
Last ModifiedState Legislatures Big Fan March 26, 2021 10:48am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/04/2014
NameSam Brownback Votes433,196 (49.82%)
Term01/12/2015 - 01/31/2018 Margin32,096 (+3.69%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jan 31, 2018 KS Governor - Succession Jeff Colyer
Aug 07, 2018 KS Governor - R Primary Kris Kobach
Aug 07, 2018 KS Governor - D Primary Laura Kelly
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 6.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Kris Kobach
Safe 1
Lean 1
Slight 6
Laura Kelly
Lean 2
Slight 11
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

07/19/2018 10/28/2018

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Laura Kelly Kris Kobach Greg Orman Jeffrey S. Caldwell II Richard Kloos
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Libertarian Independent
Votes506,727 (48.01%) 453,645 (42.98%) 68,590 (6.50%) 20,020 (1.90%) 6,584 (0.62%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -53,082 (-5.03%) -438,137 (-41.51%) -486,707 (-46.11%) -500,143 (-47.38%)
Predict Avg.40.00% 41.17% 15.33% 3.00% 0.33%
DylanSH9944.00% (+1.93 pts)43.00% (+4.21 pts)10.00% (-0.85 pts)2.00% (+1.07 pts)1.00% (+0.80 pts)
Natalie46.00% (+3.26 pts)45.50% (+2.54 pts)6.00% (+1.16 pts)2.00% (+1.07 pts) --
Luzerne County Historian30.00% (-7.40 pts)35.00% (-1.09 pts)30.00% (-14.18 pts)5.00% (-0.93 pts) --
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Emerson College 
10/26-10/28		 43.00% (+0.0) 44.00% (+0.0) 8.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Reuters/Ipsos 
10/17-10/27		 43.00% (+0.0) 41.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Public Policy Polling 
10/17-10/21		 41.00% (+0.0) 41.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Remington Research 
09/30-10/01		 42.00% (+6.0) 41.00% (+6.0) 10.00% (-2.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
Emerson College 
09/26-09/28		 36.00% (+0.0) 37.00% (+0.0) 9.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Fort Hays State University 
08/22-09/25		 40.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 10.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D KeystoneProgressive
D samir7243_ATL
R Minnesota Populist
R Kyle
D BLUEDOGS
LBR Old LW
For Luzerne County Historian

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 09, 2018 04:30am Perspective Inside Kris Kobach’s losing Kansas campaign: ‘Check logic and reason at the door’  Article IndyGeorgia 
Aug 21, 2018 08:00pm News Democrats challenge independent bid for Kansas governor  Article BrentinCO 
Feb 13, 2018 09:30am Legal Ruling Kansas official rules that Angus, a dog, can't run for governor  Article RP 

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