2026 results · Kansas · Kansas Governor
Cindy Holscher, the Democrat, leads in the race for Kansas's governorship
Donald Trump carried Kansas by 16.1 points in 2024; this year's count is a 16.8-point move toward the Democrats.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cindy HolscherDemocrat | 551,243 | 50.4% | |
 Ty MastersonRepublican | 543,599 | 49.6% |
Not called: within 1.5 points, it goes to the count and the state's recount rules. How we call races →
Nearly all of the expected vote counted1,094,842 votesCount last changed Nov 7, 12:37 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 5:02 PM ESTSource: the official state and county counts, gathered by civicAPI
The map
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What moved most
Scroll through Kansas, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.
What the count shows
Added together, the 105 counties compared moved 16.8 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 82% as many votes as in 2024, from 91% in Seward County to 69% in Cherokee County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Democrats (r = 0.24).
Ford County moved most: R+38.4 for president in 2024, R+2.0 this year
The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.
2024 president 2026
Sedgwick County added 38,075 net votes for Holscher against the 2024 margin, 17% of the statewide change
Across the 105 counties compared, the margin moved by 221,593 votes toward Holscher: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.
- Sedgwick County+38,075 Holscher
- Johnson County+38,040 Holscher
- Shawnee County+9,461 Holscher
- Wyandotte County+7,579 Holscher
- Butler County+6,533 Holscher
- Leavenworth County+6,457 Holscher
- Reno County+4,939 Holscher
- Douglas County+4,407 Holscher
4 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Holscher this year
Striped on the map above. Largest first.
- Sedgwick CountyR+13.8D+4.7
- Lyon CountyR+14.7D+2.5
- Geary CountyR+17.6D+0.1
- Seward CountyR+39.0D+9.0
What the places that moved have in common
Each of Kansas’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.
Urban, suburban and rural counties
2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).
Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.
Kansas’s ballot
The seat that changed party
StatewideDemocrats won 1 of Kansas's 6 statewide races and lead 2 more; Republicans won 2 and lead 1 more.
U.S. HouseBefore the election R 3–1, now R 3–1
won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.
Every count on this page is the official count, from the state and its counties. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes. Photos: Cindy Holscher, by Catboy69, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, background removed; Ty Masterson, by NicholasGian25, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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