Kansas gubernatorial election, 1998

November 3, 1998



Nominee	Bill Graves	Tom Sawyer
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	544,882	168,243
Percentage	73.37%	22.65%

Governor before election

Bill Graves
Republican

Elected Governor

Bill Graves
Republican

The Kansas gubernatorial election of 1998 took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Graves won re-election in a landslide over his opponent, State Representative Tom Sawyer.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Tom Sawyer, Kansas State Representative
Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Sawyer	88,248	85.28
	Democratic	Fred Phelps	15,233	14.72
Total votes			103,481	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Bill Graves, incumbent Governor of Kansas
David Miller, former Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party

Results

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Graves (inc.)	225,782	72.80
	Republican	David Miller	84,368	27.20
Total votes			310,150	100.00

General election

Results

Kansas gubernatorial election, 1998^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Graves (inc.)	544,882	73.37%	+9.27%
	Democratic	Tom Sawyer	168,243	22.65%	-13.25%
	Constitution	Kirt Poovey	21,710	2.92%
	Reform	Darrel King	7,830	1.05%
Majority			376,639	50.71%	+22.53%
Turnout			742,665
	Republican hold		Swing

References

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