1974 Kansas gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1974 Kansas gubernatorial election Kansas Presidential no 1972 Kansas gubernatorial election 1972 1978 Kansas gubernatorial election 1978 November 5, 1974 File:Robert Bennett (1978) (cropped).png 150x150px Robert F. Bennett Republican Party (United States) Shelby Smith 387,792 49.47% 3x4.svg Vern Miller Democratic Party (United States) Jack Steineger 384,115 49.00% 1974 Kansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 270px County resultsBennett: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Miller: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Robert Docking Democratic Party (United States) Robert Frederick Bennett Republican Party (United States) The 1974 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. Republican nominee Robert Frederick Bennett narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Vern Miller with 49.5% of the vote. 2022, this marks the last occasion in which the following counties have voted Democratic in a gubernatorial election: Clark, Morton, Seward, Stanton, and Stevens. This was also the first gubernatorial election for the state of Kansas to elect a governor for a four-year term. Primary elections Primary elections were held on August 6, 1974.https://books.google.com/books?id=nqAaAQAAMAAJ Guide to U.S. elections - CQ Press, Congressional Quarterly, inc 2005 CQ Press 9781568029818 2019-03-22 Republican primary Candidates Robert Frederick Bennett, president of the Kansas Senate Bob Clack Don O. Concannon, former president of the Kansas Republican Party Forrest J. Robinson, former minister of the First United Methodist Church of Wichita Results Republican primary results Robert Frederick Bennett Republican Party (United States) 67,347 32.39 Don O. Concannon Republican Party (United States) 66,817 32.13 Forrest J. Robinson Republican Party (United States) 56,440 27.14 Bob Clack Republican Party (United States) 17,333 8.34 207,937 100.00 General election Candidates Major party candidates Robert Frederick Bennett, Republican Vern Miller, Democratic Other candidates Marshall Uncapher, Prohibition Results 1974 Kansas gubernatorial electionhttps://books.google.com/books?id=HYKzDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA139 America Votes 31: 2013-2014, Election Returns by State - Rhodes Cook 17 November 2015 9781483383026 2019-03-22 Cook Rhodes Republican Party (United States) Robert Frederick Bennett 387,792 49.47% Democratic Party (United States) Vern Miller 384,115 49.00% Prohibition Party Marshall Uncapher 11,968 1.53% 3,677 783,875 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References 1974 Kansas Gubernatorial Category:November 1974 elections in the United States