1998 Kansas gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1998 Kansas gubernatorial election Kansas presidential no 1994 Kansas gubernatorial election 1994 2002 Kansas gubernatorial election 2002 November 3, 1998 File:Bill Graves being presented a plaque, March 23, 2000 - cropped.jpg 150x150px Bill Graves Gary Sherrer Republican Party (United States) 544,882 73.37% File:Tom Sawyer debating on the house floor (cropped).jpg Tom Sawyer Elizabeth Baker Democratic Party (United States) 168,243 22.65% 1998 Kansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 270px County resultsGraves: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Governor Bill Graves Republican Party (United States) Bill Graves Republican Party (United States) The 1998 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998 to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Kansas. Republican incumbent Bill Graves was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic state representative Tom Sawyer in a landslide. Graves was the first Republican to win re-election as governor since John Anderson Jr. in 1962. Republican primary Candidates Bill Graves, incumbent governor of Kansas since 1995 David Miller, former chair of the Kansas Republican Party Results Republican primary results Bill Graves (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 225,782 72.80 David Miller Republican Party (United States) 84,368 27.20 310,150 100.00 Democratic primary Candidates Tom Sawyer, state representative from Wichita Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church Results Democratic primary resultshttp://www.kssos.org/elections/98elec/98prifin.html Kansas Secretary of State - Official 1998 Kansas Primary Election Results Kssos.org 3 April 2019 Tom Sawyer Democratic Party (United States) 88,248 85.28 Fred Phelps Democratic Party (United States) 15,233 14.72 103,481 100.00 General election Candidates Bill Graves, incumbent governor of Kansas since 1995 (Republican) Running mate: Gary Sherrer, incumbent lieutenant governor of Kansas since 1996 Darrel King (Reform) Kirt Poovey (Constitution) Tom Sawyer, state representative from Wichita (Democratic) Running mate: Elizabeth Baker Polling Poll sourceDate(s)SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclearMarginof errorBill Graves(R)Tom Sawyer(D)Other /undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingSurveyUSAFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 28, 1998500—74%21%5%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Kansas 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/KS/polls/KS98G.html CNN 26 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250626012824/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/KS/polls/KS98G.html 26 June 2025 liveJuly 6–8, 1998804 (LV)± 3.5%67%16%17% Results Kansas gubernatorial election, 1998http://www.kssos.org/elections/98elec/98elm/98gen1.html Kansas Secretary of State - Official 1998 Kansas General Election Results Kssos.org 3 April 2019 Republican Party (United States) Bill Graves (incumbent) 544,882 73.37% +9.27% Democratic Party (United States) Tom Sawyer 168,243 22.65% -13.25% Constitution Party (United States) Kirt Poovey 21,710 2.92% Reform Party (United States) Darrel King 7,830 1.05% 376,639 50.71% +22.53% 742,665 Republican Party (United States) Notes References 1998 Gubernatorial Kansas Category:November 1998 in the United States