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1998 Kansas Gubernatorial Election

Kansas · 2 candidates · See every 1998 Governor race

Who won the 1998 Kansas Gubernatorial Election?

Bill Graves won the 1998 Kansas Gubernatorial Election. Bill Graves received 544,882 popular votes (73.4%). The main challenger was Tom Sawyer (22.7%).

See the full head-to-head between Graves and Sawyer

Graves +50.7 pts · won by 376,639 votes
Bill GravesRepublicanWINNER73.4%
544,882 votes
Tom SawyerDemocratic22.7%
168,243 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.9% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.