2022 Kansas Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 2022 Kansas Gubernatorial Election?

Laura Kelly won the 2022 Kansas Gubernatorial Election. Laura Kelly received 499,849 popular votes (49.54%). The main challenger was Derek Schmidt (47.33%).

See the full head-to-head between Kelly and Schmidt

Kelly +2.2 pts · won by 22,258 votes
499,849 votes
477,591 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 3.1% 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.