Political party strength in Kansas
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As of July 2025, Kansas's registered voters include 899,565 Republicans (45.1%), 498,451 Democrats (24.9%), 23,803 Libertarians (1.2%), 5,262 No Labels (0.3%), 822 United Kansas (0.04%), and 568,664 Unaffiliated (28.5%).[1]
State politics
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Kansas:
- Governor
- Lieutenant governor
- Secretary of state
- Attorney general
- State treasurer
- Insurance commissioner
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1861–1974
| Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | Insurance Comm. | Auditor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
| 1861 | Charles L. Robinson (R)[a] | Joseph Pomeroy Root (R) | John W. Robinson (R)[b] | B. F. Simpson (R) | Hartwin R. Dutton (R) | post created 1871 | George S. Hillyer (R) | 22R, 3D | 64R, 11D | Jim Lane (R)[c] | Samuel C. Pomeroy (R) | Martin F. Conway (R) | |
| Charles Chadwick (R) | |||||||||||||
| 1862 | Sanders R. Shepard (R)[d] | Samuel Stinson (D) | David L. Lakin (I) | ||||||||||
| 1863 | Thomas Carney (R) | Thomas A. Osborn (R) | Warren W. H. Lawrence (R) | Warren W. Guthrie (R) | William Spriggs (R) | Asa Hairgrove (R) | 20R, 2D, 2I, 1ID | 57R, 8D, 7U, 1I, 1Abol, 1? | A. Carter Wilder (R) | ||||
| 1864 | 30R, 3D, 42? | Lincoln/ Johnson (NU)  | |||||||||||
| 1865 | Samuel J. Crawford (R)[e] | James McGrew (R) | Rinaldo A. Barker (R) | Jerome D. Brumbaugh (R) | John R. Swallow (R) | 19R, 2I, 2NU, 1D, 1Nat | 62R, 7D, 4Abol, 1I, 1IR, 1NU, 2? | Sidney Clarke (R) | |||||
| 1866 | 61R, 10D, 1I, 1IR, 1NU, 1W, 3? | ||||||||||||
| 1867 | Nehemiah Green (R) | George Henry Hoyt (R) | Martin Anderson (R) | 20R, 5D | 69R, 13D | Edmund G. Ross (R) | |||||||
| 1868 | 62R, 26D | Grant/ Colfax (R) | |||||||||||
| Nehemiah Green (R)[f] | vacant | ||||||||||||
| 1869 | James M. Harvey (R) | Charles V. Eskridge (R) | Thomas Moonlight (R) | Addison Danford (R) | George Graham (R) | Alois Thoman (R) | 24R, 1D | 84R, 6D | |||||
| 1870 | R majority | ||||||||||||
| 1871 | P. P. Elder (R) | William H. Smallwood (R) | Archibald L. Williams (R) | Josiah E. Hayes (R) | William C. Webb (R) | 25R | 82R, 16D | Alexander Caldwell (R) | David P. Lowe (R) | ||||
| 1872 | R majority | Grant/ Wilson (R) | |||||||||||
| 1873 | Thomas A. Osborn (R) | Elias S. Stover (R) | Edward Russell (R) | Daniel W. Wilder (R) | 27R, 5FA, 1D | 51R, 34FA, 18I, 2D | Robert Crozier (R) | John J. Ingalls (R) | 3R | ||||
| 1874 | Samuel Lappin (R) | Harrison Clarkson (R) | 57R, 18Ref, 13I,[g] 9FA, 4Lib, 3D, 2?, 1 vac. | James M. Harvey (R) | |||||||||
| 1875 | Melville J. Salter (R)[h] | Thomas H. Cavanaugh (R) | Asa M. F. Randolph (R) | John Francis (R) | Orrin T. Welch (R) | 20R, 9Ref, 3D, 1LR | 75R, 20Ref, 10D, 2? | 2R, 1D | |||||
| 1876 | 77R, 9D, 13I,[i] 4IR, 3Ref, 1RefR, 1? | Hayes/ Wheeler (R) | |||||||||||
| 1877 | George T. Anthony (R) | Willard Davis (R) | Parkinson I. Bonebrake (R) | 35R, 5D | 107R, 18D | Preston B. Plumb (R)[c] | 3R | ||||||
| Lyman U. Humphrey (R)[j] | |||||||||||||
| 1878 | |||||||||||||
| 1879 | John St. John (R) | James Smith (R) | 108R, 17D | ||||||||||
| 1880 | Garfield/ Arthur (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1881 | David Finney (R) | William Agnew Johnston (R) | 37R, 2D, 1Fus | 112R, 9D, 4Fus | |||||||||
| 1882 | |||||||||||||
| 1883 | George Washington Glick (D) | Samuel T. Howe (R) | Richard B. Morris (D) | Edward P. McCabe (R) | 86R, 26D, 13GB | 7R | |||||||
| 1884 | George P. Smith (D) | Blaine/ Logan (R)  | |||||||||||
| 1885 | John Martin (R) | Alexander P. Riddle (R) | Edwin B. Allen (R) | Simon B. Bradford (R) | 37R, 3D | 107R, 11D, 7I | |||||||
| 1886 | |||||||||||||
| 1887 | James W. Hamilton (R) | Daniel W. Wilder (R) | Timothy McCarthy (R) | 97R, 24D, 3I, 1Lab | 6R, 1IR | ||||||||
| 1888 | Harrison/ Morton (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1889 | Lyman U. Humphrey (R) | Andrew Jackson Felt (R) | William Higgins (R) | Lyman Beecher Kellogg (R) | 39R, 1D | 121R, 2D, 2UL | 7R | ||||||
| 1890 | William Sims (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1891 | John Nutt Ives (D) | Solomon G. Stover (R) | W. H. McBride (R) | Charles M. Hovey (R) | 92FA, 26R, 7D | William A. Peffer (Pop) | 5Pop, 2R | ||||||
| 1892 | Bishop W. Perkins (R) | Weaver/ Field (Pop) | |||||||||||
| 1893 | Lorenzo D. Lewelling (Pop) | Percy Daniels (Pop) | Russell S. Osborn (Pop) | John T. Little (Pop) | William H. Biddle (Pop) | S. H. Snider (R) | Van B. Prather (Pop) | 23Pop, 15R, 2D | 64R, 58Pop, 2D, 1I | John Martin (D) | 5Pop, 2R, 1D | ||
| 1894 | |||||||||||||
| 1895 | Edmund N. Morrill (R) | James A. Troutman (R) | William C. Edwards (R) | Fernando B. Dawes (R) | Otis L. Atherton (R) | George T. Anthony (R) | George E. Cole (R) | 91R, 33Pop, 1D | Lucien Baker (R) | 7R, 1Pop | |||
| 1896 | Alexander P. Riddle (R) | Bryan/ Sewall (D) | |||||||||||
| 1897 | John W. Leedy (Pop) | Alexander Miller Harvey (Pop) | William E. Bush (Pop) | Louis C. Boyle (Pop) | David Heflebower (Pop) | Webb McNall (Pop) | William H. Morris (Pop) | 27Pop, 11R, 2D | 67Pop, 47R, 8D, 3SvR | William A. Harris (Pop) | 6Pop, 2R | ||
| 1898 | |||||||||||||
| 1899 | William Eugene Stanley (R) | Harry E. Richter (R) | George A. Clark (R) | Aretas A. Godard (R) | Frank Grimes (R) | Willard V. Church (R) | George E. Cole (R) | 92R, 33Pop | 7R, 1Pop | ||||
| 1900 | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1901 | 31R, 7Pop, 2D | 81R, 30Pop, 12D, 2SvR | Joseph R. Burton (R) | 7R, 1D | |||||||||
| 1902 | |||||||||||||
| 1903 | Willis J. Bailey (R) | David J. Hanna (R) | Joel R. Burrow (R) | Chiles C. Coleman (R) | Thomas Kelly (R) | Charles H. Luling (R) | Seth G. Wells (R) | 95R, 30D | Chester I. Long (R) | 8R | |||
| 1904 | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1905 | Edward W. Hoch (R) | 37R, 3D | 110R, 15D | ||||||||||
| 1906 | Alfred W. Benson (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | W. J. Fitzgerald (R) | Charles E. Denton (R) | Fred S. Jackson (R) | Mark Tulley (R) | Charles W. Barnes (R) | James M. Nation (R) | 94R, 31D | Charles Curtis (R) | |||||
| 1908 | Taft/ Sherman (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1909 | Walter R. Stubbs (R) | 34R, 6D | 84R, 40D, 1I | Joseph L. Bristow (R) | |||||||||
| 1910 | |||||||||||||
| 1911 | Richard Joseph Hopkins (R) | Charles H. Sessions (R) | John Shaw Dawson (R) | Isaac S. Lewis (R) | William E. Davis (R) | 71R, 53D, 1I | |||||||
| 1912 | Wilson/ Marshall (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1913 | George H. Hodges (D) | Sheffield Ingalls (R) | Earl Akers (R) | 21D, 18R, 1Soc | 72D, 51R, 2Soc | William H. Thompson (D) | 5D, 3R | ||||||
| 1914 | |||||||||||||
| 1915 | Arthur Capper (R) | William Y. Morgan (R) | John T. Botkin (R) | Sardius M. Brewster (R) | Carey J. Wilson (R) | 66R, 49D, 9Prog, 1Soc | Charles Curtis (R) | 6D, 2R | |||||
| 1916 | Wilson/ Marshall (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1917 | Walter Payne (R) | Fred W. Knapp (R) | 31R, 9D | 86R, 37D, 2Soc | 5D, 3R | ||||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||||||
| 1919 | Henry J. Allen (R) | Charles S. Huffman (R) | Lewis J. Pettijohn (R) | Richard Joseph Hopkins (R) | Frank L. Travis (R) | 110R, 15D | Arthur Capper (R) | 7R, 1D | |||||
| 1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1921 | E. T. Thompson (R) | N. A. Turner (R) | 38R, 2D | 113R, 12D | 8R | ||||||||
| 1922 | David O. McCray (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | Jonathan M. Davis (D) | Benjamin S. Paulen (R) | Frank J. Ryan (R) | Charles Benjamin Griffith (R) | William R. Baker (R) | 95R, 30D | 7R, 1D | ||||||
| 1924 | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1925 | Benjamin S. Paulen (R) | De Lanson Chase (R) | Carl White (R) | William E. Davis (R) | 32R, 8D | 92R, 33D | 6R, 2D | ||||||
| 1926 | |||||||||||||
| 1927 | William A. Smith (R) | Will J. French (R) | 7R, 1D | ||||||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/ Curtis (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1929 | Clyde M. Reed (R) | Jacob W. Graybill (R) | Edgbert A. Cornell (R) | Tom Boyd (R) | Charles F. Hobbs (R) | 37R, 3D | 101R, 24D | Henry J. Allen (R) | |||||
| 1930 | Roland Boynton (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | Harry Hines Woodring (D) | Jacob W. Graybill (R) | 77R, 48D | George McGill (D) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1933 | Alf Landon (R) | Charles W. Thompson (R) | Frank J. Ryan (R) | William Jardine (R) | 23R, 17D | 65R, 60D | 4R, 3D | ||||||
| 1934 | J. J. Rhodes (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | Clarence Victor Beck (R) | Ed J. Powers (D) | 75R, 50D | ||||||||||
| 1936 | George S. Robb (R) | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | |||||||||||
| 1937 | Walter A. Huxman (D) | William M. Lindsay (D) | 25R, 15D | 74R, 51D | 5R, 2D | ||||||||
| 1938 | Jibo Hewitt (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | Payne Ratner (R) | Carl E. Friend (R) | Jay S. Parker (R) | Walter Wilson (R) | 108R, 17D | Clyde M. Reed (R)[c] | 6R, 1D | ||||||
| 1940 | Willkie/ McNary (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1941 | 35R, 5D | 98R, 27D | |||||||||||
| 1942 | |||||||||||||
| 1943 | Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R) | Jess C. Denious (R) | Alexander B. Mitchell (R) | 113R, 12D | 6R | ||||||||
| 1944 | Dewey/ Bricker (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1945 | Elmer T. Beck (R) | 39R, 1D | 120R, 5D | ||||||||||
| 1946 | |||||||||||||
| 1947 | Frank Carlson (R)[k] | Frank L. Hagaman (R) | Edward F. Arn (R) | Richard Fadely (R) | Frank Sullivan (R) | 108R, 17D | |||||||
| 1948 | Dewey/ Warren (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1949 | Larry Ryan (D) | Harold R. Fatzer (R) | 34R, 6D | 95R, 30D | Andrew Frank Schoeppel (R)[c] | ||||||||
| 1950 | Harry Darby (R) | ||||||||||||
| Frank L. Hagaman (R)[f] | vacant | Paul R. Shanahan (R) | |||||||||||
| 1951 | Edward F. Arn (R) | Fred Hall (R) | 105R, 20D | Frank Carlson (R) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1953 | 35R, 5D | 5R, 1D | |||||||||||
| 1954 | |||||||||||||
| 1955 | Fred Hall (R)[l] | John McCuish (R) | 89R, 36D | 6R | |||||||||
| 1956 | John Anderson Jr. (R) | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) | |||||||||||
| 1957 | John McCuish (R)[f] | vacant | 32R, 8D | 82R, 43D | 5R, 1D | ||||||||
| George Docking (D) | Joseph W. Henkle Sr. (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1958 | |||||||||||||
| 1959 | George Hart (D) | 69R, 56D | 3D, 3R | ||||||||||
| 1960 | Nixon/ Lodge (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1961 | John Anderson Jr. (R) | Harold H. Chase (R) | William M. Ferguson (R) | Walter Peery (R) | Clay E. Hedrick (R) | 82R, 43D | 5R, 1D | ||||||
| 1962 | James B. Pearson (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | 89R, 36D | 5R | |||||||||||
| 1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1965 | William H. Avery (R) | John Crutcher (R) | Robert C. Londerholm (R) | 27R, 13D | 80R, 45D | ||||||||
| 1966 | Elwill M. Shanahan (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | Robert Docking (D) | 77R, 48D | |||||||||||
| 1968 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1969 | Jim De Coursey (D) | Kent Frizzell (R) | 32R, 8D | 87R, 38D | Bob Dole (R) | ||||||||
| 1970 | |||||||||||||
| 1971 | Reynolds Shultz (R) | Vern Miller (D) | Fletcher Bell (R) | 84R, 41D | 4R, 1D | ||||||||
| 1972 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | Dave Owen (R) | Tom Van Sickle (R) | 27R, 13D | 80R, 45D | |||||||||
| 1974 | |||||||||||||