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1994 election for Kansas Governor

Governor · Kansas

Bill Graves (R) won with 64.1% of the vote, defeating James Slattery (D) by 28.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Bill GravesRepublican · winner
64.1%526,113
35.9%294,733
820,846 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1994

Races before and after

EvenR+3.81986D+6.01990R+28.21994R+52.81998D+7.92002D+17.82006

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET