1998Final results
1998 election for Kansas Governor
Governor · Kansas
Bill Graves (R) won with 76.4% of the vote, defeating Tom Sawyer (D) by 52.8 points.
Bill GravesRepublican · winner
76.4%544,882
Tom SawyerDemocrat
23.6%168,243
713,125 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET