- Source: 2018 Kansas gubernatorial election
The 2018 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor of Kansas. Incumbent Republican governor Sam Brownback was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.
On July 26, 2017, Brownback was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24, 2018; he resigned the governorship on January 31 and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer. Colyer was eligible to seek a full term and announced his candidacy prior to becoming Governor of Kansas. In the August 7 primary, Colyer ran against CPA and incumbent Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer, Topeka doctor and 2006 Republican Kansas gubernatorial nominee Jim Barnett, and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
On August 7, 2018, Kobach defeated Colyer in the Republican gubernatorial primary by an initial margin of 191 votes, a lead that increased to 361 votes by August 14, although discrepancies in some counties needed resolution and provisional and absentee ballots may not have been counted in some counties. Colyer conceded the Republican nomination after the final votes were tallied, in which Kobach's margin grew slightly. State Senator Laura Kelly easily won the Democratic nomination and won the general election, assuming office on January 14, 2019. Businessman Greg Orman, who finished second as an independent in the 2014 U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Pat Roberts, ran for governor as an independent candidate.
Given that Kansas is the only state which has no gubernatorial statutory qualifications whatsoever in its constitution, seven teenagers, including one who has never even been to the state of Kansas, ran for the office in this election cycle. A debate took place on September 5 between the three candidates that consistently polled above 5%. Polls in late August had Kelly and Kobach running close with Orman polling in the single digits.
Kelly's win continued a streak of party turnover for governor of Kansas, as Kansas has not elected two consecutive governors of the same party since William Avery succeeded fellow Republican John Anderson Jr. following the 1964 election, and neither major party has held the governorship for longer than eight consecutive years since Republican John McCuish left office in 1957.
Republican primary
= Candidates
=Nominated
Kris Kobach, Secretary of State of Kansas and nominee for KS-03 in 2004
Running mate: Wink Hartman, businessman and candidate for KS-04 in 2010
Eliminated in primary
Jim Barnett, former state senator, nominee for governor in 2006 and candidate for KS-01 in 2010
Running mate: Rosemary Hansen, Barnett's wife
Jeff Colyer, incumbent governor and candidate for KS-03 in 2002
Running mate: Tracey Mann, incumbent lieutenant governor
Patrick Kucera, businessman
Running Mate: Patricia Reitz
Tyler Ruzich, high school student
Running mate: Dominic Scavuzzo, high school student
Ken Selzer, Kansas Insurance Commissioner
Running mate: Jen Sanderson, businesswoman
Joseph Tutera Jr., high school student
Running mate: Phillip Clemente, high school student
Withdrew
Wink Hartman, businessman and candidate for KS-04 in 2010 (ran for lieutenant governor). Hartman joined Kris Kobach's campaign as his Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidate.
= Endorsements
== Polling
== Results
=Democratic primary
= Candidates
=Nominated
Laura Kelly, state senator
Running mate: Lynn Rogers, state senator
Eliminated in primary
Arden Andersen, physician
Running mate: Dale Cowsert, businessman
Jack Bergeson, high school student
Running mate: Alexander Cline, high school student
Carl Brewer, former Mayor of Wichita
Running mate: Chris Morrow, former mayor of Gardner
Josh Svaty, former Kansas Secretary of Agriculture and former state representative
Running mate: Katrina Gier Lewison, Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education member, veteran
Withdrew
Jim Ward, Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives
Declined
Paul Davis, former Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives and nominee for governor in 2014 (running for KS-02)
= Endorsements
== Polling
== Results
=Independent candidates
= Candidates
=On the ballot
Rick Kloos
Running mate: Nathaniel Kloos, son of Rick Kloos
Greg Orman, businessman and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
Running mate: John Doll, state senator
= Write-in
=Aaron Coleman, college student
= Failed to qualify
=Ilan Cohen, high school student from Maryland
Max Correa, college student from North Carolina
Joe Larry Hunter, former inmate
Andy Maskin, New York City Advertiser
Running mate: Scott Goodwin, Connecticut Advertiser
Victor Redko, McGill University student
Jared Rogers, University of Pennsylvania student
Nicholas Schrieber, college student from Delaware
Running mate: Matthew Ueckermann, college student from Maryland
Conner Shelton, college student from Pennsylvania
Libertarian convention
= Candidates
=Nominated
Jeff Caldwell, executive committee member for the Libertarian Party of Kansas
Running mate: Mary Gerlt
Withdrew
Thomas Padgett
General election
= Predictions
== Debates
== Endorsements
== Polling
== Results
=Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Harvey (largest city: Newton)
Johnson (largest municipality: Overland Park)
Sedgewick (largest municipality: Wichita)
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Jefferson (largest municipality: Valley Falls)
By congressional district
Kelly won two of four congressional districts, including one that was carried by a Republican in the concurrent congressional elections.
Maps
References
External links
Candidates at Vote Smart
Candidates at Ballotpedia
Debates
GOP Primary Debate, February 17, 2018
Official campaign websites
Jeff Caldwell (L) for Governor
Ilan Cohen (I) for Governor Archive
Aaron Coleman (I) for Governor Archive
Laura Kelly (D) for Governor
Rick Kloos (I) for Governor
Kris Kobach (R) for Governor Archived August 23, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
Greg Orman (I) for Governor
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