1998 Kansas gubernatorial election

The 1998 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Graves won re-election in a 50% landslide over his opponent, State Representative Tom Sawyer, becoming the first Republican incumbent Governor of Kansas to win reelection since John Anderson Jr.’s reelection victory in 1962.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Republican primary

Candidates

Bill Graves, incumbent governor of Kansas
David Miller, former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party