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![]() County results Graves: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Slattery: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Kansas |
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The 1994 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994. Republican Bill Graves, the incumbent Secretary of State of Kansas, won the open seat vacated by the pending retirement of incumbent Democratic Governor Joan Finney. Graves defeated Democrat Jim Slattery, the congressman from the second congressional district. [1] Slattery himself defeated incumbent Lieutenant Governor Jim Francisco and state representative Joan Wagnon in the Democratic primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Bill Graves | 526,113 | 64.09% | +21.50% | |
Democratic | Jim Slattery | 294,733 | 35.91% | −12.68% | |
Total votes | 820,846 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |