Deep Red Kansas Reelects Democrat Governor

Kansas Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, who won a second term Nov. 8, speaks during an event at the Statehouse in Topeka. Kan., on April 21, 2021. John Hanna/AP Photo

Incumbent Kansas Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly has survived Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s bid to unseat her and will move into her second term in Topeka.

Kelly collected 49 percent of the vote to Schmidt’s 48 percent, with an estimated 90 percent of the votes counted on Nov. 9. Throughout the summer and fall, polls showed Kelly and Schmidt in a neck-and-neck race.