Kansas gubernatorial election, 1994
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The Kansas gubernatorial election of 1994 included incumbent Republican Governor Mike Hayden
won the open seat vacated by the retirement of Governor Joan Finney
. He defeated Jim Slattery
.
Mike Hayden
John Michael Hayden, was the 41st Governor of Kansas. He subsequently served as Secretary of the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Department under governors Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson.-Early life:...
won the open seat vacated by the retirement of Governor Joan Finney
Joan Finney
Joan Finney , served as the 42nd Governor of Kansas from 1991 to 1995.She was born Joan Marie McInroy in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of Leonard and Mary Sands McInroy. She graduated from high school in Manhattan, Kansas in 1942. In 1957, she married Spencer Finney, Jr...
. He defeated Jim Slattery
Jim Slattery
James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :...
.
Results
| Governor candidate | Running Mate Running mate A running mate is a person running together with another person on a joint ticket during an election. The term is most often used in reference to the person in the subordinate position but can also properly be used when referring to both candidates, such as "Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen were... |
Party | Popular Vote | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Graves Bill Graves William Preston "Bill" Graves , was the 43rd Governor of Kansas from 1995 until 2003.Graves was born in Salina, Kansas in 1953 to parents who owned a trucking firm... |
Sheila Frahm Sheila Frahm Sheila Sloan Frahm served in the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Kansas for a brief period in 1996.Frahm was born in Colby, Kansas... |
Republican | 526,113 | 64.1% |
| Jim Slattery Jim Slattery James Charles Slattery is an American politician and was the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Kansas.- Early life and career :... |
Carol Sader | Democratic | 294,733 | 35.9% |