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Kansas Gov. Graves easily wins re-election

(AllPolitics, November 3) -- Incumbent GOP Gov. Bill Graves won easily over Democrat challenger Tom Sawyer, getting broad support from men and women of all ages.

Bill Graves

Graves, a moderate Republican, is popular throughout the state, and Sawyer wasn't considered a legitimate challenge even among fellow Democrats.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

• Democrats enjoy a big night after a hard-to-read election
• Offices where party control switched
• Dems poured big bucks into final get-out-the-vote drive
• Turnout approaches 38 percent
• Minorities see ups, downs in results
• Clinton happy with midterm election results
• How voters see Lewinsky scandal

• Democrats hold off Republican super-majority in Senate
• Schumer topples D'Amato in New York Senate race
• Edwards unseats Faircloth in tight North Carolina race
• Moseley-Braun loses to Republican Fitzgerald
• Democratic Boxer wins fight for Senate seat
• Washington's Murray heads back to the Senate
• Incumbent Hollings wins close race in South Carolina
• Bunning ekes out win against Baesler
• Reid defends Democratic Senate seat in Nevada
• Coverdell outdistances Democratic Senate opponent
• Campbell wins Colorado
• Lincoln defeats Boozman, Dems retain Arkansas Senate seat
• Gov. Voinovich wins Senate race in Ohio, defeats Democrat Boyle
• Democrat Bayh easily defeats Helmke in Indiana
• Analysis: Moderation sweeps the Senate

• Analysis: A small but historic shift for Democrats
• Democrat Inslee bests incumbent White for Washington House seat
• Affair doesn't dampen support for Idaho's Chenoweth
• Democrats hold on to Colorado's 2nd district
• Sanchez trumps Dornan again in California House race
• Udall wins Redmond's New Mexico House seat
• Tradeoff in the bluegrass: Parties switch Kentucky House seats
• Familiar faces still around the House
• Baldwin breaks barrier, becomes first openly lesbian House member
• Second time the charm for Hoeffel in Pennsylvania House race
• Berkley takes Las Vegas House seat for Democrats
• Open Mississippi House seat goes to Democrat Shows
• House leader Bonior fends off GOP challenge in Michigan
• Snowbarger's Kansas district picked up by Democrat Moore
• Green pulls Republican upset in Wisconsin
• Simpson keeps Idaho's 2nd district in GOP hands
• Toomey takes Pennsylvania's 15th District for GOP
• Democrats to make historic gains in House
• Republican Sherwood wins open seat in Pennsylvania's 10th House district
• Hawaii rehires Abercrombie in House race
• Swing Connecticut district chooses Democrat Maloney again
• Republican Ryan beats Spottswood in Wisconsin's 1st district
• Illinois Rep. Evans bests Baker in closely watched contest
• Republican Baker fends off tough challenge in Louisiana House race
• Iowa's Boswell fends off Republican n House race
• Chabot holds off Democratic challenge
• Strickland retains Ohio's 6th district
• Bellwether Kentucky, Indiana House races split

• Gov. Cayetano prevails in Hawaii
• Owens first GOP Colorado governor in more than two decades
• Moderates inherit the governor's mansions
• Former wrestler takes stunning win in Minnesota
• Guinn edges Democrat rival to pick up Nevada
• Knowles wins rare 2nd term in Alaska
• GOP Geringer keeps Wyoming
• Easy victory for Oregon Gov. Kitzhaber
• Ryan picks up Illinois governorship
• Democrat Davis wins heralded California governorship
• Cellucci stays as Massachusetts governor
• Conservative Johanns wins Nebraska governorship
• Gov. Ridge wins big in Pennsylvania
• Kempthorne wins landslide in Idaho
• Democrat wins Iowa for first time in 30 years
• Thompson wins record 4th term in Wisconsin
• Taft wins close governor race in Ohio
• Keating remains Oklahoma governor
• GOP Gov. Janklow keeps South Dakota seat
• New Mexico Gov. Johnson retains post
• GOP Gov. Almond keeps Rhode Island seat
• Gov. Engler easily wins re-election in Michigan
• Barnes edges GOP rival for Georgia's top spot
• Gov. Huckabee wins re-election in Arkansas
• Arizona GOP Hull stays in office
• Independent King keeps Maine seat
• Kansas Gov. Graves easily wins re-election
• Rowland wins re-election in Connecticut
• Glendening retains office in Maryland
• Siegelmen unseats incumbent James in Alabama
• Sundquist stays as Tennessee governor
• Texas Gov. George W. Bush wins in landslide
• Hodges wins South Carolina governor race
• Dean easily keeps Vermont governor seat
• Jeb Bush wins big in Florida
• Democrat Shaheen retains New Hampshire seat, gets third of GOP vote

• Same-sex marriage ballot measures
• Prop. 3 failure places California presidential primary in limbo
• Medical marijuana popular at polls
• Anti-affirmative action ballot measure
• Washington state voters tie minimum wage to inflation
• California OKs Indian gambling expansion
• South Carolina removes ban on interracial marriage
• Michigan voters soundly reject physician-assisted suicide
• Plan to boost Calif. cigarette tax too close to call

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