Laura Kelly won with 48.0% of the vote (506,130 votes), ahead of Kris Kobach with 42.9% (452,552 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 5.1 percentage points (53,578 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 5.1 points.
1,054,082 votes were counted in this race, for 5 candidates or options.
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