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Riley County, Kansas

2026 election results. Adam Hamilton (D) got 59% of the U.S. Senate vote in Riley County. The margin is 19.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Riley County

U.S. Senate

Adam Hamilton
59.1%11,962
Roger Marshall
38.1%7,700
David Graham
2.8%574
100% counted

Statewide: Adam Hamilton wins. Called.

Governor

Cindy Holscher
58.6%11,812
Ty Masterson
41.4%8,351
100% counted

Statewide: not called; Cindy Holscher leads.

U.S. House: Kansas 1st District

Lauren Reinhold
53.7%10,841
Tracey Mann
43.7%8,815
Steven Jacob
2.5%514
100% counted

Whole district: Tracey Mann wins. Called.

The leader in Riley County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 13, 10:19 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
KS SenateD +21.7D +1.8D +19.8
KS GovernorD +17.2D +1.8D +15.3
KS-01D +10.3D +1.8D +8.5

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Riley County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris49.6%Donald Trump47.8%D +1.824,314
2020Joe Biden50.7%Donald Trump46.1%D +4.625,167
2016Hillary Clinton43.4%Donald Trump46.9%R +3.621,532
2012Barack Obama42.5%Mitt Romney54.5%R +12.021,101
2008Barack Obama45.6%John McCain52.7%R +7.022,997
2004John Kerry37.8%George W. Bush60.6%R +22.820,911
2000Al Gore33.9%George W. Bush58.5%R +24.618,253

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved D +26.3.

Other counties in Kansas

Kansas results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Kansas certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Kansas's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.