2018 Kansas precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 11/07/2022 ## Sources Election results from Kansas Secretary of State (https://sos.kansas.gov/elections/election-statistics/) with gaps filled by OpenElections (http://openelections.net/) via county sources. Precinct shapefiles primarily from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program Phase 2 release. Shapefiles from county elections officials used in Geary, Johnson, and Riley Counties. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes A## - Ballot amendment, where ## is an identifier AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor CFO - Chief Financial Officer CHA - Council Chairman COC - Corporation Commissioner COM - Comptroller CON - State Controller COU - City Council Member CSC - Clerk of the Supreme Court DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LND - Commissioner of Public/State Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor MAY - Mayor MNI - State Mine Inspector PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent SAC - State Appeals Court SBE - State Board of Education SOC - Secretary of Commonwealth SOS - Secretary of State SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SPL - Commissioner of School and Public Lands SSC - State Supreme Court TAX - Tax Commissioner TRE - Treasurer UBR - University Board of Regents/Trustees/Governors USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G18GOVDKEL - Laura Kelly (Democratic Party) G18GOVRKOB - Kris Kobach (Republican Party) G18GOVIORM - Greg Orman (Independent) G18GOVLCAL - Jeff Caldwell (Libertarian Party) G18GOVIKLO - Rick Kloos (Independent) G18SOSRSCH - Scott Schwab (Republican Party) G18SOSDMCC - Brian "BAM" McClendon (Democratic Party) G18SOSLHOD - Rob Hodgkinson (Libertarian Party) G18ATGRSCH - Derek Schmidt (Republican Party) G18ATGDSWA - Sarah G. Swain (Democratic Party) G18INSDMCL - Nathaniel McLaughlin (Democratic Party) G18INSRSCH - Vicki Schmidt (Republican Party) G18TRERLAT - Jake LaTurner (Republican Party) G18TREDFRA - Marci Francisco (Democratic Party) ## Processing Steps Modifications needed to be made to reflect differences between Census shapefiles and actual PDF maps or reported results. Barber: Ridge merged into Sharon Township Butler: Augusta Township merged Chase: East/West Strong merged, East/West Falls merged Cherokee: Treece merged with township Clay: Altered Clay Center boundaries based on PDF map Cowley: Merge East/West Bolton Douglas: Altered based on PDF map Ellis: Split two precincts based on state house districts Franklin: Merged Ottawa 4+5, altered boundary between 1 and 2 Hamilton: Adjusted Syracuse boundaries based on voter file Harvey: Distributed an exclave district to its neighboring townships Labette: Split precincts based on legislative districts Leavenworth: Merged legislative district-split precincts that don't appear in results Lyon: Mergers based on PDF map Meade: Split Louisburg based on PDF map Osborne: Merged some cities into surrounding townships, split Ross based on information from personal communication with county election official Reno: Merged based on PDF map Shawnee: Merged wards in Topeka to match result reporting Stevens: Cut Moscow City out of Township using Census place shapefile, recut Hugoton based on PDF map Sumner: Split precincts based on legislative district lines