1974 Kansas gubernatorial election

The 1974 Kansas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. Republican nominee Robert Frederick Bennett narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Vern Miller with 49.5% of the vote.

, this marks the last occasion in which the following counties have voted Democratic in a gubernatorial election: Clark, Morton, Seward, Stanton, and Stevens.

Primary elections
Primary elections were held on August 6, 1974.

Candidates

 * Robert Frederick Bennett, President of the Kansas Senate
 * Don O. Concannon, Former President of the Kansas Republican Party
 * Forrest J. Robinson, former minister of the First United Methodist Church of Wichita
 * Bob Clack

Candidates
Major party candidates
 * Robert Frederick Bennett, Republican
 * Vern Miller, Democratic

Other candidates
 * Marshall Uncapher, Prohibition