Primary Elections - Spring and Fall - Data

    Primary Elections are held when the number of candidates who have filed for
    an office exceeds twice the number to be elected.

    Primaries may be held in cities of 1st and 2nd class, school districts and
    JohnsonCounty Community College district.

Spring Primary Elections - Reporting Data

Date	Electronic Machines Reporting	Number of Contests and Questions	Number of Candidates	Total Votes Counted	Unofficial Final Results Available
1990	17	2	4	1,282	NA
1991	485	14	52	15,558	NA
1992	13	1	3	708	7:49 pm
1993	556	28 + 1 Q	118	21,365	9:08 pm
1994	11	2	7	322	8:08 pm
1995	576	23	93	23,646	NA
1996	30	2	7	1,480	7:58 pm
1997	676	14	49	14,229	NA
1999	522	9	47	13,589	8:59 pm
2000	16	2	6	744	8:04 pm
2001	390	20	75	8,743	9:52 pm
2002	14	2	9	335	9:20 pm
2003	409	15 + 1 Q	71	12,506	9:21 pm
2004	14	3	13	1,417	8:15 pm
2005	417	12	43	9,965	8:19 pm
2006	32	2	6	643	7:47 pm
2007	306	12	58	18,724	8:31 pm
2008	13	1	3	676	7:55 pm
2009	152	9	50	6,875	8:17 pm
2010	25	2 + 2 Q	7	3,232	8:25 pm
2011	313	5	17	9,241	8:30 pm
2012	85	4	13	4,345	8:34 pm

Spring Primary Elections - Voter Turnout

Election Date	Eligible Voters	Voter Turnout	Voted In Advance (Valid Votes)	Votes Cast In Advance Percentage	Eligible Voter Turnout Percentage
1990	5,132	1,282	-	-	25.0%
*1991	157,571	15,558	-	-	9.9%
1992	4,171	708	-	-	17.0%
*1993	213,277	21,365	-	-	10.0%
1994	3,363	322	-	-	9.6%
*1995	196,408	23,646	-	-	12.0%
**1996	10,458	1,480	-	-	14.15%
*1997	250,943	14,229	2,859	20.1%	5.67%
1998	3,835	423	50	11.8%	11.03%
1999	222,587	13,589	2,365	17.4%	6.1%
2000	7,795	744	156	21.0%	9.5%
2001	172,527	8,743	2,771	31.7%	5.1%
2002	3,581	336	38	11.3%	9.4%
2003	265,430	12,506	3,623	29.0%	4.7%
2004	12,541	1,417	355	25.1%	11.30%
2005	244,442	9,965	2,668	26.8%	4.08%
2006	11,622	643	147	22.9%	5.5%
*2007	345,047	18,724	6,830	36.5%	5.4%
2008	8,810	676	160	23.67%	7.67%
2009	72,823	6,907	1,712	24.78%	9.48%
2010	24,484	3,232	725	22.43%	13.20%
2011	170,967	9,241	2,850	30.84%	5.41%
2012	46,088	4,345	960	22.09%	9.43%

*Countywide Elections
**Advance Voting began in the Fall of 1996.

Fall Primary Elections - Reporting Data

Date	Electronic Machines Reporting	Number Contests and Questions	Number of Candidates	Total Votes Counted	Unofficial Final Results Available
1990	515	1,015	539	61,360	11:03 pm
1992	563	1,103	1,717	71,055	10:32 pm
1994	691	1,253	2,171	55,918	9:13 pm
1996	815	1,376	2,449	72,571	9:53 pm
1998	829	1,371	2,569	66,620	9:44 pm
2000	837	1,391	2,567	69,308	10:00 pm
2002	815	1,692 + 2 Q	2,869	97,653	11:07 pm
2004	761	1,762 + 5 Q	3,007	101,377	9:55 pm
2006	926	1,826 + 1 Q	2,883	50,935	9:34 pm
2008	1,216	1,872 + 2 Q	1,101	77,875	9:39 pm
2010	940	1,866	2,756	82,958	10:02 pm

Fall Primary Elections - Voter Registration

Date	Total Registra-tion	Rep Party	Dem Party	Lib Party	Ref Party	Const Party	Un- affiliated
1988	158,463	72,828	27,984	8	0	0	57,643
1990	167,721	75,470	28,879	23	0	0	63,349
1992	176,068	85,794	36,042	213	0	0	54,019
1994	214,744	99,830	44,134	610	0	0	70,170
1996	228,956	109,204	45,024	1,451	13	0	73,264
1998	268,820	128,788	54,192	1,585	243	2	82,010
2000	298,527	143,882	59,817	1,775	325	323	92,405
2002	328,757	159,216	66,049	1,943	342	N/A	101,207
2004	325,453	160,772	66,540	1,837	285	N/A	96,019
2006	338,507	167,630	69,888	1,811	232	N/A	98,946
2008	342,095	163,533	76,270	1,849	209	N/A	100,234
2010	362,527	166,945	84,899	2,250	204	N/A	108,229

Fall Primary Elections - Voter Turnout

Election Date	Voter Turnout	Voted In Advance (Valid Votes)	Percentage Of Votes Cast In Advance	Voter Turnout Percentage
1988	28,999	-	-	18.30%
1990	61,360	-	-	36.58%
1992	71,055	-	-	40.36%
1994	55,918	-	-	26.04%
**1996	72,571	10,950	15.00%	31.70%
1998	66,620	17,079	25.60%	24.78%
2000	69,308	14,809	21.4%	23.21%
2002	97,653	21,246	21.76%	29.70%
2004	101,377	21,126	20.84%	31.20%
2006	50,935	12,550	24.64%	15.05%
2008	77,875	23,354	29.99%	22.76%
2010	82,958	26,782	32.28%	22.88%

**Advance Voting began in the Fall of 1996.

 

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Last Updated: March 10, 2010 11:31 AM