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John Carlin

Won 4 consecutive elections as house from Kansas

Democratic
US HouseGovernorState House
Electoral Grade
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6
Races
4-2
W-L (67%)
+21.9
Avg Margin
1968–1994
Career Span
Best: +100.0 (1974 State House)Worst: -7.2 (1968 State House)
67%
Win Rate
+28.0
Avg Overperformance
4
Win Streak
26 yrs
Career Span
780K
Career Votes

Evidence & provenance

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Certified contest returns, candidate career records, and Akashic Edge deterministic grading inputs.

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Candidate-level profile spanning every contest recorded for this person in Akashic Edge.

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Deterministic summaries, calculated grades, and certified election history. No freeform AI prose.

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Career Margin Trend5 races

State House
Governor
R+60R+30EvenD+30D+601968: R+7.2 - Click to view1974: D+100.0 - Click to view1976: D+5.7 - Click to view1978: D+2.1 - Click to view1982: D+8.7 - Click to view19681974197619781982

Career Timeline

1994 US HouseKansasDistrict 2
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Candidate Votes
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Vote %
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Total Votes
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Margin
Top opponent: Sam BrownbackREP

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Geographic Performance

6 races with county data

County-level results, strongest and weakest counties, and performance by county type.

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County Results Table

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Demographic Coalition Analysis

6 races available

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Opponents Faced5 opponents

Sam BrownbackREP
0-11994 House
Sam HardageREP
1-01982 Governor(+8.7)
Robert F BennettREP
1-01978 Governor(+2.1)
Randy RathbunREP
1-01976 State House(+5.7)
R Bruce JohnsonREP
0-11968 State House(-7.2)

Primary History

1 primary

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