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Kansas Voter Guide 2026: Candidates on Your Ballot

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Kansas's 2026 ballot includes governor (Cindy Holscher (D), Ty Masterson (R)); U.S. Senate (Roger Marshall (R), Adam Hamilton (D), David C Graham (L)); 4 U.S. House districts. Browse tracked Kansas jurisdictions, compare candidate profiles, and enter your ZIP code to see the exact races on your ballot.

State Snapshot

Primary ElectionAug. 4, 2026

General ElectionNov. 3, 2026

StateKansas

Places Listed12

Profiles79

2026 Statewide & Congressional Races

Candidates The Ballot Brief is tracking for Kansas's statewide contests. Tap a name for their bio and campaign link, or enter your address for the full ballot with finance data.

Governor

2 candidates

Cindy Holscher (D)
Cindy Holscher is the Democratic nominee for Kansas governor, a state senator from Johnson County and a former state representative. She took 49% of the August 4 Democratic vote even though Gov. Laura Kelly had endorsed a rival, per the Kansas Reflector. Her campaign platform, titled the Common Sense and Lower Costs Agenda, leads with the cost of living, a $16 state minimum wage, a cut to the residential property assessment rate, and a moratorium on new large corporate data centers. Her running mate for lieutenant governor is state Rep. KC Ohaebosim.
Priorities: Lower the cost of living across health care, child care, groceries and gas · Support working families with a $16 state minimum wage and guaranteed paid sick time · Cut property taxes by lowering the residential assessment rate from 11.5% to 9%
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Ty Masterson (R)
Ty Masterson is the Republican nominee for Kansas governor and president of the Kansas Senate. A longtime legislator and small-business owner, he took 43% of the August 4 Republican vote in a seven-way field with President Trump's endorsement, per the Kansas Reflector. His campaign platform points to a $2 billion tax cut he helped lead and calls Kansas the 16th highest-taxed state; on election night he named property taxes as his top target. He also emphasizes job growth, deregulation, public safety funding and reading and math proficiency.
Priorities: Cut taxes, with property taxes as the top target · Grow Kansas jobs and cut regulation · Increase public safety funding
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U.S. Senate

3 candidates

Roger Marshall (R)Incumbent
Roger Marshall is Kansas's incumbent U.S. senator and the Republican nominee for re-election, taking about 79% of the August 4 Republican vote. A physician and former U.S. representative from western Kansas, he has built his Senate record around agriculture, rural health care, border security, energy, and Kansas aerospace and defense installations. His campaign site points to work on phosphate fertilizer costs, farm input prices, and prior-authorization reform for rural hospitals; 82 of the state's 124 hospitals are critical-access facilities, per that site.
Priorities: Support Kansas agriculture and lower farm input costs · Protect rural hospitals and reform prior authorization · Strengthen border security
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Adam Hamilton (D)
Adam Hamilton is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kansas. A fifth-generation Kansan, he started a church with four people at age 25 and served as a pastor for 36 years before running, per his campaign site. He calls his platform the Affordability Agenda and frames the campaign as listening to Kansans, solving an affordability and opportunity crisis, building bridges across parties, and restoring decency in government.
Priorities: Lower energy bills and require data centers to pay their fair share · Protect Social Security and senior security · Make housing more affordable
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David C Graham (L)
David C Graham is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in Kansas on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.

Attorney General

2 candidates

Kris Kobach (R)Incumbent
Kris Kobach is Kansas's incumbent attorney general and the Republican nominee for re-election, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. A former Kansas secretary of state, his office has emphasized conservative litigation, immigration-related legal issues, public safety, consumer protection, and challenges to federal policy.
Priorities: Use the attorney general's office for conservative litigation · Strengthen public safety and criminal enforcement · Challenge federal policy and defend state authority
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Chris Mann (D)
Chris Mann is the Democratic nominee for Kansas attorney general, unopposed on the August 4 ballot, and was the party's 2022 nominee for the office. He became a police officer at 21 and left the job after a career-ending injury caused by a drunk driver in 2002, then prosecuted cases for the Wyandotte County district attorney; he has chaired the national board of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. His platform page leads with resourcing small local law-enforcement agencies, noting that about 70% of Kansas agencies have ten or fewer officers.
Priorities: Resource local prosecutors and small law-enforcement agencies · Recruit and retain officers, including PTSD workers' compensation coverage for first responders · Fight consumer fraud, which cost Kansans about $70 million in 2025
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Secretary Of State

3 candidates

Pat Proctor (R)
Pat Proctor is the Republican nominee for Kansas secretary of state, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. A retired Army officer who served roughly three decades including tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has represented Kansas House District 41 since 2020, chairs the House Elections Committee, teaches at Wichita State University and co-owns a Thai restaurant in Leavenworth. Per local election reporting, he wants Election Day to be the final ballot deadline and would add a prosecutor and a law enforcement officer to the office.
Priorities: Make Election Day the final ballot deadline, per local election reporting · Maintain voter rolls and citizen-only voting, per local election reporting · Limit third-party ballot collection, per local election reporting
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Jennifer Day (D)
Jennifer Day is the Democratic nominee for Kansas secretary of state, a Mission businesswoman and former state representative from House District 48. She won the August 4 Democratic contest, which the Associated Press called at 8:25 p.m. She has been endorsed by Gov. Laura Kelly. Since the election she has called for expanding Kansas's advance-voting window, which at 20 days she describes as the shortest in the country, and for keeping the three-day grace period for mail ballots.
Priorities: Keep election systems accurate and free from political influence by working with county election officials · Study higher-turnout states and remove barriers to voting · Expand the 20-day advance-voting window and keep the mail-ballot grace period
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Scott Morgan (United Kansas)
Scott Morgan is an attorney and former publishing-business owner who grew up in Shawnee and holds University of Kansas degrees in journalism and law, per the Lawrence Times. He has worked as staff counsel to U.S. Sens. Nancy Landon Kassebaum and Bob Dole and as chief counsel to Gov. Mike Hayden, and he co-founded the statistical publisher Morgan Quitno Press, per the same report. The newly formed United Kansas Party nominated him for secretary of state in May 2026. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Priorities: Calm competence in the administration of elections rather than partisan conflict, per the Lawrence Times · Constantly improve election security and verification while promoting participation and making it easier for eligible citizens to vote, per the Lawrence Times

Treasurer

3 candidates

Steven Johnson (R)Incumbent
Steven Johnson is Kansas's incumbent state treasurer and the Republican nominee for re-election, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. The treasurer's office manages state cash, investments, unclaimed property, and the state's college-savings programs. In announcing his re-election bid he pointed to a state sweep account that generated $9.9 million in interest in its first full fiscal year, and to financial-literacy and adoption savings account programs. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.
Priorities: Safeguard state cash and grow investment returns on more than $50 billion under management · Return unclaimed property and improve treasury services · Expand financial-literacy and adoption savings account programs
Juan C. Luengo (D)
Juan C. Luengo is the Democratic nominee for Kansas state treasurer, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. He is the CEO of Engage Insurance Group, where he diversified a single-carrier business into a multi-carrier brokerage operating in six states, per his campaign site, and he serves on the boards of Mental Health America of the Heartland and The Builders' Association. His bilingual campaign site organizes his platform as Five Pillars to Move Kansas Forward.
Priorities: Expand the Kansas 529 plan to cover trades and apprenticeships as well as four-year colleges · Create linked-deposit programs through Kansas banks and credit unions to cut small-business borrowing costs · Convene a nonpartisan Kansas Economic Council to advise on public investment
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Eric Lund (L)
Eric Lund is the Libertarian nominee for Kansas state treasurer on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.

Insurance Commissioner

3 candidates

Daniel Hawkins (R)
Daniel Hawkins is the Republican nominee for Kansas insurance commissioner and the speaker of the Kansas House, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. He served in the Kansas Army National Guard, has worked in employee benefits since 1995, and has represented the 100th House District since 2013. His campaign site says he would cut regulatory barriers that keep carriers out of Kansas and make the insurance department, in his phrase, the most taxpayer-friendly state agency.
Priorities: Lower insurance costs by attracting more carriers to Kansas · Cut red tape and improve department service · Protect Kansans from insurance and securities fraud that raises everyone's rates
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Dinah Sykes (D)
Dinah Sykes is the Democratic nominee for Kansas insurance commissioner and the Kansas Senate minority leader, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. She entered politics as a Republican and switched parties in December 2018. Her campaign site carries endorsements from both of the state's two most recent former insurance commissioners, Sandy Praeger and Kathleen Sebelius. In a July 2026 trade-press questionnaire she said insurers' use of artificial intelligence should face the same transparency expectations as the rest of the industry, with models tested for accuracy and bias and a human kept accountable.
Priorities: Promote competition to keep coverage affordable · Stand up for policyholders when claims are wrongfully denied or delayed · Extend transparency requirements to insurers' use of artificial intelligence
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Ric Koehn (L)
Ric Koehn is the Libertarian Party of Kansas nominee for insurance commissioner on the November 3, 2026 ballot. He says he is running because the party is committed to the free market, per the Libertarian Party of Kansas candidate blog. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Priorities: Return the insurance industry to the free market, per the Libertarian Party of Kansas

U.S. House - KS-1

3 candidates

Tracey Mann (Republican)Incumbent
Tracey Mann is a fifth-generation Kansan raised on his family farm south of Quinter and served as the state's 50th lieutenant governor, per his campaign site. He is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and appears on the certified list for the August 4 Republican ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State.
Priorities: Be a voice for Kansas farmers and ranchers in Washington · Revitalize rural Kansas communities · Strengthen border security
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Lauren Reinhold (Democratic)
Lauren Reinhold is an attorney of 28 years and a former Social Security Administration attorney advisor from Lawrence who resigned after deep cuts to her agency's programs and jobs, per her campaign site. A longtime federal employee and workers' rights advocate, she centers her campaign on rural economic recovery and working families.
Priorities: Rebuild rural health care · Support agriculture and rural economies · Strengthen Social Security, unions, and worker rights
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Steven Jacob (Libertarian)
Steven Jacob is the Libertarian nominee for Kansas's 1st Congressional District. He has lived in Lawrence since 1983 and worked as a city maintenance employee for 31 years before driving for Uber, per the Kansas Helen politics newsletter. The Libertarian Party of Kansas selected him as its nominee at an April 2026 convention, per the party's candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.

U.S. House - KS-2

3 candidates

Derek Schmidt (Republican)Incumbent
Derek Schmidt, of Independence, is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and the Republican nominee for re-election, taking about 79% of the August 4 Republican vote. He served 12 years as Kansas attorney general before winning this seat and personally argued three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He now serves on the House Armed Services, Judiciary, and Small Business committees, per his campaign site.
Priorities: Border security and community safety · Curb federal spending and extend tax relief for families, small businesses, and farmers · Support law enforcement and victims of crime
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Don Coover (Democratic)
Don Coover is the Democratic nominee for this district, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. He is a veterinarian and Army veteran from Galesburg, a West Point graduate who served as an infantry officer with the 1st Infantry Division and later as an Army pilot in Korea before earning his veterinary degree from Kansas State University and returning to the Army with its K-9 units, per KCUR's district guide and his campaign site. He now runs a cattle genetics company and a livestock veterinary practice.
Priorities: Make housing, food, and health care more affordable · Protect Medicare and support rural hospitals · End insider practices such as political stock trading and no-bid contracts
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John Hauer (Libertarian)
A delivery driver and warehouse worker in Topeka and an Iraq War veteran with two deployments, per the Kansas News Service. He is the Libertarian nominee for this district and runs a self funded campaign that does not accept donations, per the Kansas News Service. Libertarian nominees are chosen at party convention and appear on the November 3 ballot only, per the Kansas Secretary of State.
Priorities: Eliminating the federal income tax and drastically cutting spending, per his campaign site · Bringing all troops home and closing foreign military bases, per his campaign site and the Kansas News Service · Attacking inflation, which he ties to federal waste, per the Kansas News Service
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U.S. House - KS-3

3 candidates

Sharice L. Davids (Democratic)Incumbent
Sharice Davids has represented this district since 2019 and serves on the House Transportation and Infrastructure and Agriculture committees, per KCUR's district guide. Raised in Leavenworth by a single mother who served more than 20 years in the Army, she worked her way from Johnson County Community College to Cornell Law School, per her campaign site. She is the sitting U.S. Representative and appears on the certified list for the August 4 Democratic ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State.
Priorities: Lower the cost of living for Kansas families · Bring good jobs to the community · Make government work for people, not special interests
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Eric Jenkins (Republican)
Eric Jenkins is a retired Army colonel with 34 years of active and reserve service, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, and a career Federal Emergency Management Agency professional, per his campaign site. He served on the Shawnee City Council from 2015 to 2023, including as council president, and spent more than 20 years on the city's planning commission.
Priorities: Fiscal responsibility and reduced federal spending · Strong national defense and veteran support · Border security
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Steven A Hohe (Libertarian)
An Air Force veteran and businessman running as the Libertarian nominee for this district, per the Kansas News Service. Libertarian nominees are chosen at party convention and appear on the November 3 ballot only, per the Kansas Secretary of State. He has appeared on this district's ballot before, drawing about 8 percent in 2016, and declined an interview request from KCUR, per the Kansas News Service. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 8, 2026.
Priorities: Downsizing the federal government and ending most social services while keeping Medicare and Social Security, per the Kansas News Service · Repealing the Affordable Care Act, per the Kansas News Service · Replacing the federal income tax with a tax on goods and services and cutting foreign military aid, per the Kansas News Service

U.S. House - KS-4

3 candidates

Ron Estes (Republican)Incumbent
Ron Estes is a fifth-generation Kansan with an engineering and business background who served as Sedgwick County treasurer and Kansas state treasurer before winning this seat in 2017, per his campaign site. He is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, and appears on the certified list for the August 4 Republican ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State.
Priorities: Lower taxes and rein in federal spending · Support Kansas agriculture and the Wichita aviation industry · Secure the border and strengthen national security
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Katy Tyndell (Democratic)
Katy Jackman Tyndell is an attorney and business owner in Wichita who helps run her family's independent oil and gas operating company and previously served as staff attorney for the National Congress of American Indians, per her campaign site. In 2025 she co-founded Leading Kansas, a nonpartisan civic engagement group, per her campaign site and the Kansas Reflector.
Priorities: Bring down costs and make housing more affordable · Expand access to health care · Support farmers and defend the rule of law
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Drew Cranmer (Libertarian)
A data engineer and small business founder who describes himself as not a career politician, per his campaign site. He is the Libertarian nominee for this district, and Libertarian nominees are chosen at party convention and appear on the November 3 ballot only, per the Kansas Secretary of State. His campaign runs under the slogan principle over party.
Priorities: Foreign policy and war powers, per his campaign site · Sound money and fiscal accountability, per his campaign site · Privacy and surveillance, per his campaign site
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Statewide Ballot Measures

1 statewide measure is on Kansas's 2026 ballot. Tap a measure for the plain-language summary.

Citizenship Voting Requirement Amendment
Amend the state constitution to state that only a citizen of the United States is eligible to vote.
Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)
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Places We’re Tracking

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Allen County

1 candidates

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Anderson County

1 candidates

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Atchison County

2 candidates

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Barber County

2 candidates

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Barton County

5 candidates

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Bourbon County

2 candidates

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Brown County

3 candidates

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Butler County

19 candidates

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Chase County

2 candidates

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Chautauqua County

5 candidates

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Cherokee County

1 candidates

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Cheyenne County

1 candidates

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Clark County

2 candidates

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Clay County

1 candidates

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Cloud County

3 candidates

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Coffey County

2 candidates

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Comanche County

3 candidates

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Cowley County

7 candidates

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Crawford County

7 candidates

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Decatur County

1 candidates

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Dickinson County

4 candidates

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Doniphan County

3 candidates

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Douglas County

18 candidates

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Edwards County

2 candidates

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Elk County

4 candidates

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Ellis County

3 candidates

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Ellsworth County

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Finney County

6 candidates

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Ford County

3 candidates

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Franklin County

4 candidates

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Geary County

2 candidates

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Gove County

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Graham County

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Grant County

3 candidates

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Gray County

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Greeley County

1 candidates

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Greenwood County

4 candidates

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Hamilton County

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Harper County

2 candidates

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Harvey County

4 candidates

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Haskell County

3 candidates

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Hodgeman County

1 candidates

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Jackson County

5 candidates

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Jefferson County

4 candidates

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Jewell County

1 candidates

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Johnson County

48 candidates

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28 races covered

Kansas City city

3 candidates

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Kearny County

1 candidates

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Kingman County

2 candidates

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Kiowa County

3 candidates

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Labette County

3 candidates

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Lane County

1 candidates

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Lawrence city

9 candidates

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Leavenworth County

11 candidates

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7 races covered

Lincoln County

1 candidates

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Linn County

3 candidates

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Logan County

1 candidates

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Lyon County

6 candidates

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Marion County

4 candidates

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Marshall County

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Mcpherson County

8 candidates

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Meade County

3 candidates

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Miami County

16 candidates

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Mitchell County

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Montgomery County

7 candidates

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Morris County

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Morton County

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Nemaha County

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Neosho County

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Ness County

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Norton County

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Osage County

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Osborne County

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Ottawa County

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Pawnee County

3 candidates

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Phillips County

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Pottawatomie County

2 candidates

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Pratt County

4 candidates

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Rawlins County

1 candidates

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Reno County

14 candidates

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Republic County

1 candidates

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Rice County

3 candidates

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Riley County

11 candidates

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Rooks County

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Rush County

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Russell County

2 candidates

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Saline County

9 candidates

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Scott County

1 candidates

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Sedgwick County

63 candidates

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39 races covered

Seward County

3 candidates

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Shawnee city

8 candidates

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Shawnee County

15 candidates

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9 races covered

Sheridan County

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Sherman County

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Smith County

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Stafford County

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Stanton County

3 candidates

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Stevens County

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Sumner County

9 candidates

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Thomas County

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Topeka city

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Trego County

1 candidates

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Wabaunsee County

1 candidates

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Wallace County

1 candidates

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Washington County

1 candidates

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Wichita city

25 candidates

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Wichita County

1 candidates

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Wilson County

2 candidates

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Woodson County

2 candidates

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Wyandotte County

24 candidates

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17 races covered

Every county in Kansas

All 105 counties, A to Z. Each page shows the statewide races on every ballot in that county; the 105 marked in bold also carry hand-verified local races.

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How to vote in Kansas in November 2026

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Dates below come from the Kansas election office as of 2026-09-04; confirm on the official page or check your registration and polling place.

Voter registration deadline: online by Tuesday, October 13, 2026; by mail Tuesday, October 13, 2026; in person by Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Early voting: Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Mail ballot: return: All mail ballots must be received on Election Day, November 3, 2026 (per official calendar: 'GENERAL ELECTION (All mail ballots must be received on Election Day; no excuse needed
Election Day hours: State law requires polling places to open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m.; counties may open as early as 6:00 a.m. and close as late as 8:00 p.m. (minimum 12 consecutive hours). Confirm local hours with your county election officer.
Where to vote: Find your polling place with the Kansas election office's official lookup.
ID at the polls: State law requires Kansas voters to show photographic identification when casting a vote in person. If the photo ID has an expiration date, it must not have expired at the time of voting (voters 65 and older may use an expired photo ID; an ID without an expiration date remains valid).

Kansas 2026 Election Questions

Who is running for governor of Kansas in 2026?

The tracked 2026 candidates for governor of Kansas are Cindy Holscher (D), Ty Masterson (R). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

Who is running for U.S. Senate in Kansas in 2026?

The tracked 2026 U.S. Senate candidates in Kansas are Roger Marshall (R), Adam Hamilton (D), David C Graham (L). Candidate fields follow official election office filings; see the race card on this page for biographies and priorities.

When is the Kansas 2026 primary election?

Kansas's 2026 state primary was held on August 4, 2026; the general election is November 3, 2026. Check your registration and polling place with your state election office.

When is the voter registration deadline in Kansas for the November 2026 election?

To vote in Kansas's November 3, 2026 general election, register online by Tuesday, October 13, 2026; by mail Tuesday, October 13, 2026; in person by Tuesday, October 13, 2026, per the state election office.

When does early voting start in Kansas for the November 2026 election?

Early in-person voting in Kansas runs Wednesday, October 14, 2026, per the state election office.

What is the deadline to request a mail ballot in Kansas for November 2026?

Kansas mail ballots: return: All mail ballots must be received on Election Day, November 3, 2026 (per official calendar: 'GENERAL ELECTION (All mail ballots must be received on Election Day; no excuse needed, per the state election office.

Where do I vote in Kansas in November 2026?

Polling places are assigned by address. Use the Kansas election office's official lookup at https://votekansas.gov to find yours; early-voting sites are listed there as well.

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Voting Resources

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Election Calendar

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