Barton County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Kansas House, District Court Judge, 20th Judicial District, and Member, Kansas State Board of Education, and more, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
School board
Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 7Ann Zimmerman (D) · Alana McWilliams (R)
Ann Zimmerman (Democratic) and Alana McWilliams (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 7.
Ann Zimmerman
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Empowering students
- Supporting families
- Advancing educators
About Ann Zimmerman
Ann Zimmerman has been elected three times to the Salina USD 305 school board, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, she earned an elementary education degree at Kansas State University and a law degree from Harvard, worked as a staff attorney at Kansas Legal Services, and is a singer-songwriter.
Alana McWilliams
Alana McWilliams is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 7, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Ann Zimmerman (Democratic) and Alana McWilliams (Republican) are running for Kansas State Board of Education District 7, per the Kansas Secretary of State's certified 2026 general election candidate list. District 7 covers all or part of a group of Kansas counties, per the Kansas State Department of Education's official district map; this seat covers a multi-county district, not just this county.
Full race pageJudges
District Court Judge, 20th Judicial District, Division 1Carey Hipp (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Carey Hipp
Carey Hipp is the sitting chief judge of the 20th Judicial District, which includes Barton County, per the Kansas Judicial Branch's district court roster. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
August 4 primary result: Carey Hipp was unopposed for the Republican nomination. Carey Hipp is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot for this partisan district court bench, which serves Barton, Ellsworth, Rice, Russell, Stafford counties, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results.
Full race pageBy address
These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Barton County is split across 2 Kansas House districts.
Find your districts by addressKansas House: 2 districtsDistricts 112, 113
Kansas House District 112Rhys Froetschner (D) · Sherri Brantley (R)
Rhys Froetschner
Rhys Froetschner, of Great Bend, works at Sunflower Diversified, which provides services to people with disabilities, and is a recent Great Bend High School graduate, per HarvestBlue. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Sherri Brantley
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Says Brantley is committed to finding real tax relief for the district
About Sherri Brantley
Sherri Brantley is a lifelong educator, per the campaign site. Brantley is a candidate for Kansas House District 112.
August 4 primary result: Rhys Froetschner was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Sherri Brantley was unopposed for the Republican nomination. The nominees meet on the November 3 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results. The field matches the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list as of September 6, 2026. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageKansas House District 113Jo Ann Roth (D) · Brett Fairchild (R)
Jo Ann Roth
Jo Ann Roth, of Ellinwood, worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency in Barton County for about a dozen years and was elected to three terms on the local FSA county committee, per KSN. She later worked for the Transportation Security Administration until her federal retirement and now chairs a local county Democratic party. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Brett Fairchild
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Protecting life
- Defending civil liberties
- Supporting agriculture
About Brett Fairchild
Fairchild is a farmer from St. John, Kansas, who earned a Business Administration degree from Sterling College and worked as a plan administrator at CPI in Great Bend before returning to the family farm, per the campaign site. Fairchild has also worked as a substitute teacher and, according to the site, serves on the Agriculture and Water Committees, per the campaign site.
August 4 primary result: Jo Ann Roth was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Brett Fairchild was unopposed for the Republican nomination. The nominees meet on the November 3 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results. The field matches the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list as of September 6, 2026. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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Who is on the ballot in Barton County, Kansas on November 3, 2026?
Barton County sample ballot 2026: who is running for district court judge, kansas house and member, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in Kansas?
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