Jackson County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Kansas House and Member, Kansas State Board of Education, and more, and where they stand on schools and agriculture.
Local races not included. We have not yet gathered Jackson County's county, city and school board races, so they are not shown here. Your ballot may carry them. See the Kansas Secretary of State elections page.
School board
Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 1Jennifer Lloyd (D) · Amy Cawvey (R)
Jennifer Lloyd (Democratic) and Amy Cawvey (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 1.
Jennifer Lloyd
Jennifer Lloyd is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 1, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Amy Cawvey
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Limit screen time for elementary students
- Oppose inclusion of social emotional learning content in state academic standards
- Oppose diversity, equity and inclusion content in curriculum
About Amy Cawvey
Amy Cawvey is a former member of the Lansing USD 469 School Board and serves as Kansas chairman of the National School Boards Coalition, per her campaign site. Her campaign says she introduced and helped pass a local Parents Bill of Rights policy while on the Lansing board, per the same source.
Jennifer Lloyd (Democratic) and Amy Cawvey (Republican) are running for Kansas State Board of Education District 1, per the Kansas Secretary of State's certified 2026 general election candidate list. District 1 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.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Jackson County is split across 3 Kansas House districts.
Find your districts by addressKansas House: 3 districtsDistricts 47, 61, 62
Kansas House District 47Mary T. Williams (D) · Paula Newell Ellis (R)
Mary T. Williams
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Hold property taxes in check while still funding necessary state services
- Support family farms against pressure from corporate agriculture
- Fund education from early childhood through special education and ensure affordable child care
About Mary T. Williams
Williams has taught and coached at Jefferson West Middle and High Schools for 24 years and serves as a Teacher Leader Consultant for the Kansas State Department of Education, and holds National Board Certification, per the campaign site.
Paula Newell Ellis
Paula Newell Ellis is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 47 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
August 4 primary result: Mary T. Williams was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Paula Newell Ellis won the Republican nomination with 44.7 percent over Christopher W. Feuerborn, Steven Scott. 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 61Francis Awerkamp (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Francis Awerkamp
Francis Awerkamp is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 61 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
August 4 primary result: no Democratic candidate filed; Francis Awerkamp won the Republican nomination with 60.9 percent over Robert Thomas. Francis Awerkamp is the only nominee 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 62Sean M. Willcott (R) · Jack E. Geiger (Independent)
Sean M. Willcott
Sean M. Willcott is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 62 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Jack E. Geiger
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Strengthen home-rule principles for local communities and require honest financial accounting
- Build Kansas-focused tax and regulatory structures that support rural hospitals, schools and infrastructure
- Reform property-tax practices for transparency and protect fixed-income seniors, alongside term limits for elected officials
About Jack E. Geiger
Jack E. Geiger is an agricultural entrepreneur and sixth-generation Brown County farmer who has operated Geiger Farm and built local markets for more than 33 years, per his campaign site. He graduated from Kansas State University in 1993 with degrees in agronomy and political science, and has served as a township trustee, on the Kansas Executive Beef Council, as OCIA International President and as Kansas Farmers Union treasurer, per the same source. He is running as an independent for House District 62.
August 4 primary result: no Democratic candidate filed; Sean M. Willcott was unopposed for the Republican nomination. The nominees meet on the November 3 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results. Jack E. Geiger (Independent) is also on the November ballot, per the Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. 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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Kansas nominees were set by the August 4 primary, one per party, and meet on the November 3 ballot; all 125 state House seats are up, the state Senate is not, and county row officers (clerk, treasurer, register of deeds, county attorney, sheriff) are on the 2024/2028 cycle, so county pages carry commission seats, retention questions and local questions, per the Secretary of State.
Who is on the ballot in Jackson County, Kansas on November 3, 2026?
Jackson County sample ballot 2026: see where the kansas house and member candidates stand on schools and agriculture. 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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