Mike Kelly, Karen Crnkovich and Gene Senesac are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for County Commission Chairman.
Johnson County's one county-wide 2026 race: a nonpartisan open primary on August 4 in which every registered voter may participate, with the top two advancing to November 3. District commission seats, sheriff, and district attorney are not on the 2026 cycle. Candidates are from the county election office's certified listing.
Mike KellyIncumbent
An attorney at Husch Blackwell and the sitting chair of the Johnson County Board of County Commissioners, first elected chair in 2022, per the county election office listing and Johnson County Post profiles. He was mayor of Roeland Park from 2017 to 2022 and co-founded Climate Action KC, per the Johnson County Post.
Priorities: Protecting public safety, notably Med-Act ambulance service · Improving aging infrastructure · Diversifying county revenue to rely less on property taxes (per the Johnson County Post)
Karen Crnkovich
Owner of DMC Service Inc., a commercial heating, cooling, and plumbing contractor in Olathe, per the Johnson County Post. She founded the nonprofit Strong Families in 2019 to help struggling homeowners with urgent repairs, per her campaign site, and sought the Republican nomination in the 3rd Congressional District in 2024, per the Johnson County Post.
Priorities: Lowering property taxes by cutting the county taxing rate · A countywide moratorium on new data centers · Tighter scrutiny of economic development incentives, with clawbacks (per the Johnson County Post)
Gene Senesac
A retired transportation executive who worked 37 years for Archer Daniels Midland, retiring as director of transportation in 2019, per the Johnson County Post. He serves on Olathe's street maintenance sales tax oversight committee, per his campaign biography.
Priorities: Fiscal oversight of the county budget · Ensuring home appraisals are fair · Opposing county spending on housing subsidies (per the Johnson County Post)
August 4 primary result: Henry Johns was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Courtney Sappington won the Republican nomination with 55.5 percent over Courtney L. Crawford, Jon Chitwood. 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.
Henry Johns (Democratic)
Johns served a decade in the U.S. Army Reserves Medical Corps before a 48-year career as a licensed respiratory therapist, pulmonary function technologist, registered polysomnographer, and manager, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Fair and equitable treatment for all Kansans, including health care and social services, per the campaign site
Courtney Sappington (Republican)Incumbent
Courtney Sappington is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 5 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.
August 4 primary result: Megan Phillips was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Chris Croft 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.
Megan Phillips (Democratic)
Megan Phillips is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 8 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official August 4 primary results.
Chris Croft (Republican)Incumbent
Croft is a retired U.S. Army colonel who served 30 years, including as executive director of the Center for Army Leadership at Fort Leavenworth, per the campaign site. He currently serves as majority leader of the Kansas House of Representatives and has served on boards of veteran-focused nonprofits, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Eliminate the state sales tax on groceries and lower taxes, including ending income tax on Social Security · Limit property tax growth so bills don't rise just because home values do · Fully fund public schools with a focus on classroom results and equip first responders to keep neighborhoods safe (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Sherry Giebler was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Charlotte Esau 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.
Sherry Giebler (Democratic)
Giebler recently retired after a 30-year career as a school counselor at four Kansas elementary and middle schools, per the campaign site. She also counseled at Johnson County Community College, taught as an adjunct professor at Fort Hays State University and held degrees in sociology, counseling and educational leadership, and has lived in Johnson County since 1992, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Access to quality public education · Affordable health care · Sustainable economic growth for working families (per the campaign site)
Charlotte Esau (Republican)Incumbent
Charlotte Esau is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 14 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official August 4 primary results.
August 4 primary result: Allison Hougland was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Lauren N. Bohi 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.
Allison Hougland (Democratic)
Allison Hougland is a lifelong Olathe resident and a real estate agent who previously served in the Kansas House representing the 15th district from 2023 to 2025, per the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.
Priorities: Lowering the cost of living, including housing, health care and utility bills · Defending public education · Preserving homeownership for future generations (per the campaign site)
Lauren N. Bohi (Republican)Incumbent
Bohi has worked at a local behavioral health facility serving children and families and holds a degree from MidAmerica Nazarene University, per the campaign site. She describes herself as a political outsider with a background in small-business and nonprofit organizational leadership, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Lower taxes and cut government waste to help working people and seniors · Increase school funding and find innovative ways to boost student success · Improve Medicaid, foster care, and mental health services (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Linda Featherston was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; no Republican candidate filed. Linda Featherston 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.
Linda Featherston (Democratic)Incumbent
Linda Featherston is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 16 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.
August 4 primary result: Jo Ella Hoye was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Jim Eschrich 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.
Jo Ella Hoye (Democratic)Incumbent
Hoye has a background in nonpartisan, professional local government management and became a gun violence prevention advocate after hearing a 911 call from a November 2015 shooting in Colorado Springs, joining Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Support sensible gun laws that save lives while upholding Second Amendment rights · Value quality public education, teachers, and school staff · Keep families safe through legislative action in Topeka (per the campaign site)
Jim Eschrich (Republican)
Eschrich is a professional focus group moderator with a market research background who has lived in Johnson County for 38 years, per the campaign site. He and his wife raised two daughters who graduated from Shawnee Mission West and the University of Kansas, and he became a grandfather in 2024, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Capping local property tax revenue growth · Addressing declining student outcomes and curriculum transparency · Oversight of data center development (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Cindy Neighbor was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Robert Whitman 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.
Cindy Neighbor (Democratic)Incumbent
Neighbor is the sitting state representative for House District 18 and ranking minority member on the Insurance Committee, per the campaign site. Before entering the legislature she worked as a medical administrator for a multi-specialty medical group and spent nine years in various roles with Shawnee Mission schools while raising her family, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Investing in schools and infrastructure, including addressing the special education funding shortfall · Expanding healthcare access, including Medicaid expansion and lower prescription drug costs · Tax relief for working families, including eliminating the sales tax on food (per the campaign site)
Robert Whitman (Republican)
Robert Whitman holds a journalism degree from the University of Kansas and previously worked as a sportswriter before becoming a web applications developer, per his campaign site. He is a lifelong Johnson County resident.
Priorities: Limiting property tax increases tied to home valuation growth · Rolling back regulations that exceed legislative intent · Shortening Medicaid waiting lists and raising reimbursement rates (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Stephanie Sawyer Clayton was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Mark Hermes 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.
Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (Democratic)Incumbent
Clayton was raised in Johnson County and lives in Overland Park; she was elected to the Kansas House in 2012 and is serving her fifth term, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Serve as a leading voice for accountability and transparency measures in Topeka, per the campaign site
Mark Hermes (Republican)
Mark Hermes was born in Wichita and grew up on a farm near Andale, per his GoodParty.org candidate profile. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
August 4 primary result: Mari-Lynn Poskin was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; no Republican candidate filed. Mari-Lynn Poskin 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.
Mari-Lynn Poskin (Democratic)Incumbent
Poskin moved to Kansas in 2002 after living on both coasts and in the South and Midwest, and is serving her third term representing House District 20, per the campaign site. She describes seeking bipartisan, across-the-aisle solutions in the legislature, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Seek common-sense, across-the-aisle solutions to the challenges Kansas faces, per the campaign site
August 4 primary result: Jerry Stogsdill was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; no Republican candidate filed. Jerry Stogsdill 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.
Jerry Stogsdill (Democratic)Incumbent
Jerry Stogsdill is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 21 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.
August 4 primary result: Reed Krewson was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; no Republican candidate filed. Reed Krewson 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.
Reed Krewson (Democratic)
Reed Krewson works for Overland Park Parks and Recreation and serves as president of the Kansas Young Democrats, per his campaign site. He holds a political science and Spanish degree from Kansas State University and a master's in public administration from the University of Kansas. He is running for the House District 22 seat being vacated by Rep. Lindsay Vaughn.
Priorities: Supports expanding Medicaid · Supports fully funding K-12 schools · Supports protecting reproductive freedom (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Susan Ruiz was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; no Republican candidate filed. Susan Ruiz 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.
Susan Ruiz (Democratic)Incumbent
Susan Ruiz is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 23 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.
August 4 primary result: Jarrod Ousley was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Scott Speicker 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.
Jarrod Ousley (Democratic)Incumbent
Jarrod Ousley is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 24 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.
Scott Speicker (Republican)
Scott Speicker is a Professional Services Contact Center Engineer II and an Army veteran who served as an avionics technician, per his candidate profile. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Priorities: Repealing property taxes and auditing state finances · Breaking up energy monopolies to lower utility bills · Investing in nuclear energy (per the candidate profile)
August 4 primary result: Rui Xu was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; no Republican candidate filed. Rui Xu 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.
Rui Xu (Democratic)Incumbent
Rui Xu is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 25 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.
August 4 primary result: Laura Johnson won the Democratic nomination with 72.7 percent over Robert Collins; Chip VanHouden 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.
Laura Johnson (Democratic)
Laura Johnson of Olathe works remotely as an administrative assistant for an Omaha accounting firm and is a first-time candidate, per the Johnson County Post. She has volunteered with Loud Light, a Kansas voter engagement organization.
Priorities: Fully funding public schools, including the state's special education obligation, per the Johnson County Post
Chip VanHouden (Republican)Incumbent
Chip VanHouden is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 26 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.
August 4 primary result: Sara Kiewiet won the Democratic nomination with 74.5 percent over C. Edward Young; Sean E. Tarwater 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.
Sara Kiewiet (Democratic)
Sara Kiewiet holds a law degree from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and has a professional background in sales, per the Johnson County Post. She served as a PTO secretary in the Blue Valley school district for three years. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Priorities: Full, predictable funding of K-12 and special education, per the Johnson County Post
Sean E. Tarwater (Republican)Incumbent
Tarwater comes from a family of teachers and describes himself as a business leader active in his community, per the campaign site. He chairs the House Commerce Committee and sits on the K-12 Education Budget Committee, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Strengthen the state's rainy-day fund, prevent unsustainable government expansion, and provide tax relief · Make school children's classroom funding and teacher support the top priority · Bring transparency and common sense to Topeka (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Bryan Mouber was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Alex. N Bergman 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.
Bryan Mouber (Democratic)
Bryan Mouber is an attorney and Georgetown University graduate who has practiced law in Kansas for more than 25 years, per the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Priorities: Funding public schools · Bringing down the cost of living (per the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee)
Alex. N Bergman (Republican)
Alex Bergman is the general manager of Bourgmont Winery and a graduate of William and Mary, per his campaign site. He is a director of the Kansas City Museum Foundation and a Blue Valley North graduate.
Priorities: Fixing the property tax system · Reducing government waste and fraud · Addressing repeat offenders to improve public safety (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Heather Meyer was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; no Republican candidate filed. Heather Meyer 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.
Heather Meyer (Democratic)Incumbent
Meyer is a medical social worker in the Kansas City metro and a graduate of Kansas public schools, Johnson County Community College and the University of Kansas, per the campaign site. She is a mother of two children attending Kansas public schools, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Affordable healthcare, including Medicaid expansion and lower prescription costs · Fully funding public schools, including special education, and protecting teacher pay and benefits · Keeping reproductive healthcare decisions between a patient, their family and their medical provider (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Amelia Wiederaenders won the Democratic nomination with 37.5 percent over Tyler Holmes, Zachary Thomas Hawkins; Laura Williams 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.
Amelia Wiederaenders (Democratic)
Amelia Wiederaenders of Olathe holds a bachelor's degree from Kansas State University and a master's in public administration from the University of San Francisco, per news coverage of the District 30 race. She has more than 16 years of experience in political campaigns and community advocacy, including work for Prairie Roots Kansas. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Priorities: Protecting access to reproductive health care, per news coverage of the District 30 candidates
Laura Williams (Republican)Incumbent
Williams is a small business owner and community advocate who has lived in Lenexa for more than 20 years, and a mother of two children who attended Shawnee Mission School District, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Fight for tax cuts for working families and businesses and access to affordable healthcare · Improve schools and keep politics out of the classroom · Reduce regulations and cut taxes to help businesses and entrepreneurs create jobs (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Zach Maier was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Angela Stiens 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.
Zach Maier (Democratic)
Zach Maier is an engineer from Lake Quivira, per the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee.
Angela Stiens (Republican)Incumbent
Stiens is an occupational therapy practitioner with 28 years in her field and more than 30 years in healthcare, currently working for a small healthcare business, per the campaign site. She served as a Shawnee city councilwoman from 2021 to 2025 and has lived in Shawnee for 28 years, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Win the property tax fight that is harming Shawnee families · Support responsible budgets that prioritize roads, pipes, police, fire, and K-12 education · Promote access to quality, affordable care by improving Medicaid and consumer choice (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Kristen Schultz was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; William (Bill) Sutton 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.
Kristen Schultz (Democratic)
Kristen Schultz has been elected twice to the Gardner Edgerton school board, per the Sunflower State Journal. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
William (Bill) Sutton (Republican)Incumbent
William (Bill) Sutton is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 43 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.
August 4 primary result: Dan Osman was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; no Republican candidate filed. Dan Osman 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.
Dan Osman (Democratic)Incumbent
Osman was born in Overland Park and graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law; he runs a small construction business working with developers, and previously served two terms on the Hickman Mills school board, per the campaign site. He lives in Blue Valley with his wife and two daughters and serves as his HOA president, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Fully fund public schools and special education · Reduce income and property taxes, eliminate Social Security taxes, and cut the state grocery sales tax · Make Kansas leaders more accountable to voters and restore responsible budgeting (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Nikki McDonald was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Tricia Sinclair 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.
Nikki McDonald (Democratic)Incumbent
McDonald has lived in Olathe for more than 20 years with her husband and sons and is the sitting state representative for House District 49, per the campaign site. She describes being an advocate for public education and mental health services, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Cut taxes, citing a $1.4 billion tax cut package · Prioritize public education funding · Improve access to affordable healthcare and mental health services (per the campaign site)
Tricia Sinclair (Republican)
Tricia Sinclair holds an accounting degree from the University of Kansas and an MBA from MidAmerica Nazarene University, per her campaign site. She works as an assistant professor of business, teaching accounting, finance, economics and entrepreneurship.
Priorities: Wants to cap rising property taxes · Wants to fully fund schools and emphasize student achievement · Supports tougher penalties for repeat offenders to improve public safety (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Tim Lundberg won the Democratic nomination with 63.9 percent over KaMesha Bernard; Robyn R. Essex 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.
Tim Lundberg (Democratic)
Tim Lundberg is a retired air traffic controller who also spent seven years with the Overland Park Police Department as a dispatcher and motorist-assist officer, per the Johnson County Post. He is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 78. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Priorities: Fully funding public schools, including special education, while opposing vouchers · Property tax relief for seniors · Regulations on data centers (per the news coverage (Johnson County Post))
Robyn R. Essex (Republican)Incumbent
Essex has served as an Olathe city councilwoman and planning commissioner and is also an emergency response team member, Rotarian, and Sunday school teacher, per the campaign site. She graduated from MidAmerica Nazarene University and has lived in Olathe for nearly 40 years, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Fight for property tax relief for working people and seniors and more classroom dollars · Take steps to protect kids from fentanyl, online exploitation, and to keep neighborhoods safe · Improve Medicaid, special education, and mental health services (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Brandon Woodard was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; no Republican candidate filed. Brandon Woodard 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.
Brandon Woodard (Democratic)Incumbent
Woodard describes himself as a lifelong Kansan, community organizer, and consensus builder currently serving in the Kansas House representing District 108, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Expand Medicaid to cover more Kansans · Ensure public K-12 schools receive full and adequate funding · Legalize medical marijuana and reduce prescription drug costs (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Brandon Holland was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Adam Turk 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.
Brandon Holland (Democratic)
Brandon Holland is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 117 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.
Adam Turk (Republican)Incumbent
Adam Turk is the sitting Kansas House member for District 117, per the Kansas Legislature member page.
August 4 primary result: Kelsey Stock was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Thomas Palenske won the Republican nomination with 52 percent over Mike Storm. 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.
Kelsey Stock (Democratic)
Kelsey Stock is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 121 in Olathe, per the Johnson County Post. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Thomas Palenske (Republican)
Thomas Palenske of Olathe is a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general with nearly four decades of military service, per the Johnson County Post. He is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 121. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
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