Phillips County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Kansas House, Member, Kansas State Board of Education, and District Magistrate Judge, 17th Judicial, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
County offices
District Magistrate Judge, 17th Judicial DistrictJody Enfield (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Jody Enfield
Jody Enfield is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Magistrate Judge, 17th Judicial District, per the Kansas Secretary of State's certified 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Jody Enfield (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Magistrate Judge in Kansas's 17th Judicial District (Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and Smith counties), per the Kansas Secretary of State's certified 2026 general election candidate list. Unopposed nominees still print. This seat covers a multi-county judicial district, not just this county.
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Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 5Lorie Wood (D) · Jean Clifford (R)
Lorie Wood (Democratic) and Jean Clifford (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 5.
Lorie Wood
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Early literacy and math intervention
- Teacher recruitment and compensation in rural districts
- Equitable school funding for rural counties
About Lorie Wood
Lorie Wood has more than 30 years of teaching experience across K-12 and higher education, per her campaign site. She has taught English language learners, high school literature and college composition, including seven years teaching English for the U.S. Navy in Japan, per the same source. Wood holds a bachelor's degree in English secondary education and a master's degree in teaching English to speakers of other languages, and has authored four textbooks.
Jean Clifford
Jean Clifford is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 5, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Lorie Wood (Democratic) and Jean Clifford (Republican) are running for Kansas State Board of Education District 5, per the Kansas Secretary of State's certified 2026 general election candidate list. District 5 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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Find your districts by addressKansas House District 110Mark Schaukowitch (D)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Mark Schaukowitch
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Property tax relief for rural communities
- Creating a State Permanent Fund to replace property taxes
- Expanding Medicaid and regulating health insurance denials
About Mark Schaukowitch
Schaukowitch is a former college professor turned rural technical and grant writer in Plainville, Kansas, with undergraduate degrees in speech and political science and a master's in rhetoric, per the campaign site. Schaukowitch is a founding member of the Transparent Opportunities Speaker Series in Plainville and works part time as a server at the Handlebar Tavern and Eatery, per the campaign site.
Republican nominee Cody Ward withdrew from the November ballot on September 3, 2026 for health reasons and the Secretary of State removed his name; Republican officials are to select a replacement nominee, per KSAL and Hays Post. The replacement will be added once the Secretary of State certifies it. August 4 primary result: Mark Schaukowitch was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Cody Ward won the Republican nomination with 43.4 percent over Max L. Dibble, Marvin Matchett. Mark Schaukowitch is 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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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 Phillips County, Kansas on November 3, 2026?
Phillips County sample ballot 2026: who is running for district magistrate judge, member and kansas house, 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?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Kansas are listed on the Kansas election hub. Kansas election hub →
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