9 candidates are tracked across 7 Saline County races for the 2026 election, led by the Saline County Commissioner 1st District contest. Preview your Saline County, Kansas sample ballot for 2026: browse tracked local races, then enter your ZIP code to confirm which districts and offices appear on your exact ballot.
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Candidate roster last updated Sep 6, 2026 from official election sources. Enter your ZIP code at theballotbrief.com to see your exact 2026 ballot.
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Election DayNov. 3, 2026
StateKansas
Races Listed7
Profiles9
Saline County Sample Ballot 2026: Races We’re Tracking
Local races are address-specific. This guide previews tracked contests, while the lookup tool narrows the list to a voter’s exact address. Tap any name to see the race, full candidate profiles, and everything else on your exact ballot. 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.
At the August 4, 2026 primary, Sharon Callabresi won the Republican nomination with 426 votes, defeating appointed incumbent Tom Arpke (274 votes, appointed to fill the vacancy left by Monte Shadwick's resignation) and James Ravenkamp (214 votes), per Saline County's official certified results and Salina311. No Democrat filed, so Callabresi is unopposed on the November 3 ballot.
Sharon Callabresi · Republican▾
Sharon Callabresi appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Saline County Commissioner 1st District, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Sharon Callabresi.
Lori C. Blake was the only candidate to file for this seat and received 975 votes in the uncontested August 4, 2026 Republican primary, per the county's official certified results. No Democrat filed, so Blake is unopposed on the November 3 ballot.
Lori C. Blake · Republican▾
Lori C. Blake most recently served as executive director at CAPS, a child advocacy and parenting services organization, per Salina Post. A lifetime Saline County resident from Assaria, she has also worked as a small business owner and school administrator, and served three terms on the USD 306 school board. Lori C. Blake appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Saline County Commissioner 4th District, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Incumbent Joe A. Hay Jr. won the August 4, 2026 Republican primary with 596 votes over Wayne E. Norman (294 votes), per the county's official certified results and Salina311. No Democrat filed, so Hay is unopposed on the November 3 ballot.
Joe A. Hay Jr. · Republican▾
Hay is the incumbent commissioner for the 5th District, who in January 2026 voted against a proposed battery energy storage project near a school southeast of Salina after hearing resident concerns, per KSAL. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Republican nominee Clarke Sanders, the sitting representative, withdrew from the November ballot on September 3, 2026 for medical reasons and the Secretary of State removed his name; the Saline County Republican Party scheduled a September 10 convention to choose a replacement nominee, per KSAL and Hays Post. The replacement will be added once the Secretary of State certifies it. August 4 primary result: Miranda Bachman won the Democratic nomination with 55.2 percent over Meagan Rico; Clarke Sanders was unopposed for the Republican nomination. Miranda Bachman 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.
Miranda Bachman · Democratic▾
Miranda Bachman is a community organizer and founder of the Kansas Impact Coalition, a Salina nonprofit behind food-access and mutual-aid programs, per her campaign site. She is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 69.
Priorities: Food access · Healthcare and childcare affordability · Housing (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Jerry Lonergan was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Steven K. Howe won the Republican nomination with 54.5 percent over Jay Vanier. 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.
Jerry Lonergan · Democratic▾
Jerry Lonergan is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 71 in northeast Saline County, per his campaign site.
August 4 primary result: Cheri Koochel was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Dawn Wolf won the Republican nomination with 68.9 percent over Jordan Budreau. 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.
Cheri Koochel · Democratic▾
Cheri Koochel of Salina is running a grassroots, volunteer-driven campaign as the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 107, a district that had gone uncontested by Democrats since 2006, per the Beloit Call.
Dawn Wolf is the sitting Kansas House member for District 107, per the Kansas Legislature member page. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Special election for the remainder of the Senate term. The seat opened when J.R. Claeys resigned effective June 2, 2025; a Republican precinct convention chose Scott Hill on June 16, 2025 to serve until this special election, which fills the remainder of the term through 2028, per KSAL News. Scott Hill (Republican) is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Scott Hill · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Scott Hill is a farmer and rancher who has worked in Dickinson County for 30 years, per his campaign site. He served in the Kansas House from 2023 to 2025 and was chosen by a Republican precinct convention in June 2025 to fill the Senate District 24 vacancy left by J.R. Claeys's resignation, per KSAL News and his official Kansas Legislature member page. He is married to Lynette Hill.
Priorities: Invest in job training and reduce regulatory barriers for small businesses · Fund students directly and support multiple paths after high school, including college, trades and entrepreneurship · Strengthen the local economy to help keep young Kansans in the region (per the campaign site)
Note: Use address lookup for your exact ballot; local pages preview tracked races.Profiles: Hand-verified profiles are added race by race; always confirm with the official election office linked above.
