24 candidates are tracked across 17 Wyandotte County races for the 2026 election, led by the Kansas House District 31 contest. Preview your Wyandotte 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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Election DayNov. 3, 2026
StateKansas
Races Listed17
Profiles24
Wyandotte 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.
August 4 primary result: Emily Hane won the Democratic nomination with 37.2 percent over Eli Woody, Paul Davidson, Christian A. Ramirez; Dennis Grindel 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.
Emily Hane · Democratic▾
Emily Hane is a Kansas City, Kansas Democrat running in an open-seat race after Rep. Louis Ruiz chose not to seek reelection, per Kansas news coverage of the District 31 race. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Priorities: Addressing rising costs and property tax bills, per Kansas news coverage of the District 31 race
Dennis Grindel is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 31 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: Pam Curtis won the Democratic nomination with 74.3 percent over Marco A. Medina Diaz; no Republican candidate filed. Pam Curtis 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.
Pam Curtis · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Pam Curtis is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 32 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official August 4 primary results.
August 4 primary result: Emily Blanks won the Democratic nomination with 74 percent over Romona C. Smith; Carolyn Caiharr 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.
Emily Blanks · Democratic▾
Emily Blanks is a Bonner Springs city councilmember representing Ward II and executive director of the Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Area Chamber of Commerce, per her campaign site. She grew up in rural Leavenworth County and moved to Bonner Springs in 2020.
Priorities: Championing small businesses · Reducing property taxes · Working across the aisle in Topeka (per the campaign site)
Carolyn Caiharr is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 33 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: Valdenia C. Winn was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; CeCe Harlin 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.
Valdenia C. Winn · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Valdenia C. Winn is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 34 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.
CeCe Harlin has worked in direct patient care as a caregiver, certified dialysis technician and phlebotomist, and trained as a medical assistant at Concorde Career College, per her campaign site. She is a lifelong Kansas City, Kansas resident.
Priorities: Holding tax incentives accountable for measurable results · School accountability for public investment · Transparency in election administration (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Wanda Brownlee Paige was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Alex Sanchez won the Republican nomination with 55.9 percent over Lisa Walker Yeager. 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.
Wanda Brownlee Paige · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Wanda Brownlee Paige is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 35 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: Lynn Melton was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Brian Dickason 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.
Lynn Melton · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Melton has more than 30 years of experience in the financial sector, including 20 years owning a small business, and four years working in city and county government on public safety, organized labor, and community engagement, per the campaign site. She is a lifelong Wyandotte County resident of more than 50 years and currently serves as a Kansas state representative, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Fully fund public education, including adequate funds for special education · Support local law enforcement · Remove the state tax on Social Security and reduce property taxes (per the campaign site)
Dickason has spent more than 20 years in auditing, accounting, and technology, beginning his career at Ernst & Young before moving to roles at major Kansas City corporations, per the campaign site. He graduated as valedictorian from Piper High School and holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master of Accountancy from Kansas State University, per the campaign site.
Priorities: Abolishing property taxes, per a campaign-affiliated Facebook post
August 4 primary result: Melissa M Oropeza was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Connie Jo Henry 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.
Melissa M Oropeza · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Melissa M Oropeza is the Democratic nominee for Kansas House District 37 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.
Connie Jo Henry is a registered nurse with more than 20 years of health care leadership experience, including as a director of nursing in long-term care and director of homecare at Midland Hospice in Topeka, per her campaign site. She is a 22-year resident of Wyandotte County and volunteers with the county's Community Emergency Response Team.
Priorities: Health care policy grounded in a 'do no harm' approach · Empowering parents in education (per the campaign site)
August 4 primary result: Richard Paz was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; Timothy H. Johnson 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.
Richard Paz · Democratic▾
Richard Paz is a retired U.S. Army Medical Service colonel with 30 years of service, per his campaign site. He holds degrees from the University of Washington and Texas A&M University and developed behavioral health programs after the 2009 Fort Hood incident.
Priorities: Reducing the property tax burden on Kansas homeowners · Expanding Medicaid and mental health services · Investing in public schools (per the campaign site)
Timothy H. Johnson is the Republican nominee for Kansas House District 38 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: Delia Maria York was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Delia Maria York is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot for this partisan district court bench, which serves Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results.
Delia Maria York · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Delia Maria York is a sitting district judge of the 29th Judicial District in Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Judicial Branch's district court roster. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
August 4 primary result: William P. Mahoney was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. William P. Mahoney is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot for this partisan district court bench, which serves Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results.
William P. Mahoney · DemocraticIncumbent▾
William P. Mahoney is a sitting district judge of the 29th Judicial District in Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Judicial Branch's district court roster. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
August 4 primary result: Kayla Roehler won the Democratic nomination with 38 percent over Tony Martinez, Reginald Keith Davis. Kayla Roehler is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot for this partisan district court bench, which serves Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results.
Kayla Roehler · Democratic▾
Kayla Roehler has worked in the Wyandotte County District Attorney's Office since January 2017, trying cases ranging from traffic offenses to capital murder, after earlier working in the Shawnee County District Attorney's Office, per her campaign site. She is a graduate of Washburn University School of Law and a past president of the Wyandotte County Bar Association.
August 4 primary result: Kate Lynch won the Democratic nomination with 57.4 percent over Rosie M. Quinn. Kate Lynch is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot for this partisan district court bench, which serves Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results.
Kate Lynch · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Kate Lynch, listed on the official roster as Kathleen M. Lynch, was sworn in as a district judge of the 29th Judicial District in Wyandotte County in August 2006, after graduating from Washburn University School of Law in 1992 and working as a private practitioner, per a Washburn University Alumni Association profile. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
August 4 primary result: Allison Williamson won the Democratic nomination with 60.1 percent over Bill L Klapper. Allison Williamson is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot for this partisan district court bench, which serves Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results.
Allison Williamson · Democratic▾
Allison Williamson is currently an Assistant Attorney General in the Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Unit, after earlier serving as an Assistant District Attorney in Wyandotte County, an Assistant Federal Defender in Missouri, and an Assistant Public Defender in Kansas, per her campaign site. She is a 2009 graduate of Washburn University School of Law.
August 4 primary result: Timothy L. Dupree was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Timothy L. Dupree is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot for this partisan district court bench, which serves Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results.
Timothy L. Dupree · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Timothy L. Dupree is a sitting district judge of the 29th Judicial District in Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Judicial Branch's district court roster. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
August 4 primary result: Candice Alcaraz was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Candice Alcaraz is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot for this partisan district court bench, which serves Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results.
Candice Alcaraz · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Candice Alcaraz is a sitting district judge of the 29th Judicial District in Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Judicial Branch's district court roster. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
August 4 primary result: Aaron T. Roberts was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Aaron T. Roberts is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot for this partisan district court bench, which serves Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results.
Aaron T. Roberts · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Aaron T. Roberts is a sitting district judge of the 29th Judicial District in Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Judicial Branch's district court roster. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
August 4 primary result: Damon D. Mitchell was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Damon D. Mitchell is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot for this partisan district court bench, which serves Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official primary results.
Damon D. Mitchell · DemocraticIncumbent▾
Damon D. Mitchell is a sitting district judge of the 29th Judicial District in Wyandotte County, per the Kansas Judicial Branch's district court roster. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
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