2026 Election Dates
2026 Primary Election
Aug. 4
PRIMARY ELECTION - All ballots must be received by close of polls on Election Day.
Sept.1
Last day for State Board of Canvassers to certify official results.
2026 General Election
Oct. 13
Deadline to register to vote or update your voter registration to change address or name only to participate in the 2026 general election.
Oct. 14
First day of advance voting. Advance ballots by mail are transmitted. In-person advance voting may begin. Check with your county election office for specific times and locations.
Oct. 27
In-person advance voting must begin for all counties.
Nov. 3
GENERAL ELECTION - All ballots must be received by close of polls on Election Day.
Voting in Kansas
In Kansas, registering to vote may be done by filing a paper document or online. Anyone who is a US citizen, 18 years or older, a resident of Kansas and has completed the terms of any sentence from a felony conviction, is legally qualified to vote.
Per state law, the voter registration books close 21 days before an election until the election is completed. Any registrations received in that period will not be processed until after the election.
When registering to vote, the voter my choose to affiliate with one of the five recognized political parties in Kansas (Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, No Labels Kansas or United Kansas) or choose to be unaffiliated with a political party.
A voter may modify their registration for name or address change or to change party affiliation by completing a new voter registration form.
2026 Primary Kansas Political Action Committee (KPAC) Recommendations
These lists are current as of July 29, 2026.
KANSAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
- District 1: Democratic – Jennifer Lloyd
- District 3: Democratic – Amy Diediker
- District 5: No selection made for primary.
- District 7: Democratic - Ann Zimmerman
- District 9: Democratic – Heather Guernsey; Republican - Destry Brown
STATEWIDE
Governor
- Republican: Vicki Schmidt
- Democratic : No selection made for primary.
Attorney General
- Republican: No selection made for primary.
- Democratic : Chris Mann
Secretary of State
- Republican: No selection made for primary.
- Democratic : Jennifer Day
State Treasurer
- Republican: No selection made for primary.
- Democratic : No selection made for primary.
Insurance Commissioner
- Republican: No selection made for primary.
- Democratic: Dinah Sykes
Kansas House of Representatives
Notes: If a House District is not listed, there is not a recommendation in that race.
* Denotes incumbent.
- District 2: Avery Rowland - Democratic
- District 5: Henry Johns - Democratic
- District 10: Suzanne Wikle* - Democratic
- District 14: Sherry Giebler - Democratic
- District 15: Allison Hougland - Democratic
- District 16: Linda Featherston* - Democratic
- District 17: Jo Ella Hoye* - Democratic
- District 18: Cindy Neighbor* - Democratic
- District 19: Stephanie Sawyer Clayton* - Democratic
- District 20: Mari-Lynn Poskin* - Democratic
- District 21: Jerry Stogsdill* - Democratic
- District 23: Susan Ruiz* - Democratic
- District 22: Reed Krewson - Democratic
- District 24: Jarrod Ousley* - Democratic
- District 25: Rui Xu* - Democratic
- District 28: Bryan Mouber - Democratic
- District 29: Heather Meyer* - Democratic
- District 30: Zachary Thomas Hawkins - Democratic
- District 32: Pam Curtis* - Democratic
- District 33: Emily Blanks - Democratic
- District 34: Valdenia Winn*- Democratic
- District 35: Wanda Brownlee Paige* – Democratic
- District 36: Lynn Melton* - Democratic
- District 37: Melissa Oropeza* – Democratic
- District 39: Zach Maier - Democratic
- District 41: Jeff Pittman - Democratic
- District 43: Kristen Schultz - Democratic
- District 44: Barbara Ballard* - Democratic
- District 45: Mike Amyx* – Democratic
- District 46: Brooklynne Mosley* – Democratic
- District 47: Mary T. Williams – Democratic
- District 48: Dan Osman* - Democratic
- District 49: Nicki McDonald* - Democratic
- District 53: Kirk Haskins* - Democratic
- District 55: Tobias Schlingensiepen* – Democratic
- District 56: Virgil Weigel* - Democratic
- District 57: John Alcala* - Democratic
- District 58: Alexis Simmons* - Democratic
- District 59: Michael Lewis - Democratic
- District 60: Mark Schreiber* - Republican
- District 66: Sydney Carlin* - Democratic
- District 67: Stacy Kohlmeier - Republican
- District 67: Brenda Brandy - Democratic
- District 78: Tim Lundberg - Democratic
- District 81: Kayden Bennett - Democratic
- District 82: Kyle Beauchamp - Democratic
- District 83: Henry Helgerson* - Democratic
- District 84: Ford Carr* - Democratic
- District 86: Abi Boatman* - Democratic
- District 88: Daniel Schneider - Democratic
- District 91: Velma Davis - Democratic
- District 92: John Carmichael* - Democratic
- District 95: Tom Sawyer* - Democratic
- District 100: J.C. Moore - Republican
- District 103: Angela Martinez* - Democratic
- District 104: Lynnette Krieger-Zook - Democratic
- District 105: John Burke - Democratic
- District 108: Brandon Woodard* - Democratic
- District 110: Mark Shaukowitch - Democratic
- District 123: Becca Burnfin – Democratic
2026 Primary Election Results
(Unofficial results, updated at 2:55 a.m. - 4,145 of 4,150 precincts reporting)
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT - FAILS
Constitutional Amendment - "YES"
236,764 votes, 39%
Constitutional Amendment - "NO"
375,347 votes, 61%
KANSAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
District 3:
- Republican: Jim McMullen
District 5:
- Republican: Jean Clifford
District 9:
- Republican: Destry Brown
STATEWIDE
Governor
- Republican: Ty Masterson
- Democratic: Cindy Holscher
Attorney General
- Republican: Kris Kobach
- Democratic: Chris Mann
Secretary of State
- Republican: Pat Proctor
- Democratic: Jennifer Day
State Treasurer
- Republican: Steven Johnson
- Democratic: Juan C. Luengo
Insurance Commissioner
- Republican: Daniel Hawkins
- Democratic: Dinah Sykes
KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District 2:
- Republican: Dan Muter
District 3:
- Democratic: Isaiah Harris
District 5:
- Republican: Courtney Sappington
District 7:
- Democratic: Taylor Moreland
District 10:
- Democratic: Suzanne Wilke
District 26:
- Democratic: Laura Johnson
District 27:
- Democratic: Sara Kiewest
District 30:
- Democratic: Amelia Wiederaenders
District 31:
- Democratic: Emily Hane
District 32:
- Democrat: Pam Curtis
District 33:
- Democrat: Emily Blanks
District 35:
- Republican: Alex Sanchez
District 42:
- Republican:
District 47:
- Republican: Paula Newell Ellis
District 54:
- Republican: Ken Corbert
District 55:
- Democratic Tobias Schlingensiepen
District 56:
- Democrat: Virgil Weigel
District 61:
- Republican: Francis Awerkamp
District 65:
- Republican: Shawn Chauncey
District 67:
- Republican: Stacy Kohlmeier
District 68:
- Republican: Nate Butler
District 69:
- Democratic: Miranda Bachman
District 70:
- Republican:Greg H. Wilson
District 71:
- Republican: Steven K. Howe
District 72:
- Republican:Avery Anderson
District 74:
- Republican: Mike King
District 75:
- Republican: Tyler Coats
District 76:
- Republican: Russel Stukey
District 78:
- Democratic: Tim Lundbreg
District 81:
- Democratic: Kayden Bennett
District 83:
- Democratic: Brandon J. Whipple
District 84:
- Democratic: Bonita Gooch
District 85:
- Republican: Steven Brunk
District 88:
- Democratic: Candace Landers
District 89:
- Democratic: Carol Brewer
District 96:
- Democratic: Jessica Maldonado
District 100:
- Republican: Al Jirak
District 101:
- Republican: Kevin D. O'Brien
District 102:
- Republican: Kyler Sweety
District 107:
- Republican: Dawn Wolf
District 110:
- Republican: Cody Ward
District 116:
- Republican: Kyle D. Hoffman
District 120:
- Republican: Adam Smith
District 121:
- Republican: Thomas Palenske
UNITED STATES SENATE
- Republican: Roger Marshall
- Democratic: Adam Hamilton
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
District 1:
- Republican:Tracey Mann
- Democratic:Lauren Reinhold
District 2:
- Republican: Derek Schmidt
District 3:
- Republican: Eric Jenkins
- Democratic: Sharice L Davids
District 4:
- Republican: Ron Estes
- Democratic: Katy Tyndell
DISTRICT COURT JUDGES
- District 14-1: F. William Cullins, Republican
- District 18-17: Michael L. Fessinger, Republican
- District 27-1: Thomas A. "Tad: Dower, Republican
- District 29-5: Tony Martinez, Democratic
- District 29-6: Kate Lynch, Democratic
- District 29-10: Allison Williamson, Democratic
DISTRICT MAGISTRATE JUDGES
- District 18-1: David Lowden, Republican
