The Green Papers: Kansas 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:6(1.12% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
2000 Census:2,693,824 (0.96% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):1,983,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):1,623,623
Capital:Topeka
 

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Kansas State and Local Government

           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator Pat Roberts
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Class 3 Republican Senator Samuel D. "Sam" Brownback
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert J. Dole: 11 June 1996- which Sheila Frahm (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Bill Graves (Republican) to fill, 11 June 1996]; elected to a full term: 1998, re-elected: 2004.
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Mark Parkinson
Entered office: 28 April 2008 upon the ascension of Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Chair - Governor Parkinson announced that he does not plan to run for election.
  

Governor Kathleen Sebelius (Democratic) who was first elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006 was nominated for Secretary of Health and Human Services by President Obama on Monday 2 March 2009. On Tuesday 28 April 2009, she was confirmed by a U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote of 65-31 with 3 not voting. A short time afterwards, she resigned her Governor's Chair and was sworn in as a member of President Obama's Cabinet. Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson (Democratic) who was first elected in 2006 was sworn in as Governor of Kansas.


Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected on a ticket with Governor

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Troy Findley
Appointed: 14 May 2009 by Governor Mark Parkinson.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
15 May 2009: Troy Findley is sworn in as the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas.
  

28 April 2009: Upon the ascension of Governor Kathleen Sebelius as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson (Democratic) who was first elected in 2006 was sworn in as Governor of Kansas.


111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
3 Republican (2 Open, 1 Undetermined);
1 Democratic (1 Open)

CD 1
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Republican Congressman Jerry Moran
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010

CD 2
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Republican Congressman Lynn Jenkins
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 23 November 2009: Announced retirement at the end of his term.

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Republican Congressman Todd W. Tiahrt
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - Candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh
First elected: 1994, 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 15 June 2009: Announced he would not run for Governor and would not run for re-election.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Attorney General Stephen N. "Steve" Six
Appointed: 18 January 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
 Article 1, Section 11 of the Kansas Constitution provides that where there is a vacancy in the office of the Attorney General, the Governor fills the vacancy by appointment for the duration of the term.

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Treasurer Dennis McKinney
Appointed: 2008 (re: ascention of Lynn Jenkins to the U.S. House); sworn-in 5 January 2009
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
 Treasurer Lynn Jenkins, who was first elected in 2002 and re-elected 2006, ran for and won the U.S. House Congresional District 2 seat in 2008. On 18 November 2008, Governor Kathleen Sebelius named state Representative Dennis McKinney as Treasurer.

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 4 incumbents
  Republican: 8 incumbents
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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