Kansas 2005 Off Year Elections

The Green Papers: Kansas 2005 Off Year Elections

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Kansas
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. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

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

Class 3	Republican	Senator Samuel D. 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

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Democratic	Governor Kathleen Sebelius • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with Governor

	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor John Moore • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Republican (3 Undetermined); 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

CD 1	Republican	Congressman Jerry Moran • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 2	Republican	Congressman Jim Ryun • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 3	Democratic	Congressman Dennis Moore • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

CD 4	Republican	Congressman Todd Tiahrt • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh • First elected: 1994, 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Attorney General Phill Kline • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Treasurer Lynn Jenkins • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

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.

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