Kansas 2020 General Election

The Green Papers: Kansas 2020 General Election

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Kansas
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 4 August 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

✓ Monday 1 June 2020 - Filling Deadline - Primary .
✓ Monday 3 August 2020 - Filling Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor/Independent President .
✓ Tuesday 4 August 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-7:00p MDT (1300-0100 UTC) / 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC). For practical purposes, polling places open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM local time on Election Day. Technically, in the Central time zone, polling places open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM. However, a county may open the polls no earlier than 6 AM local time and close them no later than 8 PM. In the Mountain time zone, polling places open at 6 AM and close at 6 PM. However, a county may open the polls no earlier than 5 AM local time and close them no later than 7 PM.
✓ Monday 26 October 2020 - Filing Deadline - Write-in .
✓ Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours reportedly 7:00a-7:00p MST (1400-0200 UTC) / 7:00a-7:00p CST (1300-0100 UTC). For practical purposes, polling places open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM local time on Election Day. Technically, in the Central time zone, polling places open at 7 AM and close at 7 PM. However, a county may open the polls no earlier than 6 AM local time and close them no later than 8 PM. In the Mountain time zone, polling places open at 6 AM and close at 6 PM. However, a county may open the polls no earlier than 5 AM local time and close them no later than 7 PM.

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	2,863,813	(0.92% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	6	(1.12% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	4	(0.92% of 435)
Capital:	Topeka

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Kansas State and Local Government

Kansas 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

The Libertarian Party nominates by 18 April convention rather than by primary.

2020 Election Information from the Kansas Secretary of State.

Candidate Lists from the Kansas Secretary of State.

4 August 2020 Primary results and results from media sources.

4 August 2020 Primary returns from an official source.

Candidates for the 2020 General from the Kansas Secretary of State.

3 November 2020 returns from the Kansas Secretary of State.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 6 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (3, 16 write-ins)

		Republican	771,406	56.14%	President Donald John Trump • for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence (6 Electoral Votes) • FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436

		Democratic	570,323	41.51%	former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris • FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521

		Libertarian	30,574	2.23%	Jo Jorgensen • for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen • FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521

		Write-in; (Green)	669	0.05%	Howie Gresham Hawkins • for Vice President: Angela Nichole Walker • FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095
		Write-in; (American Solidarity)	579	0.04%	Brian T. Carroll • for Vice President: Amar Patel • FEC P00013771
		Write-in; (Independent)	332	0.02%	Kanye "Deez Nutz" West • for Vice President: Michelle Tidball • FEC P00016741; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,442,390; Dsb $12,135,513
		Write-in; (Independent)	48	0.00%	Jade Simmons • for Vice President: Claudeliah J. Roze • FEC P00015537; 23 Nov 20; Tot $125,500; Dsb $72,644
		Write-in; (Independent)	29	0.00%	Mark Robert Charles • for Vice President: Adrian D. Wallace • FEC P00012039; 23 Nov 20; Tot $157,733; Dsb $155,506
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	14	0.00%	Thomas "Tom" Hoefling • for Vice President: Andy Prior
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	4	0.00%	Brock Jeffrey Pierce • for Vice President: Karla Marie Ballard • FEC P00016550; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,347,587; Dsb $6,315,486
		Write-in	4	0.00%	Ajay Sood • for Vice President: Richard Mende • FEC P60020963; 30 Sep 20; Tot $6,365; Dsb $6,304
		Write-in	2	0.00%	Jason Romondo "Lightbearer" Edwards • for Vice President: Lisa D. Edwards • FEC P00016840
		Write-in; (Green)	1	0.00%	Dario David Hunter • for Vice President: Dawn Neptune Adams • FEC P00010124; 23 Nov 20; Tot $33,396; Dsb $31,461
		Write-in; (Non Affiliated)	1	0.00%	Kasey J. Wells • for Vice President: Rachel M. Wells • FEC P00007864
		Write-in; (Republican)			Barbara Ruth Bellar • for Vice President: Kendra R. Bryant • FEC P00012799
		Write-in; (Non Affiliated)			President R19 Boddie • for Vice President: Eric C. Stoneham • FEC P00017202
		Write-in; (Independent)			Todd Cella • for Vice President: Timothy Bryan "Tim" Cella
		Write-in; (Non Affiliated)			Shawn W. Howard • for Vice President: Alyssa C. Howard • FEC P00011189; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,386; Dsb $3,281
		Write-in			Michael Arthur "Mike" Laboch • for Vice President: Raechelle L. Pope • Note: 5 Presidential write-in candidates candidates received no votes statewide. Thirty-four counties received no presidential write-in votes. • FEC P00017293
Total			1,373,986	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 116^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Open		Republican	Senator Pat Roberts • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008, 2014 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Open Seat - 4 January 2019: "I will not be a candidate in 2020 for a fifth Senate term."
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3)

		Republican	727,962	53.22%	Member of Congress Roger W. "Doc" Marshall • CD 1. • FEC S0KS00315; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,756,553; Dsb $6,966,063

		Democratic	571,530	41.79%	state Senator Barbara Bollier • FEC S0KS00323; 23 Nov 20; Tot $28,824,226; Dsb $28,502,917

		Libertarian	68,263	4.99%	Jason Buckley • FEC S0KS00356
Total			1,367,755	100.00%

Class 3		Republican	Senator Jerry Moran • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Laura Kelly • First elected: 2018 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022. Elected on a ticket with Governor

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Lynn Rogers • First elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

116^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Republican (1 Open, 1 Lost / No longer running, 1 Renominated); 1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1 Open		Republican	Member of Congress Roger W. "Doc" Marshall • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Open Seat - 7 September 2019: Running for the U.S. Senate Class 2 seat in 2020.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress

		Republican	208,229	71.16%	former Liuetenant Governor Tracey Robert Mann • Tracey Mann was named as Lieutenant Governor on 14 February 2018 by Governor Jeff Colyer (Republican). He did not run for election in 2018. • FEC H0KS01123; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,543,148; Dsb $1,127,531

		Democratic	84,393	28.84%	Kali Barnett • FEC H0KS01172; 23 Nov 20; Tot $605,122; Dsb $596,329
Total			292,622	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2 Lost		Republican	Member of Congress Steven C. "Steve" Watkins, Jr. • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Lost Primary / No Longer Running
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress

		Republican	185,464	55.15%	Treasurer Jacob "Jake" LaTurner • FEC H0KS02188; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,596,833; Dsb $1,587,750

		Democratic	136,650	40.63%	Topeka Mayor Michelle De La Isla • FEC H0KS02196; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,839,986; Dsb $1,810,216

		Libertarian	14,201	4.22%	Robert D. Garrard • FEC H8KS02108
Total			336,315	100.00%
	14 July 2020: Member of Congress Steven C. "Steve" Watkins, Jr. is changed with 3 felonies involving illegal voting in 2019.

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3		Democratic	Member of Congress Sharice L. Davids • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	220,049	53.62%	Member of Congress Sharice L. Davids • FEC H8KS03155; 23 Nov 20; Tot $5,730,335; Dsb $5,202,915

		Republican	178,773	43.56%	Amanda L. Adkins • FEC H0KS03236; 31 Dec 20; Tot $2,226,477; Dsb $2,181,711

		Libertarian	11,596	2.83%	Steven Adam "Steve" Hohe • FEC H0KS03269
Total			410,418	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Member of Congress Ron Estes • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 11 April 2017 in a Special Election [re: resignation of Member of Congress Michael Richard "Mike" Pompeo (Republican)]; first elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress

		Republican	203,432	63.65%	Member of Congress Ron Estes • FEC H8KS04112; 31 Dec 20; Tot $2,003,150; Dsb $1,429,529

		Democratic	116,166	36.35%	Laura Lombard • FEC H8KS04088; 23 Nov 20; Tot $276,063; Dsb $270,288
Total			319,598	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Republican	Secretary of State Scott Schwab • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Republican	Attorney General Derek Schmidt • First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2014, 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	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: 2018, 2022

		Republican	Treasurer Jacob "Jake" LaTurner • Appointed 18 April 2017 [re: Treasurer Ron Este's Special Election to the U.S. House of Representatives]; first elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - ~~8 January 2019: Running for U.S. Senate in 2020.~~ 4 September 2019: Running for U.S. House CD 2.

Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Republican	Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

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 Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 3 incumbents, 6 candidates
	• Republican: 9 incumbents, 7 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
	• Libertarian: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• American Solidarity: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 4 candidates
	• Non Affiliated: 3 candidates
	• Unaffiliated: 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 16 candidates
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.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.