# Elections in Kansas

Elections in Kansas :
Federal government
Presidential elections
1864
1868
1872
1876
1880
1884
1888
1892
1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1916
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1940
1944
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
Republican
2008
2012
2016
2024
U.S. Senate elections
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1865
1867
1867 sp
1871
1873
1874 sp
1877
1879
1883
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1888
1891
1893 sp
1897
1901
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1907 sp
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1932
1936
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1942
1944
1948
1950
1950 sp
1954
1956
1960
1962
1962 sp
1966
1968
1972
1974
1978
1980
1984
1986
1990
1992
1996
1996 sp
1998
2002
2004
2008
2010
2014
2016
2020
2022
2026
U.S. House of Representatives elections
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1862
1864
1866
1868
1870
1872
1874
1876
1878
1880
1882
1884
2nd sp
1886
1888
1889
4th sp
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1903
7th sp
1904
1906
1907
1st sp
1908
1910
1911
2nd sp
1912
7th sp
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
2nd sp
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1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1943
2nd sp
1944
1946
1948
1950
3rd sp
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1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
2nd sp
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2017
4th sp
2018
2020
2022
2024 :
State government
State elections
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Gubernatorial elections
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1868
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1876
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1946
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1950
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1954
1956
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1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
Secretary of State elections
2014
2018
2022
Attorney General elections
2014
2018
2022
Treasurer elections
2014
2018
2022
Senate elections
2012
2016
2020
2024
House of Representatives elections
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024 :
Ballot measures
1867Suffrage referendum
2005Amendment 1
2022Abortion referendum :
Kansas City
Mayoral elections
2013
2017
2021 :
Overland Park
Mayoral elections
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2021 :
Wichita
Mayoral elections
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023 :
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The number of elections in Kansas varies by year. Kansas has a gubernatorial election every four years. Members of the state's United States congressional delegation run for election or re-election at the times set out in the United States Constitution. Primary elections assist in choosing political parties' nominees for various positions. On a regional basis, elections also cover municipal issues. In addition, a special election can occur at any time.
In a 2020 study, Kansas was ranked as the 13th hardest state for citizens to vote in.
United States presidential election results for Kansas :
| Year | Republican | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Third party(ies) | Third party(ies) |
| Year | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
| 2024 | 758,802 | 56.83% | 544,853 | 40.80% | 31,671 | 2.37% |
| 2020 | 771,406 | 56.00% | 570,323 | 41.40% | 35,755 | 2.60% |
| 2016 | 671,018 | 56.03% | 427,005 | 35.66% | 99,547 | 8.31% |
| 2012 | 689,809 | 59.59% | 439,908 | 38.00% | 27,815 | 2.40% |
| 2008 | 699,655 | 56.48% | 514,765 | 41.55% | 24,453 | 1.97% |
| 2004 | 736,456 | 62.00% | 434,993 | 36.62% | 16,307 | 1.37% |
| 2000 | 622,332 | 58.04% | 399,276 | 37.24% | 50,608 | 4.72% |
| 1996 | 583,245 | 54.29% | 387,659 | 36.08% | 103,396 | 9.62% |
| 1992 | 449,951 | 38.88% | 390,434 | 33.74% | 316,851 | 27.38% |
| 1988 | 554,049 | 55.79% | 422,636 | 42.56% | 16,359 | 1.65% |
| 1984 | 677,296 | 66.27% | 333,149 | 32.60% | 11,546 | 1.13% |
| 1980 | 566,812 | 57.85% | 326,150 | 33.29% | 86,833 | 8.86% |
| 1976 | 502,752 | 52.49% | 430,421 | 44.94% | 24,672 | 2.58% |
| 1972 | 619,812 | 67.66% | 270,287 | 29.50% | 25,996 | 2.84% |
| 1968 | 478,674 | 54.84% | 302,996 | 34.72% | 91,113 | 10.44% |
| 1964 | 386,579 | 45.06% | 464,028 | 54.09% | 7,294 | 0.85% |
| 1960 | 561,474 | 60.45% | 363,213 | 39.10% | 4,138 | 0.45% |
| 1956 | 566,878 | 65.44% | 296,317 | 34.21% | 3,048 | 0.35% |
| 1952 | 616,302 | 68.77% | 273,296 | 30.50% | 6,568 | 0.73% |
| 1948 | 423,039 | 53.63% | 351,902 | 44.61% | 13,878 | 1.76% |
| 1944 | 442,096 | 60.25% | 287,458 | 39.18% | 4,222 | 0.58% |
| 1940 | 489,169 | 56.86% | 364,725 | 42.40% | 6,403 | 0.74% |
| 1936 | 397,727 | 45.95% | 464,520 | 53.67% | 3,267 | 0.38% |
| 1932 | 349,498 | 44.13% | 424,204 | 53.56% | 18,276 | 2.31% |
| 1928 | 513,672 | 72.02% | 193,003 | 27.06% | 6,525 | 0.91% |
| 1924 | 407,671 | 61.54% | 156,319 | 23.60% | 98,464 | 14.86% |
| 1920 | 369,268 | 64.75% | 185,464 | 32.52% | 15,586 | 2.73% |
| 1916 | 277,658 | 44.09% | 314,588 | 49.95% | 37,567 | 5.96% |
| 1912 | 74,845 | 20.47% | 143,663 | 39.30% | 147,052 | 40.23% |
| 1908 | 197,216 | 52.46% | 161,209 | 42.88% | 17,521 | 4.66% |
| 1904 | 212,955 | 64.81% | 86,174 | 26.23% | 29,432 | 8.96% |
| 1900 | 185,955 | 52.56% | 162,601 | 45.96% | 5,210 | 1.47% |
| 1896 | 159,345 | 47.63% | 171,675 | 51.32% | 3,527 | 1.05% |
| 1892 | 157,241 | 48.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 167,664 | 51.60% |
| 1888 | 182,904 | 55.23% | 102,745 | 31.03% | 45,500 | 13.74% |
| 1884 | 154,406 | 58.08% | 90,132 | 33.90% | 21,310 | 8.02% |
| 1880 | 121,549 | 60.40% | 59,801 | 29.72% | 19,886 | 9.88% |
| 1876 | 78,324 | 63.10% | 37,902 | 30.53% | 7,908 | 6.37% |
| 1872 | 66,805 | 66.46% | 32,970 | 32.80% | 737 | 0.73% |
| 1868 | 30,027 | 68.82% | 13,600 | 31.17% | 3 | 0.01% |
| 1864 | 17,089 | 79.19% | 3,836 | 17.78% | 655 | 3.04% |

## Voter qualifications

Subject to such exceptions as the Kansas Legislature may prescribe, all citizens of the United States, over the age of eighteen and who are residents of this state, may register to vote as a qualified elector of Kansas. A special provision allows seventeen-year-olds to register to vote if they will be eighteen before the next statewide general election. This does not allow them to vote in the primary or at any other election before attaining the age of eighteen.

## Types of elections
### General election

The general election for all elected state, district and country officers is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November every two years. Those offices whose term expires the year following the general election must face election in that general election. For the statewide elected executive offices (the Governor of Kansas, Attorney General of Kansas, etc.), they must face election in the general election held two years after the last election for President of the United States. The most recent gubernatorial election in Kansas was held in 2022.
Candidates for United States Senator and United States Representative are elected in either the state general election as their term expires.

### Primary election

A primary election must be held for a political party to nominate its candidates for the offices to the filled at the next general election. Such primaries are held on the first Tuesday in August of each year in which a general election is to be held. No candidate's name may be printed on the general election ballot unless such candidate has been nominated by his political party by a primary election. However, nonpartisan candidates need not seek primary election nominations in order to appear on the general election ballot.
Kansas operates a closed primary system in which only voters who have affiliated with the given political party may vote in that party’s primary and runoff primary elections. However, the chairman of each political party may allow registered Independents to vote in the given political party. However, under no circumstance may an Independent vote in more than one political party’s primary elections.
Registered voters not affiliated with either party 21 days before the election may choose to affiliate with a party on election day at the polling place.

## Election provisions
### Substitute candidates

In the event of the death of a political party's nominee for office prior to the date of the general election, a substitute candidate is permitted to have his name placed on the general election ballot. If the nominee was a candidate for a state office, the state central committee of the party affected must the Secretary of the State Election Board of the name of an alternative candidate to be placed on the general election ballot. Such notice must be submitted in writing within five days after the death has occurred and must be signed by at least two members of the political party's state central committee.
If the death of the political party’s nominee should occur five days or more following the Runoff Primary Election date, a special general election shall be called by the Governor of Kansas. For such special general election, the candidates for office are the substitute candidate named by the central committee, the nominee of other political parties nominated for office, and any previously filed independent candidates.

## Political parties

* Green Party of Kansas
* Kansas Constitution Party
* Kansas Democratic Party
* Kansas Republican Party
* Libertarian Party of Kansas
* Natural Law Party of Kansas
* Reform Party of Kansas