Ron Estes
General election
Table:
Kansas's 4th congressional district special election, 2017 [29]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

Republican

Ron Estes

64,044

52.2%

Democratic

James Thompson

56,435

46.1%

Libertarian

Chris Rockhold

2,115

1.7%

Total votes

122,594

100.0%

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