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The state of Kansas held elections in 2014. Below are the dates of note:

2014 elections and events in Kansas
Signature filing deadline for party candidates June 2, 2014 Red padlock.png
Voter registration deadline for primary election July 15, 2014Red padlock.png
Filing deadline for independent candidates for primary election August 4, 2014 Red padlock.png
Primary election date August 5, 2014 Red padlock.png
Voter registration deadline for general election October 14, 2014 Red padlock.png
Filing deadline for write-in candidates for general election October 27, 2014 Red padlock.png
General election date November 4, 2014 Red padlock.png

Below are the types of elections that were scheduled in Kansas in 2014:

On the 2014 ballot
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U.S. Senate Scheduled electiona
U.S. House Scheduled electiona
State Executives Scheduled electiona
State Senate Unscheduled electiond
State House Scheduled electiona
Statewide ballot measures (1 measure) Scheduled electiona
Local ballot measures Unscheduled electiond
School boards Unscheduled electiond
State courts Scheduled electiona

2014 elections

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Races to watch in Kansas

State Executive Officials

See also: Kansas state executive official elections, 2014

The Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Sam Brownback (R) ran for and won re-election. He will serve his second four-year term in office.

The race was considered to be very competitive, with early polls showing Democrat Paul Davis, the state House Minority Leader, with a small lead over the incumbent governor, Republican Sam Brownback. The Washington Post named Kansas as one of the top 15 gubernatorial races of 2014, declaring that "it's hard to ignore polls that show Gov. Sam Brownback's approval ratings well shy of 50%."[1] Brownback's approval ratings hovered around 35 percent since January of 2012.[2]

Kansas State Legislature

See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014. Heading into the election, the Republican Party controlled the chamber. The following table details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6, 2012, general election.

Elections by type

U.S. Senate

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U.S. Senate elections in Kansas

See also: United States Senate elections in Kansas, 2014 and United States Senate elections, 2014

Voters in Kansas elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 4, 2014.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
June 2, 2014
August 5, 2014
November 4, 2014

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Kansas utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which previously unaffiliated voters can participate in the partisan primary of their choice (a voter who is already affiliated with a party can only vote in that party's primary).[3][4][5][6]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by June 15, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.[7]

See also: Kansas elections, 2014

Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Pat Roberts (R). Roberts was first elected in 1996.

Candidates

General election candidates

August 5, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

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Declined to run

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Early predictions for Pat Roberts' (R) run for re-election said that it was unlikely he would face a serious challenge in the general election in 2014.[17] He entered the campaign with $886,694 cash on hand, slightly more than he had at the outset of his 2008 campaign for re-election.[17]

If Roberts would have changed his mind about re-election, there was no shortage of potential Republican nominees, from both the congressional delegation and statewide offices.

In September 2013, reports circulated that Barack Obama’s second cousin once removed, Milton Wolf, was laying the groundwork for a potential Republican primary challenge against Pat Roberts.[18] Wolf gauged support and reportedly sent an email to GOP activists in August 2013 asking them to get in touch if they want more senators like Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Rand Paul before formally announcing his candidacy.[18][19] Roberts defeated Wolf in the Republican primary by roughly 7 percent.

Democratic primary winner Chad Taylor dropped out of the race on September 3, 2014. However, due to legal restrictions, the Kansas Secretary of State ordered his name to still appear on the ballot due to the face that he did not provide a reason that he would be unable to perform the job if elected, a requirement of Kansas law.[20] Taylor subsequently filed an appeal and the decision was overturned, thus removing him from the November ballot. Following the ruling, the Secretary of State said that Democrats were required to nominate a replacement candidate by September 26. Additionally, a lawsuit was filed by Democratic voter David Orel to force Democrats to nominate a replacement. However, the lawsuit was sent to a lower court. This delayed the case until the ballots were printed, effectively making it so no Democratic candidate appeared on the ballot.[21][22]

Independent Greg Orman surged in popularity in the weeks leading up to the election. Chad Reeves, a Kansas Democratic operative, said "What most Democrats know is that Orman would be better than Pat Roberts, and we want Roberts out. We wanted to win, this is the year to win, and Chad Taylor couldn’t be that candidate."[23]

U.S. House

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U.S. House of Representatives elections in Kansas

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, 2014 and United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Kansas took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected four candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
June 2, 2014
August 5, 2014
November 4, 2014

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Kansas utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which previously unaffiliated voters can participate in the partisan primary of their choice (a voter who is already affiliated with a party can only vote in that party's primary).[24][25][26][27]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by June 15, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 14, 2014.[28]

See also: Kansas elections, 2014


Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held all of the four congressional seats from Kansas.

Members of the U.S. House from Kansas -- Partisan Breakdown
Party As of November 2014 After the 2014 Election
     Democratic Party 0 0
     Republican Party 4 4
Total 4 4

Incumbents

Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the four congressional districts were:

Name Party District
Tim Huelskamp Ends.png Republican 1
Lynn Jenkins Ends.png Republican 2
Kevin Yoder Ends.png Republican 3
Mike Pompeo Ends.png Republican 4

List of candidates by district

1st Congressional District

General election candidates

August 5, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Withdrawn prior to primary

Potential candidates

2nd Congressional District

General election candidates

August 5, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Libertarian Party Libertarian Party Candidates

Declined to run

3rd Congressional District

General election candidates

August 5, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

4th Congressional District

General election candidates

August 5, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

State Executives

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State executive official elections in Kansas

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See also: Kansas state executive official elections, 2014 and State executive official elections, 2014

Six state executive positions were up for election in 2014 in the state of Kansas.

The following offices were elected in 2014 in Kansas:

List of candidates by office

Governor

Running mates listed together in order of "Governor/Lieutenant Governor"

General election

Republican Party Sam Brownback/Jeff Colyer- Incumbents Green check mark transparent.png[41][42]
Democratic Party Paul Davis/Jill Docking[43][44][45]
Libertarian Party Keen A. Umbehr/Josh Umbehr[46][47][48]

Lost in primary

Republican Party Jennifer Winn/Robin Lais[49][50]
Libertarian Party Tresa McAlhaney/Grant Nelson[51][52]

Lieutenant Governor

Lost in the Primary

Attorney General

General election

Republican Party Derek Schmidt - Incumbent Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party A.J. Kotich[57]

Secretary of State

General election

Republican Party Kris Kobach - Incumbent Green check mark transparent.png[58]
Democratic Party Jean Schodorf - Former Republican state Sen. representing District 25[59]

Lost in the primary

Republican Party Scott Morgan - Former Lawrence School Board President, businessman, attorney[60][61]

Down ballot offices

Office Incumbent Assumed Office Incumbent running? General Election Candidates 2015 Winner Partisan Switch?
Treasurer Ron Estes
Ron Estes.jpg		 2011 Yes[62] Republican Party Ron Estes
Democratic Party Carmen Alldritt		 Republican Party Ron Estes No
Commissioner of Insurance Sandy Praeger
Sandy Praeger.jpg		 2003 No[63] Republican Party Ken Selzer
Democratic Party Dennis Anderson		 Republican Party Ken Selzer No


State House

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State House elections in Kansas

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See also: Kansas House of Representatives elections, 2014 and State legislative elections, 2014

Elections for the Kansas House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 2, 2014.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Kansas House of Representatives:

Kansas House of Representatives
Party As of November 3, 2014 After November 4, 2014
     Democratic Party 32 28
     Republican Party 93 97
Total 125 125

List of candidates by district

Note: Pending until the filing deadline occurs in 2014.

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 • District 53 • District 54 • District 55 • District 56 • District 57 • District 58 • District 59 • District 60 • District 61 • District 62 • District 63 • District 64 • District 65 • District 66 • District 67 • District 68 • District 69 • District 70 • District 71 • District 72 • District 73 • District 74 • District 75 • District 76 • District 77 • District 78 • District 79 • District 80 • District 81 • District 82 • District 83 • District 84 • District 85 • District 86 • District 87 • District 88 • District 89 • District 90 • District 91 • District 92 • District 93 • District 94 • District 95 • District 96 • District 97 • District 98 • District 99 • District 100 • District 101 • District 102 • District 103 • District 104 • District 105 • District 106 • District 107 • District 108 • District 109 • District 110 • District 111 • District 112 • District 113 • District 114 • District 115 • District 116 • District 117 • District 118 • District 119 • District 120 • District 121 • District 122 • District 123 • District 124 • District 125

Statewide ballot measures

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Statewide ballot measure elections in Kansas

See also: Kansas 2014 ballot measures and 2014 ballot measures

One statewide ballot questions was certified for the 2014 ballot in the state of Kansas.

On the ballot

November 4:

Type Title Subject Description Result
LRCA SCR 1618 Gambling Authorizes the legislature to permit charitable raffles or other forms of charitable gaming by certain nonprofit organizations Approveda



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Voting in Kansas

See also: Voting in Kansas

Important voting information

  • A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Kansas utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which previously unaffiliated voters can participate in the partisan primary of their choice (a voter who is already affiliated with a party can only vote in that party's primary).[64][65][66][67]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

  • Kansas has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Kansas, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early

See also: Early voting

Kansas is one of 33 states (plus the District of Columbia) that permit some form of early voting. Early voting begins 20 days before an election. Ballots must be received by close of polls on Election Day.[68]

Elections Performance Index

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

Kansas ranked 27th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Kansas received an overall score of 64 percent.[69]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Washington Post, "The Fix's top 15 gubernatorial races of 2014," November 15, 2013
  2. ↑ Kansas City Star, "Surveys find a hint of election vulnerability in Gov. Sam Brownback," October 29, 2013
  3. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," February 6, 2024
  4. ↑ FairVote, "Open and closed primaries," accessed July 25, 2024
  5. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  6. ↑ Scott Schwab Kansas Secretary of State, "Voter information," accessed July 25, 2024
  7. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State Website, "Registration & Voting," accessed January 3, 2014
  8. ↑ Talking Points Memo, "Obama's Second Cousin To Challenge Sen. Pat Roberts," accessed October 9, 2013
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2014 Primary (official)," accessed June 2, 2014
  10. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chad Taylor 2014 Summary reports," accessed November 25, 2013
  11. ↑ Anchorage Daily News, "Kansas independent to run for US Senate," accessed June 3, 2014
  12. ↑ Miami Herald, "Kansas independent to run for US Senate," accessed June 5, 2014 (dead link)
  13. ↑ NY Times, "Sebelius Says She’s Not Interested in Senate Run," accessed April 21, 2014
  14. ↑ NY Times, "Sebelius Said to Weigh Run for Kansas Senate Seat," accessed April 16, 2014
  15. ↑ Washington Post, "Sebelius for Senate? It makes no sense.," accessed April 16, 2014
  16. ↑ Star Telegram, "Kansas candidate filing deadline passes," accessed June 3, 2014
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Huffington Post " Senate 2014: How Much Money Do The Candidates Have?" accessed February 25, 2012
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Politico, "Obama’s GOP cousin may primary Pat Roberts," accessed September 16, 2013
  19. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named atr
  20. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named notwithdrew
  21. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named replacement
  22. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named lawblog
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 The Hill, "Democrat's exit roils Kansas Senate race," September 3, 2014 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "withdrew" defined multiple times with different content
  24. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," February 6, 2024
  25. ↑ FairVote, "Open and closed primaries," accessed July 25, 2024
  26. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  27. ↑ Scott Schwab Kansas Secretary of State, "Voter information," accessed July 25, 2024
  28. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State Website, "Registration & Voting," accessed January 3, 2014
  29. ↑ Alan LaPolice for Congress, "Home," accessed December 9, 2013
  30. ↑ Kent Roth for Kansas, "Home," accessed January 22, 2014
  31. ↑ CJ Online, "Former Manhattan mayor considers 1st District run," accessed February 4, 2014
  32. ↑ KSDP, "Margie Wakefield Biography - 2nd Congressional District," accessed November 20, 2013
  33. ↑ Chris Clemmons for Kansas, "Home," accessed December 9, 2013
  34. ↑ ADN.com, "Kan. lawmaker to challenge Jenkins in primary," accessed January 25, 2014 (dead link)
  35. ↑ Hutchinson Kansas News, "Congressional shake up not likely," accessed July 31, 2014
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 Kansas City Star, "Second Democrat to enter race for Congress in Kansas 3rd District," accessed January 22, 2014
  37. ↑ Kansas City Star, "Todd Tiahrt will run for his old seat in Congress," accessed May 31, 2014 (dead link)
  38. ↑ Washington Post, "Want to see a nasty GOP House primary? Oh, it’s just getting started in Kansas," accessed May 31, 2014
  39. ↑ The Wichita Eagle, "Democrat Perry Schuckman will run for Fourth District congressional seat," accessed April 12, 2014
  40. ↑ Biz Journals, "Perry Schuckman says he’ll run for Kansas 4th Congressional seat," accessed April 12, 2014
  41. ↑ Lawrence Journal-World, "Brownback running for re-election," June 21, 2013
  42. ↑ Lawrence Journal-World, "Brownback running for re-election," June 21, 2013
  43. ↑ The Topeka Capital-Journal, "Davis launches Democratic campaign for Kansas governor," September 17, 2013
  44. ↑ Wichita Eagle, "Paul Davis forms committee for governor's race," August 8, 2013 (dead link)
  45. ↑ Kentucky.com, "Davis teams with Docking in Kansas governor's race," October 22, 2013
  46. ↑ Keen A. Umbehr for Governor 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed October 8, 2013
  47. ↑ Kansas First News, Alma lawyer seeks Libertarian nod for governor, August 29, 2013
  48. ↑ The Wichita Eagle, "Physician campaigning as Libertarian dad’s running mate in Kansas governor’s race," May 22, 2014
  49. ↑ Jennifer Winn for Governor 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed February 18, 2014
  50. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Candidates List," accessed June 18, 2014
  51. ↑ Tresa McAlhane for Governor 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed September 23, 2013 (dead link)
  52. ↑ Grant Nelson for Lieutenant Governor 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed September 23, 2013 (dead link)
  53. ↑ Kentucky.com, "Davis teams with Docking in Kansas governor's race," October 22, 2013
  54. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Candidates List," accessed June 18, 2014
  55. ↑ The Wichita Eagle, "Physician campaigning as Libertarian dad’s running mate in Kansas governor’s race," May 22, 2014
  56. ↑ Grant Nelson for Lieutenant Governor 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed September 23, 2013 (dead link)
  57. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Candidates List," accessed June 18, 2014
  58. ↑ Kris Kobach for Secretary of State, "Homepage," accessed September 23, 2013
  59. ↑ Saline Journal, "Schodorf to run for secretary of state," September 25, 2013
  60. ↑ Scott Morgan for Secretary of State 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed June 9, 2014
  61. ↑ The Wichita Eagle, "GOP’s Scott Morgan to take on Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach," May 22, 2014
  62. ↑ Ron Estes for Treasurer 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed September 23, 2013
  63. ↑ The Topeka Capitol-Journal, "Robust GOP primary likely for insurance commissioner," April 12, 2013
  64. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," February 6, 2024
  65. ↑ FairVote, "Open and closed primaries," accessed July 25, 2024
  66. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  67. ↑ Scott Schwab Kansas Secretary of State, "Voter information," accessed July 25, 2024
  68. ↑ Kansas Secretary of State Website, "Advance Voting," accessed December 19, 2013
  69. ↑ Pew Charitable Trusts, "Election Performance Index Report," accessed April 23, 2014
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