A general election was held in the

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Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

on November 4, 2014.

Primary elections Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the ...

were held on August 5.

Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Republican

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and

Lieutenant Governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

Jeff Colyer Jeffrey William Colyer (born June 3, 1960) is an American surgeon and politician who served as the 47th governor of Kansas from January 31, 2018, to January 14, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was the 49th lieutenant governor of Kans ...

successfully ran for re-election to a second term in office. They defeated Jennifer Winn and her running mate Robin Lais in the Republican primary. Democrat Paul Davis, Minority Leader of the

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, ran unsuccessfully in the general election with running mate businesswoman Jill Docking. Keen Umbehr appeared on the ballot as the Libertarian Party candidate along with running mate Josh Umbehr, a Wichita-based physician.

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican

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ran successfully for re-election to a second term in office. He was opposed by Democrat A.J. Kotich.

General election

Polling

Results

Secretary of State

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State

Kris Kobach Kris William Kobach ( ; born March 26, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician who is the Attorney General of Kansas. He previously served as the 31st Secretary of State of Kansas. A former Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party, Kobach came ...

ran successfully for re-election to a second term in office.

Republican primary

Kobach was opposed in the primary by Scott Morgan.

Endorsements

Polling

Results

General election

Former Republican state senator Jean Schodorf was the Democratic nominee for the general election. She was defeated by Kobach.

Polling

Results

State Treasurer

Incumbent Republican

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was re-elected to a second term in office. He defeated Democrat Carmen Alldritt.

General election

Polling

Results

Commissioner of Insurance

Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Insurance

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is not running for re-election to a fourth term in office. She has endorsed the Democratic nominee, Dennis Anderson, saying that he is more "dedicated to good public policy and

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not use the office for political gain." Anderson lost the election to Ken Selzer.

Republican primary

Beverly Gossage, David J. Powell,

Ken Selzer Ken Selzer (born April 25, 1953) is an American politician who served as the Kansas Insurance Commissioner from 2015 to 2019. He ran for Governor of Kansas in the 2018 gubernatorial election and came in fourth in the Republican primary with 7.82 ...

, Clark Shultz and John M. Toplikar ran for the Republican nomination.

Results

General election

Selzer defeated Democrat Dennis Anderson in the general election.

Polling

Results

United States Senate

Republican senator

Pat Roberts Charles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of Re ...

ran for re-election to a fourth term.

Greg Orman Gregory John Orman (born December 2, 1968) is an American politician, businessman, and entrepreneur. He ran as an independent to represent Kansas in the United States Senate in the 2014 election, earning 42.5 percent of the vote and losing to i ...

is running as an independent.

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District Attorney Chad Taylor won the Democratic primary, but withdrew his candidacy on September 3. After a court challenge, on September 18, the

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ruled that his name would be taken off the ballot. Roberts was re-elected with about 53% of the vote, compared to Orman's 43%.

United States House of Representatives

Four U.S. representatives from the state of

were elected in 2014, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.

Kansas House of Representatives

Elections were held for all 125 seats in the

References

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