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The 2022 Kansas Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of
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 th ...
. Incumbent
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Attorney General
Derek Schmidt Derek Larkin Schmidt (born January 23, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the Kansas Attorney General since 2011. A Republican, Schmidt was first elected to office serving in the Kansas Senate, where he represented the 15 ...
announced he would retire to run for Governor. The Republican nominee was former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, and the Democratic nominee was former police officer, prosecutor, and state securities regulator, Chris Mann. Kobach narrowly won, taking 50.8% of the general election vote to Mann's 49.2%."Republican Kris Kobach completes comeback with win in Kansas AG race, vowing to fight Biden,"
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"GOP’s Kobach wins Kansas AG’s race, revives political career: ''Republican Kris Kobach has won the Kansas attorney general’s race after two big losses tied to his national reputation as an immigration and election law provocateur,''"
2022-11-09,
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Republican primary


Candidates


Nominee

* Kris Kobach, former
Secretary of State of Kansas The secretary of state of Kansas is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kansas. The current secretary of state is the former speaker ''pro tempore'' of the Kansas House of Representatives, Scott Schwab, who was sworn in on J ...
, former Chair of the
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, and board member of
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; candidate for governor in 2018 and U.S. senator in 2020


Eliminated in primary

*Tony Mattivi, retired federal prosecutor * Kellie Warren, state senator for the 11th district


Declined

*Mike Kagay, district attorney for Kansas's 1st district court *Todd Thompson, district attorney for Kansas's 3rd district court * Blaine Finch, speaker pro tempore of the
Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for crafti ...
*
Derek Schmidt Derek Larkin Schmidt (born January 23, 1968) is an American lawyer and politician who has been the Kansas Attorney General since 2011. A Republican, Schmidt was first elected to office serving in the Kansas Senate, where he represented the 15 ...
, incumbent attorney general ('' ran for Governor'')


Endorsements


Debates & Forum


Polling


Results


Democratic primary


Candidates


Declared

*Chris Mann, attorney, former police officer, and former prosecutor


Results


General election


Debate


Predictions


Endorsements


Polling


Results


By congressional district

Kobach won 3 of 4 congressional districts.


See also

* 2022 Kansas elections


Notes

;Partisan clients


References


External links

;Official campaign websites
Kris Kobach (R) for Attorney GeneralChris Mann (D) for Attorney General
{{2022 United States elections Attorney General
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 th ...