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Hamilton County, KS

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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U.S. House, Kansas District 1
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Tracey Mann
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Tracey Mann is a fifth-generation Kansan raised on his family farm south of Quinter and served as the state's 50th lieutenant governor, per his campaign site. He is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and appears on the certified list for the August 4 Republican ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State.
Top Priorities
  • Be a voice for Kansas farmers and ranchers in Washington
  • Revitalize rural Kansas communities
  • Strengthen border security
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Lauren Reinhold
DEM
Biography
Lauren Reinhold is an attorney of 28 years and a former Social Security Administration attorney advisor from Lawrence who resigned after deep cuts to her agency's programs and jobs, per her campaign site. A longtime federal employee and workers' rights advocate, she centers her campaign on rural economic recovery and working families.
Top Priorities
  • Rebuild rural health care
  • Support agriculture and rural economies
  • Strengthen Social Security, unions, and worker rights
Campaign siteFull profile
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Steven Jacob
Biography
Steven Jacob is the Libertarian nominee for Kansas's 1st Congressional District. He has lived in Lawrence since 1983 and worked as a city maintenance employee for 31 years before driving for Uber, per the Kansas Helen politics newsletter. The Libertarian Party of Kansas selected him as its nominee at an April 2026 convention, per the party's candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
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About this race
August 4 primary result: Tracey Mann won the Republican nomination with 81 percent over Craig Musser; Lauren Reinhold won the Democratic nomination with 64.1 percent over Colin McRoberts. The nominees meet on the November 3 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's official results.
U.S. Senate
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Roger Marshall
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Roger Marshall is Kansas's incumbent U.S. senator and the Republican nominee for re-election, taking about 79% of the August 4 Republican vote. A physician and former U.S. representative from western Kansas, he has built his Senate record around agriculture, rural health care, border security, energy, and Kansas aerospace and defense installations. His campaign site points to work on phosphate fertilizer costs, farm input prices, and prior-authorization reform for rural hospitals; 82 of the state's 124 hospitals are critical-access facilities, per that site.
Top Priorities
  • Support Kansas agriculture and lower farm input costs
  • Protect rural hospitals and reform prior authorization
  • Strengthen border security
Key voting record
Voted yea on on the immigration-detention bill. Supported
Voted yea on on the Republican tax and spending package. Supported
Voted yea on to expand health care for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Adam Hamilton
DEM
Biography
Adam Hamilton is the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kansas. A fifth-generation Kansan, he started a church with four people at age 25 and served as a pastor for 36 years before running, per his campaign site. He calls his platform the Affordability Agenda and frames the campaign as listening to Kansans, solving an affordability and opportunity crisis, building bridges across parties, and restoring decency in government.
Top Priorities
  • Lower energy bills and require data centers to pay their fair share
  • Protect Social Security and senior security
  • Make housing more affordable
Campaign siteFull profile
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David C Graham
Biography
David C Graham is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in Kansas on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
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Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Cindy Holscher
DEM
Biography
Cindy Holscher is the Democratic nominee for Kansas governor, a state senator from Johnson County and a former state representative. She took 49% of the August 4 Democratic vote even though Gov. Laura Kelly had endorsed a rival, per the Kansas Reflector. Her campaign platform, titled the Common Sense and Lower Costs Agenda, leads with the cost of living, a $16 state minimum wage, a cut to the residential property assessment rate, and a moratorium on new large corporate data centers. Her running mate for lieutenant governor is state Rep. KC Ohaebosim.
Top Priorities
  • Lower the cost of living across health care, child care, groceries and gas
  • Support working families with a $16 state minimum wage and guaranteed paid sick time
  • Cut property taxes by lowering the residential assessment rate from 11.5% to 9%
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Ty Masterson
REP
Biography
Ty Masterson is the Republican nominee for Kansas governor and president of the Kansas Senate. A longtime legislator and small-business owner, he took 43% of the August 4 Republican vote in a seven-way field with President Trump's endorsement, per the Kansas Reflector. His campaign platform points to a $2 billion tax cut he helped lead and calls Kansas the 16th highest-taxed state; on election night he named property taxes as his top target. He also emphasizes job growth, deregulation, public safety funding and reading and math proficiency. His running mate for lieutenant governor is Jeffrey Klemp, per the Kansas Secretary of State's certified 2026 general election candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Cut taxes, with property taxes as the top target
  • Grow Kansas jobs and cut regulation
  • Increase public safety funding
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Attorney General
2 candidates
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Kris Kobach
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Kris Kobach is Kansas's incumbent attorney general and the Republican nominee for re-election, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. A former Kansas secretary of state, his office has emphasized conservative litigation, immigration-related legal issues, public safety, consumer protection, and challenges to federal policy.
Top Priorities
  • Use the attorney general's office for conservative litigation
  • Strengthen public safety and criminal enforcement
  • Challenge federal policy and defend state authority
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Chris Mann
DEM
Biography
Chris Mann is the Democratic nominee for Kansas attorney general, unopposed on the August 4 ballot, and was the party's 2022 nominee for the office. He became a police officer at 21 and left the job after a career-ending injury caused by a drunk driver in 2002, then prosecuted cases for the Wyandotte County district attorney; he has chaired the national board of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. His platform page leads with resourcing small local law-enforcement agencies, noting that about 70% of Kansas agencies have ten or fewer officers.
Top Priorities
  • Resource local prosecutors and small law-enforcement agencies
  • Recruit and retain officers, including PTSD workers' compensation coverage for first responders
  • Fight consumer fraud, which cost Kansans about $70 million in 2025
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Secretary of State
3 candidates
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Pat Proctor
REP
Biography
Pat Proctor is the Republican nominee for Kansas secretary of state, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. A retired Army officer who served roughly three decades including tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has represented Kansas House District 41 since 2020, chairs the House Elections Committee, teaches at Wichita State University and co-owns a Thai restaurant in Leavenworth. Per local election reporting, he wants Election Day to be the final ballot deadline and would add a prosecutor and a law enforcement officer to the office.
Top Priorities
  • Make Election Day the final ballot deadline
  • Maintain voter rolls and citizen-only voting
  • Limit third-party ballot collection
Per the local election reporting.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Jennifer Day
DEM
Biography
Jennifer Day is the Democratic nominee for Kansas secretary of state, a Mission businesswoman and former state representative from House District 48. She won the August 4 Democratic contest, which the Associated Press called at 8:25 p.m. She has been endorsed by Gov. Laura Kelly. Since the election she has called for expanding Kansas's advance-voting window, which at 20 days she describes as the shortest in the country, and for keeping the three-day grace period for mail ballots.
Top Priorities
  • Keep election systems accurate and free from political influence by working with county election officials
  • Study higher-turnout states and remove barriers to voting
  • Expand the 20-day advance-voting window and keep the mail-ballot grace period
Campaign siteFull profile
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Scott Morgan
Biography
Scott Morgan is an attorney and former publishing-business owner who grew up in Shawnee and holds University of Kansas degrees in journalism and law, per the Lawrence Times. He has worked as staff counsel to U.S. Sens. Nancy Landon Kassebaum and Bob Dole and as chief counsel to Gov. Mike Hayden, and he co-founded the statistical publisher Morgan Quitno Press, per the same report. The newly formed United Kansas Party nominated him for secretary of state in May 2026. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Calm competence in the administration of elections rather than partisan conflict
  • Constantly improve election security and verification while promoting participation and making it easier for eligible citizens to vote
Per the Lawrence Times.
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Treasurer
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Steven Johnson
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Steven Johnson is Kansas's incumbent state treasurer and the Republican nominee for re-election, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. The treasurer's office manages state cash, investments, unclaimed property, and the state's college-savings programs. In announcing his re-election bid he pointed to a state sweep account that generated $9.9 million in interest in its first full fiscal year, and to financial-literacy and adoption savings account programs. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Safeguard state cash and grow investment returns on more than $50 billion under management
  • Return unclaimed property and improve treasury services
  • Expand financial-literacy and adoption savings account programs
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Juan C. Luengo
DEM
Biography
Juan C. Luengo is the Democratic nominee for Kansas state treasurer, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. He is the CEO of Engage Insurance Group, where he diversified a single-carrier business into a multi-carrier brokerage operating in six states, per his campaign site, and he serves on the boards of Mental Health America of the Heartland and The Builders' Association. His bilingual campaign site organizes his platform as Five Pillars to Move Kansas Forward.
Top Priorities
  • Expand the Kansas 529 plan to cover trades and apprenticeships as well as four-year colleges
  • Create linked-deposit programs through Kansas banks and credit unions to cut small-business borrowing costs
  • Convene a nonpartisan Kansas Economic Council to advise on public investment
Campaign siteFull profile
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Eric Lund
Biography
Eric Lund is the Libertarian nominee for Kansas state treasurer on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
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Insurance Commissioner
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Daniel Hawkins
REP
Biography
Daniel Hawkins is the Republican nominee for Kansas insurance commissioner and the speaker of the Kansas House, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. He served in the Kansas Army National Guard, has worked in employee benefits since 1995, and has represented the 100th House District since 2013. His campaign site says he would cut regulatory barriers that keep carriers out of Kansas and make the insurance department, in his phrase, the most taxpayer-friendly state agency.
Top Priorities
  • Lower insurance costs by attracting more carriers to Kansas
  • Cut red tape and improve department service
  • Protect Kansans from insurance and securities fraud that raises everyone's rates
Campaign siteFull profile
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Dinah Sykes
DEM
Biography
Dinah Sykes is the Democratic nominee for Kansas insurance commissioner and the Kansas Senate minority leader, unopposed on the August 4 ballot. She entered politics as a Republican and switched parties in December 2018. Her campaign site carries endorsements from both of the state's two most recent former insurance commissioners, Sandy Praeger and Kathleen Sebelius. In a July 2026 trade-press questionnaire she said insurers' use of artificial intelligence should face the same transparency expectations as the rest of the industry, with models tested for accuracy and bias and a human kept accountable.
Top Priorities
  • Promote competition to keep coverage affordable
  • Stand up for policyholders when claims are wrongfully denied or delayed
  • Extend transparency requirements to insurers' use of artificial intelligence
Campaign siteFull profile
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Ric Koehn
Biography
Ric Koehn is the Libertarian Party of Kansas nominee for insurance commissioner on the November 3, 2026 ballot. He says he is running because the party is committed to the free market, per the Libertarian Party of Kansas candidate blog. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Return the insurance industry to the free market, per the Libertarian Party of Kansas
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Countywide races in Hamilton County

ZIP 67878 sits in Hamilton County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Hamilton County races (2).

Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 5
2 candidates
County ▾
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Lorie Wood
DEM
Biography
Lorie Wood has more than 30 years of teaching experience across K-12 and higher education, per her campaign site. She has taught English language learners, high school literature and college composition, including seven years teaching English for the U.S. Navy in Japan, per the same source. Wood holds a bachelor's degree in English secondary education and a master's degree in teaching English to speakers of other languages, and has authored four textbooks.
Top Priorities
  • Early literacy and math intervention
  • Teacher recruitment and compensation in rural districts
  • Equitable school funding for rural counties
Campaign siteFull profile
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Jean Clifford
REP
Biography
Jean Clifford is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Kansas State Board of Education, District 5, per the Kansas Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Lorie Wood (Democratic) and Jean Clifford (Republican) are running for Kansas State Board of Education District 5, per the Kansas Secretary of State's certified 2026 general election candidate list. District 5 covers all or part of a group of Kansas counties, per the Kansas State Department of Education's official district map; this seat covers a multi-county district, not just this county.

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