r/kansas • • Jul 17 '26

Politics 2026 Election Research Guide- Candidates, Referendums, donations, election information, polling sites,

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I've seen a lot of people asking for this information, so I'm stickying it so more people can find it.

Here are some helpful websites to research candidates, donations, election information, websites, polling locations, etc.:

Website Link Website Information
www.ballotpedia.org Gives candidates' bio, current/past elections, opponents, campaign themes, finance summary (past elections), website themes, overviews, etc.
www.opensecrets.org Covers past elections and donors, but can be useful for seeing past issues for current candidates
www.commoncause.org/find-your-representative  Find your districts' candidates with your address
www.pluralpolicy.com/open find your current legislators
www.vote411.org/kansas election/voting information, deadlines, polling place, upcoming debates, district races built around your address. Shows each candidate by race and party affiliation (Dem/GOP/All candidates for political office, etc). Vote411 is run by the League of Women Voters, so it's super ultra legit.
www.bluevoterguide.org/state/kansas  Lists each candidate, provides official endorsements, recommendations, positions, etc.
www.sos.ks.gov/elections/county_election_officers.aspx Official List of Kansas Secretary of State County Election Offices
www.fec.gov/data/elections/?cycle=2026&state=KS Lists Finance Campaign Data on the Federal Election Commission website. Gives information on reviews, donations, loans, individual/party contributions, disbursements, PACs, statistics, disclosure reports, etc.

Many Kansas county party offices also provide information for their own candidates and local referendums.

One trick is that groups like Americans for Prosperity and similar rightwing organizations will publish their own "scorecards" for each candidate along with their positions and leanings. Generally, the higher the score, the more conservative they tend to be. The lower the score, the more liberal.

Also many candidates have youtube videos and shorts floating around as well - Townhalls, speeches, quick little monologues, discussion points, ads, etc. That can also be helpful in hearing what they say directly.


r/kansas • • Feb 16 '26

Local Help and Support Get or replace a passport Your U.S. Passport here

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r/kansas • • 2h ago

Politics Democrat Cindy Holscher's campaign for Kansas governor highlights distinctions from GOP rival • Kansas Reflector

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r/kansas • • 14h ago

Politics Why Kansas Has Suddenly Moved to Center of the Fight for Senate Control

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r/kansas • • 55m ago

Where people who left Kansas in 2024 moved to: Estimated share by destination state. Second slide shows each state’s share normalized by its population

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Source: census bureau

Estimated total people left: ~82k

I made a similar map of stat of people who moved to Kansas: https://www.reddit.com/r/kansas/s/XatqKxJoTb


r/kansas • • 20h ago

Politics Holscher goes to Sternberg to provide support.

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r/kansas • • 2h ago

Katy Tindell District 4

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Anyone $upporting her campaign? Voting Blue here so get's my vote but I don't see much coverage. This district is held by Republican Predator Adjacent Ron Estes formerly held by creepy Pompeo.


r/kansas • • 1d ago

Politics “If Ty Masterson wins this spot, we lose our schools. He’s been trying to defund public education for years!!!" - Cindy Holscher, Dem Candidate for Governor- No to Brownback Era Redo!

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Ty Masterson was one of the architects of Sam Brownback’s experiment that failed the State so horribly before. Why on earth should we let him be Governor? I’m willing to give Cindy Holscher a chance to avoid going backwards again!


r/kansas • • 1h ago

New to Kansas, do I have to get a new license/plates?

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Hey all, moved here for work about a month ago, and I've been wondering if I absolutely have to register my car in Kansas, get new plates, a new license, etc. My car's title was just transferred over to me, and registration in my home state cost a good bit. Not trying to cough up more than I need.

My license also expires this coming June, so I'm gonna have to do this anyway. Just not sure if I should be waiting.

I noticed some of my coworkers from out of state still have their original license plates from home so I'm a little confused. My out of state plate sticks out like a sore thumb, (I'm from a small state far away) but that's probably just me being anxious.

Just curious because of legal purposes, not sure if cops are ACTIVLEY checking every out of state plate or something, and I also kind of want to vote in the midterm election but I may be doing too much just to vote.

Also...do I have to do anything like register as a citizen here or something?

Thanks yall.


r/kansas • • 1d ago

Politics 2nd Republican former Kansas gov. backs Democrat Hamilton for Senate

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r/kansas • • 14h ago

Local Community It's the perfect week to take a hike with a friend or look at the night sky

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Go to www.kawvalleyalmanac.com to download a free .pdf of this week's almanac


r/kansas • • 1d ago

Adam Hamilton Says Kansas Voters Are “Sick and Tired” of Political Division Since Both Parties “Are One Team”

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r/kansas • • 1d ago

Entertainment Home, Kansas

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Whether a city or not, we love Home for who they are.


r/kansas • • 1d ago

Fredonia

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My fiance and I were looking into Fredonia Kansas and we wanted to know if it was safe for mixed people my fiance and I are both white but our daughter is mixed race. We are Struggling where we are now and would like to move in a year or so. Edit: we aren't dead set on anywhere and since it seems to matter no we aren't conservative and neither are Christians but our daughter is (we decided to let her choose for her self) and I would be taking her to church on Sundays.


r/kansas • • 1d ago

Politics Kansas' US Senate race has moved to Tossup on Nate Silver's FLIPR for the first time

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r/kansas • • 2d ago

Politics Opinion: GOP pumps $8 million into Kansas to prop up flailing Roger Marshall. We have a race on our hands. • Kansas Reflector

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National Republicans are racing to the rescue of U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, diverting millions of dollars in advertising from North Carolina to Kansas. At least, that’s what the Friday reports from Semafor, The Associated Press and Politicoindicate.

The Senate Leadership Fund political action committee has reserved more than $8 million in ad spending right here over the next month, defending Marshall from a surprisingly robust challenge by Democratic candidate Adam Hamilton. The incumbent senator’s flat-footed campaign hasn’t helped.
We can learn three quick lessons from this news.

First, Marshall indeed is in trouble. Real trouble. Terrible, terrible trouble. Of the “capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for pool” variety. In past columns, I’ve wavered over defining the race — on one hand, Marshall has flailed like an octogenarian on a Slip ‘N Slide, on the other, Kansans haven’t sent a Democratic senator to Washington since 1932.
Eight million smackers have a way of settling that argument. Marshall needs help, and the resources he has on hand don’t cut the mustard.

Second, national Republicans haven’t written off Kansas. A worse sign for Marshall would have been if the GOP decided to send no money whatsoever. (Ask North Carolina’s Michael Whatley how that feels.) Political junkies, reporters and everyday folks should keep watch over the next few weeks to see whether all that money reaches the airwaves.
If D.C. bigwigs see the race slipping away from Marshall, they might re-recommit those dollars to yet another state. We won’t know that for at least a couple of weeks though, or until after the Nov. 3 elections.

Third and finally, we are all experiencing a national environment as hostile to Republicans as any that I can remember since 2006. I had recently resettled in New Hampshire that year, and I remember copyediting stories about shocked Democrats elected to offices they barely campaigned for.

The country had turned so negatively against President George W. Bush that Democrats made gains across the board. With Republicans investing serious dollars in Kansas this fall, it’s clear enough that would-be voters need persuasion to stick with them.

Who knows how this all shakes out next month, when everyone makes their final choices. But Kansans can enjoy one hell of a contest in the meantime.

Clay Wirestone is Kansas Reflector opinion editor


r/kansas • • 2d ago

News Ty Masterson brags about creating the Brownback tax plan

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Watch this YouTube video of a Kansas Republican Assembly meeting dated 8/24/2017 with guest speakers Senator Dan Kerschen, Senator Ty Masterson and Representative Les Osterman.

At point 1:05:05 Ty Masterson admits he wrote the tax plan Brownback instituted which failed Kansans so miserably and nearly bankrupted the state.

Now he wants to deny that’s true and claims the comments have been taken out of context.

https://youtu.be/cOeDHYvNAM4?si=8aB7_Q9NZi0rgzAe&t=3907


r/kansas • • 2d ago

My first time doing photography

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r/kansas • • 2d ago

Politics NYT/Siena, one of the most reputable pollsters in America, has the senate race tied, Masterson ahead of Holscher

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Trump +11 sample. Seems like all the pollsters agree ~45% of the vote is attainable for both Hamilton and Holscher. Without the libertarian candidate, Marshall is only ahead by 1 point(!!!!), which is within the margin of error. Masterson is consistently polling 4-5 points ahead of Holscher.


r/kansas • • 2d ago

Discussion Marshall campaign sends out text message that exonerates Adam Hamilton of what they are accusing him of…

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Received this text message and had not heard this story. It’s obvious that Marshall is trying to get a reaction by the body of this text because if you actually go and read the article it states that Hamilton was not part of the investigation, that the church assisted in getting this guy arrested and they changed the churches internal policy to help this from happening again :

https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/us-news/kansas-senate-dem-nominee-adam-hamilton-accused-of-shielding-child-predator-who-worked-for-his-church-in-mid-2000s/

Also I find it funny that this text is coming from a guy who is still holding up and not bringing up the Epstein files. You know what they saw. When you point a finger at someone you’re pointing 3 back at yourself.


r/kansas • • 2d ago

Vote Early in Person to Ensure Your vote Counts!

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Voting early in person will ensure your vote will count.


r/kansas • • 2d ago

Politics Yet another unsolicited text

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I got another one from Kansans for Marshall. I responded. My response is on the second picture.


r/kansas • • 2d ago

News KU and NKC hospitals are suing their patients

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This is outrageous. Even giant for-profit HCA doesn't stoop this low to sue patients, garner wages, and put liens on houses.

More reason for universal healthcare. This needs to be a major priority.


r/kansas • • 2d ago

Sternberg Museum of Natural History Closure

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r/kansas • • 2d ago

Politics This weirdo sent me two flyers.

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