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Kansas state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The deadline to register to vote was October 13, 2020. Early voting began October 14, 2020. Voters in Kansas are eligible to vote absentee and there are no special eligibility criteria for voting absentee. Absentee ballots must be returned and received (in person or via mail) before November 2, 2020. [1]
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Kansas had 6 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Nominees for the presidential election included Republican Donald Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, and Libertarian Jo Jorgensen. Republican Donald Trump won all the electoral votes with 56% of the popular vote.
Kansas voted to replace retiring incumbent Republican Pat Roberts. Democrat Barbara Bollier, Republican Roger Marshall, and Libertarian Jason Buckley ran for this position in the general election. [2] Republican Roger Marshall won with 53% of the vote.
Kansas voters voted for four U.S. Representatives, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat were returned. No seats changed hands.
District | Democratic nominee | Republican nominee | Libertarian Party |
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District 1 | Kali Barnett | Tracey Mann Michael Soetaert (write-in) | |
District 2 | Michelle De La Isla | Jacob LaTurner | Robert Garrard |
District 3 | Sharice Davids, incumbent | Amanda Adkins | Steve Hohe |
District 4 | Laura Lombard | Ron Estes, incumbent |
There were 5 seats in the State Board of Education that were up for election in Kansas this general election.
District | Democratic nominee | Republican nominee |
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District 2 | Melanie Haas | Benjamin Hodge |
District 4 | Ann Mah | Josh Harris |
District 6 | David Colburn | Deena Horst |
District 8 | Betty Arnold | Kathy Busch |
District 10 | Jim McNiece |
All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate were up for election in 2020. [3] Republicans won 29 seats and Democrats won 11 seats. There was no net seat change. Republicans gained Districts 18 and 19 while Democrats gained Districts 5 and 8.
125 seats were up for election in the Kansas House of Representatives in the general election of 2020. [4] In the election, the Democrats lost two seats and the Republicans gained two.
There is one justice, Eric Rosen, of the Kansas Supreme Court whose appointment will expire on January 10, 2021, and is up for retention in this general election. [5]
Five justices of the Kansas Court of Appeals have terms that expire on January 10, 2021. Their seats are up for retention this general election. [6] The justices include: Sarah Warner, David E. Bruns, G.Gordon Atcheson, Karen Arnold-Burger, and Kathryn Gardner.
There are no statewide ballot measures certified for the 2020 general election in Kansas on November 3, 2020. [7]
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