2022 Kansas Attorney General election

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2022 Kansas Attorney General election
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  2018 November 8, 2022 2026  
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Nominee Kris Kobach Chris Mann
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote506,817490,925
Percentage50.80%49.20%

2022 Kansas Attorney General election results map by county.svg
2022 Kansas AG election by congressional district.svg
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Kobach:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Mann:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     50%     No votes

Attorney General before election

Derek Schmidt
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Kris Kobach
Republican

The 2022 Kansas Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Attorney General of Kansas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced he would retire to run for governor. [1] 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 50.80% of the general election vote to Mann's 49.20%. [2] [3]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Kris Kobach

U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. Senators

County sheriffs

Organizations

Kellie Warren

U.S. Executive Branch officials

U.S. Senators

Organizations

Debates & forum

2022 Kansas Attorney General Republican primary debates & candidate forum
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Republican Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Kris Kobach Tony Mattivi Kellie Warren
1May 19, 2022 YouTube PPP
2Jun. 15, 2022 Johnson County
Bar Association
KCPT
Nick Haines YouTube PPP
2Jun. 26, 2022Saline County
Granny Brigade
YouTube PPP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Kris
Kobach
Tony
Mattivi
Kellie
Warren
Undecided
Cygnal (R) [19] [A] June 30 – July 1, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%31%9%16%44%
Battleground Connect (R) [20] [B] May 22–25, 2022539 (LV)± 4.2%38%4%19%39%
WPA Intelligence (R) [21] [C] April 18–20, 2022518 (LV)± 4.3%52%7%12%28%
Remington Research Group (R) [22] [D] September 1–2, 2021800 (LV)± 3.3%43%7%15%35%

Results

Results by county:
Kobach
30-40%
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Warren
40-50%
50-60% 2022 Kansas Attorney General Republican primary results map by county.svg
Results by county:
  Kobach
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Warren
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Republican primary results [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kris Kobach 200,904 42.26
Republican Kellie Warren 180,36737.94
Republican Tony Mattivi94,15519.80
Total votes475,426 100.0

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Chris Mann, attorney, former police officer, and former prosecutor [24]

Results

Democratic primary results [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chris Mann 248,846 100.0
Total votes248,846 100.0

General election

Debate

2022 Kansas Attorney General debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Kris Kobach Chris Mann
1Oct. 25, 2022 KTWU
Washburn University
Department of
Political Science
Nick Haines YouTube PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [25] TossupNovember 3, 2022
Elections Daily [26] Leans RNovember 1, 2022

Post-primary endorsements

Kris Kobach (R)

U.S. Senators

Organizations

Chris Mann (D)

U.S. Attorneys

Sheriffs and police chiefs

Organizations

Newspapers

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Kris
Kobach (R)
Chris
Mann (D)
OtherUndecided
Emerson College [40] October 27–29, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%43%44%3% [b] 11%
Jayhawk Consulting [41] [E] October 10–12, 2022500 (LV)37%38%25%
Emerson College [42] September 15–18, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%41%39%16%
WPA Intelligence (R) [43] [C] April 26–27, 2022500 (LV)± 4.4%44%41%15%

Results

2022 Kansas Attorney General election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kris Kobach 506,817 50.80 Decrease2.svg 8.18
Democratic Chris Mann490,92549.20Increase2.svg 8.18
Total votes997,742 100.00
Republican hold

By congressional district

Kobach won three of four congressional districts. [44]

DistrictKobachMannRepresentative
1st 57%43% Tracey Mann
2nd 52%48% Jake LaTurner
3rd 41%59% Sharice Davids
4th 55%45% Ron Estes

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. "Someone else" with 3%

Partisan clients

  1. This poll was sponsored by Mattivi's campaign
  2. This poll was sponsored by a pro-Kellie Warren PAC
  3. 1 2 This poll was sponsored by Kobach's campaign
  4. This poll was sponsored by Keep Kansas Conservative PAC, which supports Kobach
  5. This poll was sponsored by Patrick Schmidt's campaign for Kansas's 2nd congressional district

References

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  21. WPA Intelligence (R)
  22. Remington Research Group (R)
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