2022 Kansas Secretary of State election

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2022 Kansas Secretary of State election
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  2018 November 8, 20222026 
  Scott Schwab official photo (cropped).jpg Jeanna Repass.jpg
Nominee Scott Schwab Jeanna Repass
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote580,908386,661
Percentage58.4%38.8%

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Schwab:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Repass:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Lang:     50–60%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%
     No votes

Secretary of State before election

Scott Schwab
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Scott Schwab
Republican

The 2022 Kansas Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Kansas. Incumbent Republican Scott Schwab won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Scott Schwab

Results

Results by county
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Schwab
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Brown
50-60%
60-70% 2022 Kansas Secretary of State Republican primary election results map by county.svg
Results by county
  Schwab
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Brown
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Schwab (incumbent) 245,998 55.24%
Republican Mike Brown199,31644.76%
Total votes445,314 100%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Jeanna Repass, church outreach director [5]

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeanna Repass 246,870 100%
Total votes246,870 100%

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

  • Cullene Lang, veteran and perennial candidate [6]

General election

Debate

2022 Delaware U.S. House of Representatives debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Scott Schwab Jeanna Repass
1Nov. 1, 2022 KTWU
League of Women Voters
of Kansas
Bob Beatty YouTube PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] Safe RDecember 1, 2021
Elections Daily [8] Safe RNovember 7, 2022

Results

2022 Kansas Secretary of State election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Scott Schwab (incumbent) 580,908 58.36% Increase2.svg 5.76
Democratic Jeanna Repass386,66138.84%Decrease2.svg 5.03
Libertarian Cullene Lang27,8442.80%Decrease2.svg 0.73
Total votes995,413 100%
Republican hold

By congressional district

Schwab won all 4 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat. [9]

DistrictSchwabRepassRepresentative
1st 66%31% Tracey Mann
2nd 59%38% Jake LaTurner
3rd 49%48% Sharice Davids
4th 62%35% Ron Estes

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References

  1. Bahl, Andrew (December 7, 2021). "Johnson County lawmaker Mike Brown runs for Kansas secretary of state". www.cjonline.co. The Topeka Capital-Journal . Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  2. Bernard, Katie (June 24, 2021). "KS Secretary of State Schwab to run for re-election in 2022". www.kansascity.com. The Kansas City Star . Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  3. "The Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) announced its endorsement of Scott Schwab as Secretary of State of Kansas". American Conservative Union. January 20, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  4. 1 2 "2022 Primary Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State. August 2, 2022. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  5. Bahl, Andrew (May 18, 2022) [May 17, 2022]. "Democrat Jeanna Repass seeks to make Kansas history with secretary of state bid". The Topeka Capital-Journal . Retrieved July 16, 2022.
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  9. Results. docs.google.com (Report).
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