2025 in Kansas

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The following is a list of events of the year 2025 in Kansas .

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: Laura Kelly (D)

Events

Ongoing: 2024–2025 Kansas tuberculosis outbreak ^[1]

• January 5 – Kansas is affected by the January 5–6, 2025 United States blizzard.
• March 13 – 2025 Southwest United States measles outbreak: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment confirms the state's first measles case of 2025. ^[2]
• July 21 – A woman is killed by flash floods in Overland Park. ^[3]
• October 14 – The Kansas Young Republicans organization is disbanded following a Politico report revealing that the chair and vice chair were in a group chat containing racist, antisemitic, and homophobic messages. ^[4]
• November 4
  • 2025 Kansas City, Kansas mayoral election: Christal Watson wins election to become mayor of Kansas City. ^[5]
  • 2025 Topeka mayoral election: City Councilmember Spencer Duncan wins election to become mayor of Topeka. ^[6]
• November 10 – The Marion County government agrees to pay $3 million to the Marion County Record , a local newspaper whose offices were raided by sheriff's deputies in 2023. ^[7]
• November 15 – Three Osage County Sheriff's deputies and a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper are injured in a shoot-out with a man at a rural property near Carbondale. The man's grandfather is also injured. The suspect is killed by police. ^[8]

See also

• 2025 in the United States

References

1. Howard, Jacqueline (January 28, 2025). "Two dead, dozens sickened in Kansas tuberculosis outbreak". CNN. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
2. "One Case of Measles Confirmed in Kansas Resident". Riley County. Retrieved August 19, 2025.
3. Johnson, Olivia; McDowell, Sean (July 21, 2025). "Police identify woman killed in flash floods on Overland Park trail". FOX 4. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
4. Kelly, Matthew (October 15, 2025). "Kansas Young Republicans disbanded after leak of hateful, racist messages". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
5. Zeman, Sofi (November 4, 2025). "Wyandotte County voters choose Christal Watson to make history as mayor of KCK". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
6. Saldhana-Olson, Stacey; Hrenchir, Tim; Nelson, Evert (November 5, 2025). "Spencer Duncan gets 75% of vote to win election as Topeka's mayor". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
7. Kaminski, Anna (November 11, 2025). "Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret". The Kansas Reflector. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
8. Hanna, John; Dura, Jack (November 15, 2025). "4 law enforcement officers shot in rural Kansas responding to domestic violence call". The Associated Press. Retrieved November 17, 2025.