Dennis Moore was an American politician and lawyer,a "Blue Dog" centrist who served for six terms as a U.S. Representative for Kansas's 3rd congressional district,from 1999 until 2011. He was a member of the Kansas Democratic Party.
Kris William Kobach is an American lawyer and politician who is the Attorney General-elect of Kansas. He previously served as the 31st Secretary of State of Kansas. A former Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party,Kobach came to national prominence over his far-right anti-immigration views,including involvement in the implementation of high-profile anti-immigration ordinances in various American cities. Kobach is also known for his calls for stronger voter ID laws in the United States,reinstating the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System,and his advocacy for anti-abortion legislation. He has made claims about the extent of voter fraud in the United States that studies and fact-checkers have concluded are false or unsubstantiated.
Melody McCray-Miller was a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 89th district. She served from 2005 through 2013.
Cindy Neighbor is a current Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,who represents the 18th district. She first served from 2003 to 2004 as a Republican,and then served as a Democrat from 2007 to 2011. Neighbor ran for re-election in 2010 and was defeated by Republican John Rubin. Neighbor ran again in 2016 and reclaimed her seat,from Erik Jenkins,the Republican who ran to replace the retiring Rubin.
Valdenia Camille "Val" Winn is an American Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 34th district. She has served since 2001.
Jill Quigley is a former Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives,who represented the 17th district. She served from 2008 to 2011. Quigley ran for re-election in 2010,but was defeated in the primary election by Kelly Meigs.
Kay Wolf is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 7th district from 2013 until she announced her retirement in 2016 and was replaced by Barbara Bollier in 2017. Previously,she served in the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 21st district,from her appointment on August 8,2005,until 2013.
Lisa Benlon is a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,who represented the 22nd district. She served from 1991 to 2002 as a Republican. She then served as a Democrat from 2009 to 2011. Benlon ran for re-election in 2010,but was defeated by Republican Greg Smith.
Terrie Huntington is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 2003 to 2010 and as a member of the Kansas State Senate from 2010 to 2013.
Pat Colloton is a former Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 28th district. She served from 2004 to 2013.
Sheryl Spalding is a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,who represented the 29th district. She served from 2007 until she was defeated by Craig McPherson in 2012.
Connie O'Brien is a Republican and a former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 42nd district. A native of Kansas City,Missouri,she served from 2009 to 2017.
Deena Horst is a Republican former member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing the 69th district. She served from 1995 until 2010,when she was defeated in a primary by Tom Arpke,who would win the seat in the general election.
Tim Owens is a former Republican member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 8th district from 2008 to 2013. He was a representative for the 19th district in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2002 until his election as senator. From 1981 to 2005,he served as a council member for the Overland Park City Council,3rd District. An attorney,he is married with 2 children.
Jean Kurtis Schodorf,a former three-term Republican Kansas state senator,was the Democratic Party nominee for Kansas Secretary of State in 2014. She was defeated on November 4,2014 by incumbent Kris Kobach by a margin of 59%-41%.
Ponka-We Victors is a community support worker from Wichita,Kansas,who has been a Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives,representing District 103,since 2011. She is one of three Native Americans in the Kansas legislature.
Barbara Goolsbee Bollier is an American physician and politician. From 2017 to 2021,she was a member of the Kansas Senate representing the 7th district,which includes Mission Hills,Kansas in Johnson County. Bollier is a member of the Democratic Party,after having left the Republican Party in 2018. Bollier was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 United States Senate election in Kansas,losing in the general election to Republican congressman Roger Marshall.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kansas on November 4,2014. Primary elections were held on August 5.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2018 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next Governor of Kansas. Democratic nominee Laura Kelly won the election,defeating Republican nominee Kris Kobach and independent candidate Greg Orman.
