The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859.
Kris William Kobach is an American lawyer and politician who is the Attorney General 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 support for immigration controls,including involvement in the implementation of high-profile anti-illegal 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.
Derek Larkin Schmidt is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Kansas Attorney General from 2011 to 2023. A Republican,Schmidt was first elected to office serving in the Kansas Senate,where he represented the 15th district from 2001 to 2011,and served as Agriculture Committee chairman and Senate majority leader. Schmidt became the state attorney general in 2011,after he defeated incumbent Democrat Stephen Six.
The 2010 congressional elections in Kansas were held on November 2,2010,and determined who would survive the state of Kansas in the United States House of Representatives. Kansas has 4 seats in the House,apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms;the elected served in the 112th Congress from January 3,2011,until January 3,2013.
Jeffrey William Colyer is an American surgeon and politician who served as the 47th governor of Kansas from January 31,2018,to January 14,2019. A member of the Republican Party,he was the 49th lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018. Colyer served in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2007 to 2009 and the Kansas Senate from 2009 to 2011. He assumed the governorship when Sam Brownback resigned to become United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. Colyer ran for a full term as governor in 2018,but narrowly lost the Republican primary to Kansas secretary of state Kris Kobach,who in turn lost the general election to Democratic nominee Laura Kelly.
The Kansas 2012 general elections were held on November 6,2012. Primary elections were held on August 7,2012.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2014 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Kansas,concurrently with the election of Kansas' Class II U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Michael O'Donnell II –also known as Michael O'Donnell,Jr. –is a former Republican member of the Sedgwick County Commission in Kansas,representing District 2 from 2017 to 2020. He previously represented the 25h district in the Kansas Senate,and was a member of the Wichita City Council.
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 elections were held on November 3,2020,with the 33 class 2 seats of the Senate contested in regular elections. Of these,21 were held by Republicans,and 12 by Democrats. The winners were elected to 6-year terms from January 3,2021,to January 3,2027. Two special elections for seats held by Republicans were also held in conjunction with the general elections:one in Arizona,to fill the vacancy created by John McCain's death in 2018;and one in Georgia,following Johnny Isakson's resignation in 2019. These elections ran concurrently with the 2020 United States presidential election in which incumbent President Donald Trump lost to Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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.
A special election was held on April 11,2017,to determine the member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 4th congressional district after the incumbent,Mike Pompeo,resigned because of his nomination by President Donald Trump as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Republican Ron Estes received 52.2% of the vote and won,while runner-up Democrat James Thompson lost with 46% of the vote.
The 1978 United States Senate election in Kansas took place on November 7,1978. Incumbent Republican Senator James B. Pearson did not run for re-election to a third full term.
Lynn Wayne Rogers is an American politician and businessman who served as the 41st Kansas State Treasurer from 2021 to 2023. He previously served as the 51st lieutenant governor of Kansas from 2019 to 2021. A Democrat,he had previously served on the board of Wichita Public Schools from 2001 to 2017,and in the Kansas Senate representing the 25th district in west Wichita from 2017 to 2019.
Willis E. "Wink" Hartman is an American businessman and political candidate from the state of Kansas.
The 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Kansas,with primary elections taking place on August 2,2022. Governor Laura Kelly ran for re-election to a second term,facing Republican State Attorney General Derek Schmidt in the general election.
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. 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 50.8% of the general election vote to Mann's 49.2%.
