Governor · Kansas · 2026
General election · 2 on file, ballot not yet verified · Open seat (no incumbent)
Model rating Leans Democratic (Open) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.
4 polls on file from pollsters we have not verified yet — shown below, not averaged. Model inputs: 3 of 7, updated today. Sources · What is validated
News attention 46/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated today. How it works
Candidates on file — ballot not yet verified (2)
From FEC filings and public records. Filing with the FEC does not put someone on the ballot; we are checking each state’s certified candidate list and will mark who is on the November ballot.
Latest verified field polling
Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.
No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.
Polling average
4 polls on file for this race, all from quarantined (U-tier) pollsters — visible below, not yet averaged.
Results
Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.
Democratic primary
| Cindy Holscher KC Ohaebosim won | 108,478 | 48.6% |
| Ethan Corson Renee Duxler | 86,623 | 38.8% |
| Curt Skoog Jennifer Bacani McKenny | 28,024 | 12.6% |
Republican primary
| Ty Masterson Jeff Klemp won | 147,213 | 43.2% |
| Philip Sarnecki Joy Eakins | 76,292 | 22.4% |
| Vicki Schmidt Joe Newland | 46,693 | 13.7% |
| Scott Schwab Ken Rahjes | 37,318 | 10.9% |
| Charlotte O'Hara Michelle Dombrosky | 14,493 | 4.3% |
| Stacy Rogers Michael Smith | 11,789 | 3.5% |
| Nick Reinecker Katy Reinecker | 7,122 | 2.1% |
Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-29 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0
Key dates
Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.
- 2026-04-25 — Election: U.S. House
- 2026-08-04 — Primary election: U.S. Senate
- 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House
Source: FEC election dates (public domain).
Primary and hypothetical polls (2)
Kept on file, never averaged into this race. Polls listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to the pollster's own release.
In the news
Headlines from outlets across the political spectrum, linked to the publisher. Vugol.me doesn’t write or endorse them. How we choose them · All election news
Signals (experimental)
Attention 46 Vector D · Open
Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)
Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly
Vugol Me Vector (experimental)
Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: high
Daily precision telemetry
Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans
Sources
- Roster — official filings; fundraising from FEC datapoints where on file (https://api.open.fec.gov/).
- Attention inputs — Wikipedia pageviews (https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/) and GDELT news volume and tone (https://www.gdeltproject.org/).
- Polls and results — individual polls and primary results listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each poll linked to the pollster's release; money and election dates from the FEC (public domain). How rows are checked.
- Models pulse-1.0.0 · vector-1.1.0 · attention inputs SHA-256 20bb9654290e · methodology · license CC BY 4.0 (data license).
Band: Toss-up (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.