Live results 924 of 935 precincts reporting / Unofficial results / Precinct breakdown
- Tobias Schlingensiepen DEM 26,671 votes 56.5%
- Lynn Jenkins Incumbent, GOP 18,477 votes 39.2%
- Dennis Hawver LIB 2,024 votes 4.3%
Completed candidate chats
- Tobias Schlingensiepen October 26 at 11 a.m. Read transcript
2nd District forum: Rep. Lynn Jenkins and Tobias Schlingensiepen
Rep. Lynn Jenkins and challenger Tobias Schlingensiepen met for a voter forum at the Dole Institute of Politics on Thursday, Oct. 4.
- Roberts, Moran vote for bill avoiding fiscal cliff; Jenkins, Yoder, Pompeo, Huelskamp vote against it
- January 1, 2013
- Kansas’ all-Republican delegation split Tuesday on the bill that avoided sending the federal government over the so-called fiscal cliff. U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran voted for the bill, and all four U.S. representatives voted against it. Those are Lynn Jenkins of Topeka, whose district includes Lawrence; Kevin Yoder of Overland Park, Mike Pompeo of Wichita and Tim Huelskamp of Fowler. By Scott Rothschild.
- Kansas GOP right sees less spending, more tax cuts
- November 7, 2012
- Conservative Republicans anticipated Wednesday that they’ll trim Kansas’ budget and even consider additional tax cuts after cementing large majorities in the Legislature that should give GOP Gov. Sam Brownback broad freedom to move the state further to the right.
- Jenkins defeats Schlingensiepen in U.S. House race
- 10:56 p.m., November 6, 2012 Updated 12:09 a.m.
- Enjoying large advantages in money and voter registration, U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, on Tuesday was winning a third term in Congress over political newcomer Tobias Schlingensiepen. By Scott Rothschild.
- Freshman Republican US Rep. Mike Pompeo re-elected in south-central Kansas House race
- 09:48 p.m., November 6, 2012 Updated 02:05 a.m.
- Freshman Republican US Rep. Mike Pompeo re-elected in south-central Kansas House race.
- GOP Yoder wins 2nd US House term in northeast Kansas
- November 6, 2012
- Freshman Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder has won re-election for a second term in the 3rd District congressional race in northeast Kansas.
- Huelskamp wins unopposed US House race in Kansas
- November 6, 2012
- Freshman U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp has coasted to an easy re-election victory to represent the 1st Congressional District in Kansas.
- Candidate questionnaire: Congress
- October 30, 2012
- U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins and Democratic challenger Tobias Schilingensiepen, who are running to represent the 2nd Kansas Congressional District, were asked to respond to a series of questions about important issues. The questions and their answers are below.
- Brownback, others hitting the road for Republican votes
- October 29, 2012
- Brownback and other Republicans will hit the road to get out the Republican vote. By Scott Rothschild.
- Advance voting continues through Nov. 5
- October 24, 2012
- Registered voters can cast ballots from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Douglas County Courthouse, 11th and Massachusetts streets. Several more advance voting places will open up this weekend and next week. By Scott Rothschild
- Rep. Pompeo: No rape exception in anti-abortion view
- October 24, 2012
- U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo said he believes abortions should be allowed only when necessary to save the life of the mother, while his Democratic challenger Robert Tillman vows to back abortion rights.
- Jenkins reports huge advantage over Schlingensiepen in latest campaign disclosures
- October 18, 2012
- Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins continued her advantage in fundraising over her Democratic challenger in the Kansas 2nd District race, according to documents filed this week. Federal campaign reports show Jenkins had nearly $1.4 million in cash on hand as of Oct. 15. By comparison, Topeka pastor Tobias Schlingensiepen reported having $50,400 cash on hand.
- Statue stolen from Schlingensiepen’s church is recovered
- October 11, 2012
- Police say they have recovered a bronze statue stolen from a Topeka church.
- Congressional wealth detailed in Washington Post report
- October 11, 2012
- The Washington Post recently did a special report on the personal wealth of legislators in Congress.
- In the battle over Big Bird, Schlingensiepen defends PBS; Jenkins says taxes shouldn’t be supporting it
- October 4, 2012
- In the battle over the Big Bird vote, Democratic congressional candidate Tobias Schlingensipen said Thursday he would protect federal funding of Sesame Street with his life, but U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, said she would pull the plug.
- Jenkins says Schlingensiepen should apologize to her for comment
- October 2, 2012
- U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, on Tuesday said she wanted an apology from Democratic challenger Tobias Schlingensiepen for a comment he made when referring to the influence of money in Congress.
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