Every seat in the Kansas House of Representatives will be on the ballot during the 2026 fall elections, but a handful of seats that represent Douglas County include a primary challenge. There are four primary elections for seats that represent portions of Douglas County. Three of those races ...
Kansas ballots this year will be full of contests for county commissions, the Legislature and statewide offices. But in August, voters will have to decide whether they want another kind of contest on the ballot in the future: contested elections for Supreme Court seats. On the Aug. 4 primary ...
As Kansans prepare to elect a new governor, 10 different tickets are running to try and earn each party’s candidacy ahead of the 2026 general election. Current governor Laura Kelly is term-limited and cannot run. Seven Republican tickets and three Democratic tickets have entered their ...
As part of a new state law limiting the ability of students to conduct a walkout protest, the Kansas State Board of Education is considering a complaint form that would invite people to report protests that they believe violate the law. The new law bars students from attending a walkout ...
TOPEKA — A Douglas County District Court judge issued a temporary injunction Thursday keeping in place a 2017 state law allowing the counting of advance mail ballots postmarked by Election Day but arriving at county offices up to three days after polls closed. Judge Carl Folsom’s order ...
Updated at 6:20 p.m. Monday, July 13 Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday appointed District Judge Krishnan Christopher Jayaram to serve as a justice on the seven-member Kansas Supreme Court. Jayaram, of Lenexa, was among three finalists to fill the open seat created by Justice Marla Luckert’s ...