| Election Name: | 1996 United States Senate election in Kansas |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1990 United States Senate election in Kansas |
| Previous Year: | 1990 |
| Next Election: | 2002 United States Senate election in Kansas |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
| Image1: | File:Pat Roberts (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Pat Roberts |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 652,677 |
| Percentage1: | 62.02% |
| Nominee2: | Sally Thompson |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 362,380 |
| Percentage2: | 34.44% |
| Map Size: | 270px |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | Nancy Kassebaum |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Pat Roberts |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1996 United States Senate election in Kansas was held November 5, 1996. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican Pat Roberts won the open seat.
Term limits were an issue during the campaign; while Roberts said that he was not totally opposed to term limits, he was wary of limits that did not apply to current members of Congress, saying that the proposed limits should apply to everyone. While Thompson signed the national term limits pledge from the group Americans for Limited Terms, Roberts declined to do so, becoming the only major party candidate for the U.S. Senate in the 1996 elections to not sign the pledge.[1] However, he did say that "I plan only to serve two terms in the U.S. Senate."[2] In 2014, he was re-elected to a fourth and final term in office, before retiring in 2020.