| Election Name: | 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas |
| Country: | Kansas |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1992 United States Senate election in Kansas |
| Previous Year: | 1992 |
| Next Election: | 1998 United States Senate election in Kansas |
| Next Year: | 1998 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
| Image1: | File:Head shot of Senator Sam Brownback.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Sam Brownback |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 574,021 |
| Percentage1: | 53.91% |
| Nominee2: | Jill Docking |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 461,344 |
| Percentage2: | 43.33% |
| Map Size: | 270px |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | Sheila Frahm |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Sam Brownback |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 1996 United States Senate special election in Kansas was held November 5, 1996, concurrently with the presidential election and the regularly scheduled election for the state's Class 2 seat. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, the Republican nominee for president, had resigned on June 11, 1996, in order to focus on his presidential campaign. Lieutenant Governor Sheila Frahm was appointed to the seat upon Dole's resignation, but she was defeated in the primary by Representative Sam Brownback, who went on to win the general election over Democrat Jill Docking.
Brownback served in the U.S. Senate from 1996 to 2011 and later as Governor of Kansas from 2011 to 2018; in his successful 2014 gubernatorial re-election campaign, he had faced off again against Docking when she was the unsuccessful Democratic Lieutenant Gubernatorial nominee.
Brownback was elected to a full term in 1998, and was re-elected to a second full term in 2004. In 2010, Brownback was elected governor, and won a second term in 2014. He resigned as governor on January 31, 2018, to accept an ambassadorship and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer.
Brownback's seat is now held by Jerry Moran, a U.S. Representative from Kansas' 1st district for seven terms (1997-2011).
Docking was the running mate of the Democratic nominee, state representative and Minority Leader Paul Davis, in the 2014 gubernatorial election.