Election Name: | 2020 Kansas elections |
Country: | Kansas |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2018 Kansas elections |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Next Election: | 2022 Kansas elections |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Election Date: | November 3, 2020 |
Kansas state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The deadline to register to vote was October 13, 2020. Early voting began October 14, 2020. Voters in Kansas are eligible to vote absentee, and there are no special eligibility criteria for doing so. Absentee ballots must be returned and received (in person or via mail) before November 2, 2020.[1]
See main article: article and 2020 United States presidential election in Kansas.
See also: 2020 Kansas Democratic presidential primary and 2020 United States presidential election.
Kansas has six electoral votes in the Electoral College. Nominees for the presidential election included Republican Donald Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, and Libertarian Jo Jorgensen. Republican Donald Trump won all the electoral votes, with 56% of the popular vote.
See main article: article and 2020 United States Senate election in Kansas.
See also: 2020 United States Senate elections. Kansas voted to replace retiring incumbent Republican Pat Roberts. Democrat Barbara Bollier, Republican Roger Marshall, and Libertarian Jason Buckley ran for this position in the general election.[2] Republican Roger Marshall won with 53% of the vote.
See main article: article and 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas.
See also: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections. Kansas voters voted for four U.S. Representatives, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat were returned. No seats changed hands.
District 1 | Kali Barnett | Tracey MannMichael Soetaert (write-in) | ||
District 2 | Michelle De La Isla | Jacob LaTurner | Robert Garrard | |
District 3 | Sharice Davids, incumbent | Amanda Adkins | Steve Hohe | |
District 4 | Laura Lombard | Ron Estes, incumbent |
Five seats in the State Board of Education were up for election in Kansas this general election.
District 2 | Melanie Haas | Benjamin Hodge | |
District 4 | Ann Mah | Josh Harris | |
District 6 | David Colburn | Deena Horst | |
District 8 | Betty Arnold | Kathy Busch | |
District 10 | Jim McNiece |
See main article: article and 2020 Kansas Senate election. All 40 seats in the Kansas Senate were up for election in 2020.[3] Republicans won 29 seats and Democrats won 11 seats. There was no net seat change. Republicans gained Districts 18 and 19, while Democrats gained Districts 5 and 8.
See main article: 2020 Kansas House of Representatives election. 125 seats were up for election in the Kansas House of Representatives in the general election of 2020.[4] In the election, the Democrats lost two seats and the Republicans gained two.
There was one justice, Eric Rosen, of the Kansas Supreme Court whose appointment expired on January 10, 2021, which was up for retention in this general election.[5]
Five justices of the Kansas Court of Appeals had terms that expired on January 10, 2021. Their seats were up for retention this general election.[6] The justices were Sarah Warner, David E. Bruns, G.Gordon Atcheson, Karen Arnold-Burger, and Kathryn Gardner.
There were no statewide ballot measures certified for the 2020 general election in Kansas on November 3, 2020.[7]