2020 Kansas Elections
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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.


Federal offices


President of the United States

Kansas has six electoral votes in the
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. Nominees for the presidential election included Republican
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. Republican Donald Trump won all the electoral votes, with 56% of the popular vote.


United States Senate

Kansas voted to replace retiring
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Republican
Pat Roberts Charles Patrick Roberts (born April 20, 1936) is a retired American politician and journalist who served as a United States senator from Kansas from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Roberts served 8 terms in the U.S. House of R ...
. Democrat Barbara Bollier, Republican
Roger Marshall Roger Wayne Marshall (born August 9, 1960) is an American politician, physician, and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator from Kansas since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2017 to 2021 as ...
, and Libertarian Jason Buckley ran for this position in the general election. Republican Roger Marshall won with 53% of the vote.


United States House of Representatives

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.


State offices


Kansas executive offices

Five seats in the State Board of Education were up for election in Kansas this general election.


Kansas Senate

All 40 seats in the
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were up for election in 2020.
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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.


Kansas House of Representatives

125 seats were up for election in the Kansas House of Representatives in the general election of 2020. In the election, the Democrats lost two seats and the Republicans gained two.


Kansas Supreme Court

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.


Appellate courts

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. The justices were Sarah Warner, David E. Bruns, G.Gordon Atcheson,
Karen Arnold-Burger Karen Arnold-Burger (born 1957) is a judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals. Education and legal career Arnold-Burger received her bachelor's degrees from the University of Kansas in 1978 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas School o ...
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Kathryn Gardner Kathryn A. Gardner (born October 9, 1956) is a judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals. Education and legal career Gardner earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Geneva College and taught high school English before attending law school. She ...
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Kansas ballot measures

There were no statewide ballot measures certified for the 2020 general election in Kansas on November 3, 2020.


References


External links

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Kansas elections by year