If I don’t have the votes to pass something, I’m not going to put people on a vote just to have a vote,” House Speaker Dan Hawkins said.

Democratic political outsiders are vying to unseat Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall — and end nearly a century of Republican control of the state’s U.S. Senate seats.

TOPEKA – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach on Tuesday announced his office filed election crimes charges against Jose Luis Gomez, Sr. of Hutchinson, according to a media release from the attorney's general's office.

Under pressure from President Trump, some Kansas Republicans want to gerrymander congressional maps in order to oust Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids. But Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins said he's about 20 votes short.

A state representative running for Kansas secretary of state said his campaign is centered on restoring voter confidence.

Kansas voters have less time to return mail ballots in 2026 after lawmakers eliminated a grace period and USPS changed postmark rules.

Kansas Republican lawmakers are getting close to repealing the three-day grace period for mail ballots, a law that was broadly popular when it was enacted eight years ago. The Republican-led Legislature has passed Senate Bill 4, sending it to Democratic Gov.