State facts
- Population
- 2,977,220 (2025 estimate; 2,937,986 in the 2020 Census)
- Seats in the U.S. House
- 4
- State legislature
- Senate: 40 members, 4-year terms
- House of Representatives: 125 members, 2-year terms
- Governor’s term
- Four-year term, limited to two terms in a row; after four years out of office, a former governor may run again.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 state population estimates; National Conference of State Legislatures. Checked October 19, 2026.
Who represents Kansas now
- Governor
- Laura Kelly · Democratic · since January 2019Seat on the Nov. 3 ballot
- U.S. senators
- Roger Marshall · Republican · since 2021Seat on the Nov. 3 ballot
- Jerry Moran · Republican · since 2011
- U.S. House members
- 4 seats · Democratic: 1, Republican: 3
Sources: National Governors Association (party and start date: Wikidata); congress-legislators (current members of Congress). Checked October 19, 2026.
Voting in Kansas
From the state election office’s own website. Each answer shows the official wording it comes from.
- Registration deadline
The deadline to register or update your name or address for the 2026 general election is October 13.
Official wording: “October 13 Deadline to register to vote or update your voter registration to change address or name only to participate in the 2026 general election.” — state election office, page read October 19, 2026
- Register online
Kansas voters can register to vote either on paper or online.
Official wording: “In Kansas, registering to vote is simple and may be done by filing a paper document or online.” — state election office, page read October 18, 2026
- Early voting
In-person advance voting must begin for all counties on October 27.
Official wording: “October 27 In-person advance voting must begin for all counties.” — state election office, page read October 19, 2026
- Who can vote by mail
Kansas voters are allowed to vote by mail before Election Day.
Official wording: “Voters are allowed to vote by mail prior to election day in the state of Kansas.” — state election office, page read October 18, 2026
- Mail ballot due
Statute sets poll close on Election Day as the deadline. An injunction requires ballots postmarked by Election Day to count if they arrive by Friday's last delivery.
Official wording: “Under Kansas statute, the deadline to return your ballot is the close of the polls on Election Day. A district court in Douglas County entered a statewide injunction requiring ballots postmarked by election day to be counted if a ballot arrives by the last postal delivery on Friday after the election.” — state election office, page read October 18, 2026
- ID at the polls
Kansas voters must show photographic identification when voting in person.
Official wording: “State law requires Kansas voters to show photographic identification when casting a vote in person.” — state election office, page read October 18, 2026
- Election Day hours
State law requires polling places to open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. on election day.
Official wording: “State law requires polling places to open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. on election day.” — state election office, page read October 18, 2026
For anything not listed, and to check your registration, see Kansas’s election office: sos.ks.gov
Ballot measures1
Federal1
Statewide1
Federal candidate lists come from FEC filings. A candidate is marked “on the ballot” once their campaign files a pre-general report or the state’s official candidate list confirms it; others filed for 2026 but may have lost a primary or withdrawn.