Kansas' 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
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Election details |
Filing deadline: June 3, 2024 |
Primary: August 6, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
How to vote |
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Kansas |
Race ratings |
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A Democratic Party primary took place on August 6, 2024, in Kansas' 2nd Congressional District to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.
Nancy Boyda advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2.
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A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Kansas utilizes a semi-closed primary process, in which previously unaffiliated voters can participate in the partisan primary of their choice (a voter who is already affiliated with a party can only vote in that party's primary).[1][2][3][4]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Kansas' 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the district's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- Kansas' 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
- Kansas' 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
Candidates and election results
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2
Nancy Boyda defeated Matthew Kleinmann in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Nancy Boyda | 51.7 | 13,571 |
![]() | Matthew Kleinmann ![]() | 48.3 | 12,670 |
Total votes: 26,241 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Swain (D)
- Eli Woody IV (D)
Candidate profiles
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Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "My name is Matt Kleinmann, and I'm running for Congress to champion the needs and values of everyday Kansans. I've worked alongside working-class communities throughout my career, focusing on creating stronger, healthier, and more supportive environments. I was born and raised in Overland Park, Kansas, and later attended the University of Kansas as a walk-on for the KU men's basketball team, helping to win the 2008 National Championship. I balanced athletics with academics, earning a degree in architecture. I then attended Washington University in St. Louis, where I earned my master's in Architecture and Urban Design. After working for an architecture firm in Kansas City, Missouri, I began teaching architecture at the University of Kansas. There, I helped launch Dotte Agency, an award-winning community engagement collaboration between KU students and community members in Wyandotte County, Kansas. Together, we worked to build up our community by listening to the needs of residents and translating them into tangible improvements. For the past decade, I have dedicated myself to improving health outcomes, increasing access to affordable housing, helping young people develop their careers, and caring for the most vulnerable residents. I've seen how federal resources impact access to a better life. I'm running for Congress to ensure our community invests in good-paying jobs, supports our teachers and unions, and provides opportunities for everyone to thrive."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Kansas District 2 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Kansas
Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Nancy Boyda | Democratic Party | $245,108 | $245,108 | $0 | As of November 12, 2024 |
Matthew Kleinmann | Democratic Party | $52,819 | $52,819 | $0 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Kansas.
Kansas U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
2024 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 50.0% | 1 | 33.0% | ||||
2022 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12.5% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||
2020 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 62.5% | 1 | 33.3% | ||||
2018 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 75.0% | 3 | 100.0% | ||||
2016 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 50.0% | 2 | 50.0% | ||||
2014 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 62.5% | 3 | 75.0% |
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Kansas in 2024. Information below was calculated on June 27, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Fifteen candidates ran for Kansas’ four U.S. House districts, including five Democrats and 10 Republicans. That’s an average of 3.75 candidates per district. There was an average of 2.25 candidates per district in 2022, 4.75 candidates per district in 2020 and 6.00 in 2018.
The 2nd Congressional District was the only open district in Kansas in 2024. Incumbent Rep. Jacob LaTurner (R-02) retired from public office.
Seven candidates—two Democrats and five Republicans—ran for the open 2nd Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a district in Kansas in 2024.
Four primaries—one Democratic and three Republican—were contested in 2024. Between 2014 and 2022, an average of 4.2 primaries were contested each election cycle.
One incumbent—Rep. Tracey Mann (R-01)—ran in a contested primary this year, tying with 2020 for the second-fewest in the last 10 years.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in both districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.
Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Kansas' 2nd the 139th most Republican district nationally.[5]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
2020 presidential results in Kansas' 2nd based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
40.7% | 57.0% |
Inside Elections Baselines
- See also: Inside Elections
Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[6] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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Democratic Baseline ![]() |
Republican Baseline ![]() |
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41.1 | 56.4 | R+15.4 |
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Kansas, 2020
Kansas presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 5 Democratic wins
- 26 Republican wins
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
- See also: Party control of Kansas state government
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Kansas' congressional delegation as of May 2024.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Kansas | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Republican | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 4 | 6 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Kansas' top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
State executive officials in Kansas, May 2024 | |
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Office | Officeholder |
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Lieutenant Governor | ![]() |
Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
Kansas State Senate
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 11 | |
Republican Party | 29 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 40 |
Kansas House of Representatives
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 40 | |
Republican Party | 85 | |
Independent | 0 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 125 |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Kansas Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas • Sixteen years of Republican trifectas
Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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Governor | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
House | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Kansas in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Kansas, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Kansas | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | 2% of the party's total voter registration in the district | $1,760.00 | 6/3/2024 | Source |
Kansas | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 4% of registered voters in the district, or 5,000, whichever is less | $1,760.00 | 8/5/2024 | Source |
See also
- Kansas' 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
- Kansas' 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
- United States House elections in Kansas, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primaries)
- United States House elections in Kansas, 2024 (August 6 Republican primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," February 6, 2024
- ↑ FairVote, "Open and closed primaries," accessed July 25, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
- ↑ Scott Schwab Kansas Secretary of State, "Voter information," accessed July 25, 2024
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023