Kansas elections, 2015

2016 → ← 2014 The state of Kansas held elections in 2015. Below are the dates of note: 2015 elections and events in Kansas. Primary election March 3, 2015 General election April 7, 2015 Races to watch School boards Lawrence Public Schools See also: Lawrence Public Schools elections (2015) Five seats on the Lawrence Public Schools Board of Education were up for primary election on March 3, 2015, and general election on April 7, 2015. Four of the five incumbents filed to run for re-election against seven challengers, although board member Marcel Harmon and three of the challengers filed for a particular at-large seat with an unexpired two-year term instead of the remaining four seats with full four-year terms. If Senate Bill 171 becomes law, 2015 could be the last year Kansas school boards hold nonpartisan elections in April. The district school board approved a resolution opposing such a change. Board members and candidates were also active in the ongoing discussion about the district's shift to using the national standards for sex education classes. Local ballot measures April 7, 2015 - Marijuana decriminalization initiative in Wichita Elections by type School boards See also: School board elections, 2015 and Kansas school board elections, 2015 A total of seven Kansas school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2015 for 28 seats. All of the elections were scheduled on April 7, 2015. Primary elections were held March 3, 2015, if needed to reduce the number of candidates for each office in the general election. The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2015 was Wichita Public Schools with 50,339 K-12 students. The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2015 was Lawrence Public Schools with 11,828 K-12 students. Lawrence Public Schools had the most seats on the ballot in 2015 with five seats up for election. Wichita Public Schools had the fewest seats on the ballot in 2015 with three seats up for election. The districts listed below served 174,722 K-12 students during the 2012-2013 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Click on the district name for more information on the district and its school board elections. 2015 Kansas School Board Elections District Date Seats up for election Total board seats Student enrollment Blue Valley Unified School District 229 4/7/2015 4 7 22,162 Kansas City Kansas Public Schools 4/7/2015 4 7 20,194 Lawrence Public Schools, Kansas 4/7/2015 5 7 11,828 Olathe Public Schools Unified School District 233 4/7/2015 4 7 28,745 Shawnee Mission School District 4/7/2015 4 7 27,435 Topeka Public Schools 4/7/2015 4 7 14,019 Wichita Public Schools 4/7/2015 3 7 50,339 Local ballot measures See: City of Wichita Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative (April 2015) April 7, 2015 - Marijuana decriminalization initiative in Wichita Voting information Links related to voting in Kansas: For an overview and information on deadlines and updates to voting laws, please visit voting in Kansas. For information on ballot access and signature requirements, please visit our page on ballot access requirements for political candidates in Kansas. For information about absentee eligibility and military and overseas voting, please visit our absentee voting by state page. For information on early voting (if applicable), please visit our page on early voting by state. For information on online voter registration (if applicable), please visit our page on online voter registration in the 50 states. Primary information 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. In Kansas, parties decide who may vote in their primaries. As of September 2025, the Democratic Party held an open primary and the Republican Party held a closed primary. Regardless of the party's rules, an unaffiliated voter can declare their affiliation with a party on the day of the primary and vote in that party's primary. Previously affiliated voters who want to change their affiliation to vote in a different party's primary must do so before the candidate filing deadline, which is June 1 or the next business day. For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article. Historical voter turnout 2014 In 2014, Kansas saw 43.3 percent of eligible voters turn out to vote in the November general election. 2012 In 2012, Kansas saw 58.2 percent of eligible voters turn out to vote in the November general election. 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