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United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas, 2016
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The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Kansas took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected 4 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 4 congressional districts.
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: 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.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 8 election, the Republican Party held all four of the congressional seats from Kansas.
| Members of the U.S. House from Kansas -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2016 | After the 2016 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2016 election, the incumbents for the four congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
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| Tim Huelskamp |  Republican |
1 |
| Lynn Jenkins | Republican |
2 |
| Kevin Yoder | Republican |
3 |
| Mike Pompeo | Republican |
4 |
Margin of victory for winners
The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.
| District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent |
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| District 1 |  Roger Marshall |
39.6% | 257,971 | Kerry Burt |
| District 2 | Lynn Jenkins |
28.4% | 297,401 | Britani Potter |
| District 3 | Kevin Yoder |
10.7% | 343,113 | Jay Sidie |
| District 4 | Mike Pompeo |
31.1% | 275,251 | Daniel Giroux |
Candidates
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District 1
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General election candidates: Roger Marshall   Kerry Burt Alan LaPolice |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic |
Republican Roger Marshall[5] |
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Third Party/Other Alan LaPolice (Independent) - 2014 candidate[7][8] |
District 2
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General election candidates: Lynn Jenkins  Britani Potter James Houston Bales |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic |
Republican |
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Third Party/Other |
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Withdrew: James Pryor (D)[9] |
District 3
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General election candidates: Kevin Yoder Jay Sidie Steve Hohe |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Nathaniel McLaughlin[4] Jay Sidie[10] |
Republican Greg Goode[4] |
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Third Party/Other |
District 4
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General election candidates: Mike Pompeo Daniel Giroux Gordon Bakken Miranda Allen |
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Primary candidates:[3] |
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Democratic Robert Leon Tillman[4] |
Republican |
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Third Party/Other Miranda Allen (Independent)[12] |
Important dates and deadlines
- See also: Kansas elections, 2016
The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in Kansas in 2016.
| Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016 | |||
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| Deadline | Event type | Event description | |
| January 11, 2016 | Campaign finance | Report due covering January 1, 2015–December 31, 2015 | |
| June 1, 2016 | Ballot access | Candidate filing deadline for the primary election | |
| July 25, 2016 | Campaign finance | Report due covering January 1, 2016–July 21, 2016 | |
| July 28, 2016 | Campaign finance | Report due for last minute contributions of $300 or more received between July 22, 2016, and July 27, 2016 | |
| August 1, 2016 | Ballot access | Candidate filing deadline for the general election | |
| August 2, 2016 | Election date | Primary election | |
| October 31, 2016 | Campaign finance | Report due covering July 22, 2016–October 27, 2016 | |
| November 3, 2016 | Campaign finance | Report due for last minute contributions of $300 or more received between October 28, 2016, and November 2, 2016 | |
| November 8, 2016 | Election date | General election | |
| January 10, 2017 | Campaign finance | Report due covering October 28, 2016–December 21, 2016 | |
| Source: Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission, "2016 Election Cycle Reporting Periods and Due Dates for Campaign Finance Reports," updated April 21, 2015 Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information," accessed October 28, 2015 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
- United States Senate election in Kansas, 2016
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2016
- List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
- U.S. House primaries, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, "Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25–3301," accessed September 12, 2025
- ↑ Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes, "Kan. Stat. Ann. § 25–3304," accessed September 12, 2025
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidates for the 2016 Primary," accessed June 2, 2016
- ↑ Hutchnews.com, "Great Bend's Marshall: '110 percent in' on taking on Huelskamp," April 17, 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Kansas Secretary of State, "2016 General Candidate List," accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ The Topeka Capital-Journal, "Republican Alan LaPolice joins Rep. Tim Huelskamp, Roger Marshall in 1st District congressional race," June 11, 2015
- ↑ The Topeka Capital-Journal, "Republican Alan LaPolice will run as an independent in congressional race," May 6, 2016
- ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia, May 5, 2016
- ↑ The Kansas City Star, "Mission Woods Democrat announces campaign against U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder," May 19, 2016
- ↑ The Topeka Capital-Journal, "Wichita attorney Dan Giroux announces challenge to Rep. Mike Pompeo," October 1, 2015
- ↑ The Wichita Eagle, "Miranda Allen to run as independent for seat held by Pompeo," May 2, 2016
For information about public policy issues in the 2016 elections, see: Public policy in the 2016 elections!
