United States Senate election in Kansas, 2026 (August 4 Democratic primary)
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| Democratic primary Republican primary General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: June 1, 2026 |
| Primary: August 4, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
7 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026 |
| See also |
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th Kansas elections, 2026 U.S. Congress elections, 2026 U.S. Senate elections, 2026 U.S. House elections, 2026 |
A Democratic Party primary takes place on August 4, 2026, in Kansas to determine which Democratic candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.
| Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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Heading into the election, the incumbent is Roger Marshall (Republican), who was first elected in 2020.
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 October 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.
This page focuses on Kansas' United States Senate Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States Senate election in Kansas, 2026 (August 4 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Kansas, 2026
Candidates and election results
Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:
- Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
- Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kansas
Christy Davis (D), Erik Murray (D), Sandy Spidel Neumann (D), Anne Parelkar (D), and Michael Soetaert (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kansas on August 4, 2026.
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Kansas
Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Christy Davis | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Erik Murray | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Sandy Spidel Neumann | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Anne Parelkar | Democratic Party | $10,647 | $10,536 | $111 | As of September 30, 2025 |
| Michael Soetaert | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. 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." |
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Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Kansas in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Kansas, click here.
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Kansas | U.S. Senate | Ballot-qualified party | One percent of the party’s total registration | 1% of the salary of the office plus a $20 administrative fee | 6/1/2026 | Source |
| Kansas | U.S. Senate | Unaffiliated | 5,000 signatures of registered Kansas voters | N/A | 8/3/2026 | Source |
See also
- United States Senate election in Kansas, 2026 (August 4 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Kansas, 2026
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2026
- United States Senate elections, 2026
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2026
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