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United States Senate election in Kansas, 2026 (August 4 Republican primary)

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2022
U.S. Senate, Kansas
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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.
Voting in Kansas

Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
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Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026
See also
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A Republican Party primary takes place on August 4, 2026, in Kansas to determine which Republican candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
June 1, 2026
August 4, 2026
November 3, 2026


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 Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kansas

Incumbent Roger Marshall (R) and Chase LaPorte (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kansas on August 4, 2026.


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Voting information

See also: Voting in Kansas

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Roger Marshall Republican Party $4,014,418 $855,583 $3,368,793 As of September 30, 2025
Chase LaPorte Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***

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."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

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.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2026
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

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Footnotes


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Ron Estes (R)
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