Michael Soetaert

Michael Soetaert (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Kansas. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.^[source]

Soetaert is also running for election for President of the United States. He declared candidacy for the 2028 election.

Biography

Michael Soetaert was the first openly gay candidate to run for U.S. Senate representing Kansas.^[1]

Elections

2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. Senate Kansas

Incumbent Roger Marshall, Christy Davis, Anne Parelkar, and Michael Soetaert are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Kansas on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Roger Marshall (R)
	Submit photo	Christy Davis (D)
	Submit photo	Anne Parelkar (D)
		Michael Soetaert (D)

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2024

State senate

General election

General election for Kansas State Senate District 32

Incumbent Larry Alley defeated Lawrence Moreno in the general election for Kansas State Senate District 32 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Larry Alley (R)	73.4	23,603
	Lawrence Moreno (D)	26.6	8,562

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,165
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 32

Lawrence Moreno defeated Michael Soetaert in the Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 32 on August 6, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lawrence Moreno	67.5	760
	Michael Soetaert	32.5	366

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,126
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 32

Incumbent Larry Alley advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 32 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Larry Alley	100.0	5,342

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,342
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Endorsements

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U.S. House

Kansas' 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

Kansas' 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 4

Incumbent Ron Estes defeated Esau Freeman in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 4 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ron Estes (R)	65.0	198,465
	Esau Freeman (D)	35.0	106,632

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 305,097
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 4

Esau Freeman advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 4 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Esau Freeman	100.0	10,641

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,641
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michael Soetaert (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 4

Incumbent Ron Estes advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 4 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ron Estes	100.0	40,100

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,100
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Endorsements

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Kansas' 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

Kansas' 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Derek Schmidt defeated Nancy Boyda and John Hauer in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 2 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Derek Schmidt (R)	57.1	172,847
	Nancy Boyda (D)	38.2	115,685
	John Hauer (L)	4.7	14,229

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 302,761
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michael Soetaert (D)

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

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,241
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Joseph Swain (D)
Eli Woody IV (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Derek Schmidt defeated Shawn Tiffany, Jeff Kahrs, Chad Young, and Michael Ogle in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2 on August 6, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Derek Schmidt	53.1	34,971
	Shawn Tiffany	19.8	13,013
	Jeff Kahrs	17.7	11,634
	Chad Young	5.2	3,412
	Michael Ogle	4.3	2,858

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,888
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 2

John Hauer advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 2 on April 20, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		John Hauer (L)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
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2022

U.S. House

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Incumbent Jacob LaTurner defeated Patrick Schmidt and Michael Soetaert in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 2 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jacob LaTurner (R)	57.6	134,506
	Patrick Schmidt (D)	42.4	98,852
	Michael Soetaert (D) (Write-in)	0.0	0

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 233,358
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Patrick Schmidt advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patrick Schmidt	100.0	54,439

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,439
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Incumbent Jacob LaTurner advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jacob LaTurner	100.0	94,578

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 94,578
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Justin Cabral (R)

U.S. Senate

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Kansas

Incumbent Jerry Moran defeated Mark R. Holland and David Graham in the general election for U.S. Senate Kansas on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jerry Moran (R)	60.0	602,976
	Mark R. Holland (D)	37.0	372,214
	David Graham (L)	3.0	29,766

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,004,956
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kansas

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kansas on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark R. Holland	38.1	101,429
		Paul Buskirk	20.2	53,750
		Patrick Wiesner	17.6	47,034
	Submit photo	Mike Andra	12.6	33,464
		Robert Klingenberg	8.0	21,413
		Michael Soetaert	3.6	9,464

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 266,554
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kansas

Incumbent Jerry Moran defeated Joan Farr in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kansas on August 2, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jerry Moran	80.5	383,332
	Joan Farr	19.5	93,016

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 476,348
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Kansas

David Graham advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Kansas on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		David Graham (L)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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2020

Kansas' 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

Kansas' 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 1

Tracey Mann defeated Kali Barnett and Michael Soetaert in the general election for U.S. House Kansas District 1 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tracey Mann (R)	71.2	208,229
	Kali Barnett (D)	28.8	84,393
	Michael Soetaert (R) (Write-in)	0.0	0

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 292,622
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 1

Kali Barnett defeated Christy Davis in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 1 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kali Barnett	62.6	16,671
	Submit photo	Christy Davis	37.4	9,962

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 26,633 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Brandon Williams (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 1

Tracey Mann defeated Bill Clifford, Jerry Molstad, and Michael Soetaert in the Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 1 on August 4, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tracey Mann	54.2	65,373
	Bill Clifford	33.1	39,914
	Jerry Molstad	7.9	9,545
	Michael Soetaert	4.8	5,756

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 120,588 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Troy L. Waymaster (R)

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

State senate

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U.S. Congress

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2022

U.S. House

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U.S. Senate

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Michael Soetaert campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. Senate Kansas	Candidacy Declared general	$0	N/A**
2024*	Kansas State Senate District 32	Lost primary	$0	$0
2024*	President of the United States	Withdrew convention	$0	N/A**
2024*	U.S. House Kansas District 2	Withdrew general	$0	N/A**
2024*	U.S. House Kansas District 4	Withdrew primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Kansas District 2	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. Senate Kansas	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Kansas District 1	Lost general	$0	N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Candidate

U.S. Senate Kansas

Personal

Footnotes

↑ Kake.com, "Kansas Senate candidate shows support for 'Respect for Marriage Act'," July 20, 2022

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Current members of the Kansas State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Ty Masterson

Majority Leader:Chase Blasi

Minority Leader:Dinah Sykes

Senators

District 1

Craig Bowser (R)

District 2

Marci Francisco (D)

District 3

Rick Kloos (R)

District 4

David Haley (D)

District 5

Jeff Klemp (R)

District 6

Pat Pettey (D)

District 7

Ethan Corson (D)

District 8

Cindy Holscher (D)

District 9

Beverly Gossage (R)

District 10

Mike Thompson (R)

District 11

Kellie Warren (R)

District 12

Caryn Tyson (R)

District 13

Tim Shallenburger (R)

District 14

Michael Fagg (R)

District 15

Virgil Peck (R)

District 16

Ty Masterson (R)

District 17

Mike Argabright (R)

District 18

Kenny Titus (R)

District 19

Patrick Schmidt (D)

District 20

Brenda Dietrich (R)

District 21

Dinah Sykes (D)

District 22

Brad Starnes (R)

District 23

Adam Thomas (R)

District 24

Scott Hill (R)

District 25

Mary Ware (D)

District 26

Chase Blasi (R)

District 27

Joe Claeys (R)

District 28

Mike Petersen (R)

District 29

Oletha Faust-Goudeau (D)

District 30

Renee Erickson (R)

District 31

Stephen Owens (R)

District 32

Larry Alley (R)

District 33

Tory Blew (R)

District 34

Michael Murphy (R)

District 35

TJ Rose (R)

District 36

Elaine Bowers (R)

District 37

Douglas Shane (R)

District 38

Ronald Ryckman (R)

District 39

Bill Clifford (R)

District 40

Rick Billinger (R)

Republican Party (31)

Democratic Party (9)

[1] Kake.com, "Kansas Senate candidate shows support for 'Respect for Marriage Act'," July 20, 2022

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Michael Soetaert

Biography

Elections

2026

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Kansas

2024

State senate

General election

General election for Kansas State Senate District 32

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Kansas State Senate District 32

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Kansas State Senate District 32

Endorsements

U.S. House

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 4

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 4

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 4

Endorsements

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Kansas District 2

2022

U.S. House

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 2

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. Senate

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Kansas

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Kansas

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Kansas

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. Senate Kansas

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Kansas District 1

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Kansas District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Kansas District 1

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign themes

2026

2024

State senate

U.S. Congress

2022

U.S. House

U.S. Senate

2020

Campaign finance summary

See also

External links

Footnotes

Information about voting

2025 Elections

2026 Elections

2024 Election analysis

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