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Elections

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Ballotpedia covers 12 state executive offices in the state of Kansas. The executive branch is governed by Article 1 of the Kansas Constitution.

State executive organization

Executive officials in Kansas are part of a three-pronged government structure that includes state legislators and state judges. The following chart details the relationship among different branches of Kansas' state government:

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Current officeholders

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Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office
Attorney General of Kansas	Kris Kobach	Republican	January 9, 2023
Governor of Kansas	Laura Kelly	Democratic	January 14, 2019
Kansas Commissioner of Education	Randy Watson	Nonpartisan	July 1, 2015
Kansas Commissioner of Insurance	Vicki Schmidt	Republican	January 14, 2019
Kansas Corporation Commission	Andrew French	Nonpartisan	June 24, 2020
Kansas Corporation Commission	Dwight Keen	Nonpartisan	2018
Kansas Corporation Commission	Annie Kuether	Nonpartisan	September 13, 2023
Kansas Secretary of Agriculture	Mike Beam	Nonpartisan	2019
Kansas Secretary of Labor	Amber Shultz	Nonpartisan	March 31, 2021
Kansas Secretary of State	Scott Schwab	Republican	January 14, 2019
Kansas Secretary of Wildlife and Parks	Chris Kennedy	Nonpartisan	March 18, 2024
Kansas State Board of Education District 1	Danny Zeck	Republican	January 3, 2023
Kansas State Board of Education District 2	Melanie Haas	Democratic	January 12, 2021
Kansas State Board of Education District 3	Michelle Dombrosky	Republican	January 1, 2019
Kansas State Board of Education District 4	Ann Mah	Democratic	2017
Kansas State Board of Education District 5	Cathy Hopkins	Republican	January 10, 2023
Kansas State Board of Education District 6	Deena Horst	Republican	2013
Kansas State Board of Education District 7	Dennis Hershberger	Republican	January 10, 2023
Kansas State Board of Education District 8	Betty Arnold	Democratic	January 12, 2021
Kansas State Board of Education District 9	Jim Porter	Republican	2015
Kansas State Board of Education District 10	Jim McNiece	Republican	2013
Kansas Treasurer	Steven C. Johnson	Republican	January 9, 2023
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas	David Toland	Democratic	January 4, 2021

Elections

2024

See also: Kansas state executive official elections, 2024

The following state executive offices were up for election in Kansas in 2024:

State Board of Education (5 seats)

2023

There were no state executive elections in Kansas in 2023.

2022

See also: Kansas state executive official elections, 2022

The following state executive offices were up for election in Kansas in 2022:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Treasurer
State Board of Education (5 seats)
Insurance Commissioner

2021

There were no state executive elections in Kansas in 2021.

2020

See also: Kansas state executive official elections, 2020

The following state executive offices were up for election in Kansas in 2020:

State Board of Education (5 seats)

2019

There were no state executive offices up for election in Kansas in 2019.

2018

See also: Kansas state executive official elections, 2018

The following state executive offices were up for election in Kansas in 2018:

Governor
Lieutenant governor
Attorney general
Secretary of state
Treasurer
Insurance commissioner
State board of education

2017

There were no state executive offices up for election in Kansas in 2017.

2016

There were no state executive offices up for election in Kansas in 2016.

2015

There were no state executive elections in Kansas in 2015.

2014

See also: Kansas state executive official elections, 2014

The following offices were elected in 2014 in Kansas:

• Governor of Kansas
• Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
• Kansas Attorney General
• Kansas Secretary of State
• Kansas Treasurer
• Kansas Insurance Commissioner

2013

There were no state executive elections in Kansas in 2013.

2012

There were no state executive elections in Kansas in 2012.