2026 United States Senate election in Kansas

2026 United States Senate election in Kansas

The 2026 United States Senate election in Kansas will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Kansas. A primary election will be held on August 4, 2026. One-term Republican Senator Roger Marshall was elected in 2020 with 53.2% of the vote. Due to a possible administrative nomination of Marshall by Donald Trump, measures for a temporary appointment to this seat have been updated in the Kansas Legislature. Marshall has stated his intent to run for re-election.

Background

2026 United States Senate election in Kansas

Kansas is generally considered to be a Republican stronghold, having not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since (/wiki/1932UnitedStatesSenateelections#Kansas), and in this seat since (/wiki/1912–13UnitedStatesSenateelections#Kansas). Republicans control both U.S. Senate seats, all but two statewide offices, both houses of the Kansas Legislature, and all but one seat in Kansas's U.S. House delegation. Marshall was first elected in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesSenateelectioninKansas), defeating Barbara Bollier by 11.4 points in what was expected to be a close race. However, Democrats control the governorship and lieutenant-governorship, which they flipped from Republican control in (/wiki/2018Kansasgubernatorialelection), held in (/wiki/2022Kansasgubernatorialelection), and are up as open seats due to term-limits in 2026.

Republican primary

Declared

• Roger Marshall, incumbent U.S. Senator

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Roger Marshall (R)	$4,759,694	$897,358	$4,072,295
Source: Federal Election Commission

Democratic primary

Declared

• Christy Davis, former Kansas director for USDA Rural Development and candidate for Kansas's 1st congressional district in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinKansas#District1) • Jason Hart, former federal prosecutor • Erik Murray, commercial real estate developer • Anne Parelkar, attorney • Patrick Schmidt, state senator from the 19th district (2025–present) and nominee for the 2nd district in (/wiki/2022UnitedStatesHouseofRepresentativeselectionsinKansas#District2) • Mike Soetaert, art gallery owner and perennial candidate • Sandy Spidel Neumann, former financial services executive • Noah Taylor, counterintelligence specialist

Publicly expressed interest

• Sharice Davids, U.S. Representative from Kansas's 3rd congressional district (2019–present) (if new congressional map is drawn by state legislature)

Declined

• Cindy Holscher, state senator from the 8th district (2021–present) (running for governor) • Laura Kelly, governor of Kansas (2019–present)

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2025
Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Erik Murray (D)	$124,598	$15,625	$108,972
Anne Parelkar (D)	$16,982	$16,478	$503
Sandy Spidel Neumann (D)	$167,587	$40,660	$126,926
Source: Federal Election Commission

Independents

Formed exploratory committee

• Adam Hamilton, pastor

General election

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid R</td><td>January 12, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>The Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid R</td><td>January 12, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe R</td><td>January 29, 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Race To The WH</td><td>Lean R</td><td>February 2, 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>