Kansas official results
Counts exactly as Kansas Secretary of State reports them, with a link to the official source.
Unofficial results until certified. These are counts as published by the official state election authority on election night. Counts change as ballots are counted. Power & Politics does not call races or project winners. Where news organizations' projections are shown, each is labeled as that outlet's and kept apart from the official record.
Election Week: how news outlets are covering the count, beside the official record
No official record has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
Results: see Kansas Secretary of State official results page
Official site does not let us copy its counts (checked Oct 5, 2026). Kansas's election-night site does not let us copy its counts. Official results are posted as downloadable documents after the vote is certified, so we link to the state's page.
Certification and canvass: Kansas
Not yet certified. No official certification has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
- County canvass deadline: Monday, November 9, 2026, 8-10 a.m. (default); may be postponed by county election officer to any business day not later than Monday, November 16, 2026 (13 days after election). (K.S.A. 25-3104: official text) The statute: “between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. on the Monday next following any election held on a Tuesday” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- State certification deadline: Not later than Tuesday, December 1, 2026. (K.S.A. 25-3206; K.S.A. 25-3211(c): official text) The statute: “not later than December 1 next following the election, except when the date falls on Sunday, then not later than the following day” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Recount request deadline: 5:00 p.m. on the day following the last meeting of the county board of canvassers (5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026 under default timing). No-bond recount right when margin is 0.5% or less of total votes cast. (K.S.A. 25-3107: official text) The statute: “not later than 5 p.m. on the day following the last meeting of the county board of canvassers” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Election contest filing deadline: Within 5 days after the certificate of election is issued. (K.S.A. 25-1439: official text) The statute: “The notice of contest shall be filed within five days after the certificate of election is issued except in the case of question submitted elections” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Mail and military ballot receipt and cure deadlines: 7:00 p.m. on Election Day (Tuesday, November 3, 2026). (K.S.A. 25-1132(b): official text) The statute: “The deadline for the receipt by mail of the advance voting ballots by the office of the county election officer shall be 7:00 p.m. on the date of the election” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
Deadlines are the state's own statutes and official guidance, each linked. Where a deadline depends on when an earlier step happens, the rule is shown instead of a date. Every date shown is worked out from the statute quoted beside it. Certification status changes only from the certifying authority's own announcement or official results file. All states