Kansas State Board of Education election, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 16
- Early voting: Oct. 17 - Nov. 5
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration:Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo ID required
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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| Kansas State Board of Education |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline:June 1, 2018 |
| Primary: August 7, 2018 General: November 6, 2018 Pre-election incumbent(s): Janet Waugh (Democrat) (District 1) John W. Bacon (Republican) (District 3) Sally Cauble (Republican) (District 5) Kenneth Willard (Republican) (District 7) Jim Porter (Republican) (District 9) |
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| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Kansas |
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Kansas held an election for five of the ten seats on thestate board of education onNovember 6, 2018. The partisan candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2018. The independent candidate filing deadline was August 6, 2018.
The seats up for election included District 1, held byJanet Waugh (D), District 3, held byJohn W. Bacon (R), District 5, held bySally Cauble (R), District 7, held byKenneth Willard (R), and District 9, held byJim Porter (R). As of January 2018, two members of the board were Democratic and eight members of the board were Republican.
Candidates and election results
District 1
General election
General election for Kansas State Board of Education District 1
IncumbentJanet Waugh defeatedMichael Powell in the general election for Kansas State Board of Education District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Janet Waugh (D) | 60.5 | 52,218 |
| Michael Powell (R) | 39.5 | 34,109 | ||
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 86,327 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 1
IncumbentJanet Waugh advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 1 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Janet Waugh | 100.0 | 18,978 |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 18,978 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 1
Michael Powell advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 1 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Powell | 100.0 | 12,108 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 12,108 | ||
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District 3
General election
General election for Kansas State Board of Education District 3
Michelle Dombrosky defeatedRuth Goff in the general election for Kansas State Board of Education District 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michelle Dombrosky (R) | 54.4 | 69,653 | |
 | Ruth Goff (D) | 45.6 | 58,419 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 128,072 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 3
Ruth Goff advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 3 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ruth Goff | 100.0 | 18,469 |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 18,469 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 3
Michelle Dombrosky defeatedJason Winbolt in the Republican primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 3 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michelle Dombrosky | 63.9 | 19,779 | |
| Jason Winbolt | 36.1 | 11,189 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 30,968 | ||
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District 5
General election
General election for Kansas State Board of Education District 5
Jean Clifford won election in the general election for Kansas State Board of Education District 5 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jean Clifford (R) | 100.0 | 72,294 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 72,294 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 5
Jean Clifford advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 5 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jean Clifford | 100.0 | 27,210 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 27,210 | ||
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District 7
General election
General election for Kansas State Board of Education District 7
Ben Jones defeatedJames Hannon in the general election for Kansas State Board of Education District 7 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ben Jones (R) | 62.1 | 59,223 | |
| James Hannon (D) | 37.9 | 36,136 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 95,359 | ||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 7
James Hannon advanced from the Democratic primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 7 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | James Hannon | 100.0 | 9,442 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 9,442 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 7
Ben Jones defeatedRobert D'Andrea in the Republican primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 7 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ben Jones | 52.0 | 15,508 | |
 | Robert D'Andrea | 48.0 | 14,319 | |
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 29,827 | ||
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District 9
General election
General election for Kansas State Board of Education District 9
IncumbentJim Porter won election in the general election for Kansas State Board of Education District 9 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jim Porter (R) | 100.0 | 77,191 |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 77,191 | ||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 9
IncumbentJim Porter advanced from the Republican primary for Kansas State Board of Education District 9 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jim Porter | 100.0 | 25,853 |
| Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 25,853 | ||
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State overview
Partisan control
This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Kansas heading into the 2018 elections.
Congressional delegation
- Following the2016 elections, Republicans held both U.S. Senate seats in Kansas.
- Republicans held all fourU.S. House seats in Kansas.
State executives
- As of September 2018, Democrats held six of 11state executive positions, and the remaining positions were officially nonpartisan.
- The governor of Kansas was RepublicanJeff Colyer. The state heldelections forgovernor andlieutenant governor onNovember 6, 2018.
State legislature
Republicans controlled both chambers of theKansas State Legislature. They had a 85-40 majority in the state House and a 30-9 majority in the state Senate.
Trifecta status
- Kansas had aRepublican trifecta, meaning that the Republican Party controlled both chambers of the state legislature and the governorship.Jeff Colyer served as governor; he succeededSam Brownback, who left office in January 2018 after being appointed ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom by Pres.Donald Trump.
2018 elections
- See also:Kansas elections, 2018
Kansas held elections for the following positions in 2018:
- 4 U.S. House seats
- Governor and lieutenant governor
- 4 lower state executive positions
- 5 board of education seats
- 125 state House seats
- Municipal elections in Sedgwick County
Demographics
| Demographic data for Kansas | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kansas | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 2,906,721 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 81,759 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 85.2% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 5.8% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 2.6% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 3.3% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 11.2% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 90.2% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 31% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $52,205 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 15% | 11.3% |
| Source:U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Clickhere for more information on the 2020 census andhere for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Kansas. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere. | ||
As of July 2016, Kansas' three largest cities were Wichita (pop. est. 390,000), Overland Park (pop. est. 190,000), and Kansas City (pop. est. 150,000).[1]
State election history
This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Kansas from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from theKansas Secretary of State.
Historical elections
Presidential elections
This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Kansas every year from 2000 to 2016.
| Election results (President of the United States), Kansas 2000-2016 | |||||
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| Year | First-place candidate | First-place candidate votes (%) | Second-place candidate | Second-place candidate votes (%) | Margin of victory (%) |
| 2016 |  Donald Trump | 56.6% |  Hillary Clinton | 36.0% | 20.6% |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney | 59.7% | Barack Obama | 37.9% | 21.8% |
| 2008 | John McCain | 56.6% | Barack Obama | 41.6% | 15.0% |
| 2004 | George W. Bush | 62.0% | John Kerry | 36.6% | 25.4% |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | 58.0% | Al Gore | 37.2% | 20.8% |
U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016
This chart shows the results ofU.S. Senate races in Kansas from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.
| Election results (U.S. Senator), Kansas 2000-2016 | |||||
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| Year | First-place candidate | First-place candidate votes (%) | Second-place candidate | Second-place candidate votes (%) | Margin of victory (%) |
| 2016 | Jerry Moran | 62.1% | Patrick Wiesner | 32.2% | 29.9% |
| 2014 | Pat Roberts | 53.1% |  Greg Orman | 42.5% | 10.6% |
| 2010 | Jerry Moran | 70.0% | Lisa Johnston | 26.3% | 43.7% |
| 2008 | Pat Roberts | 60.0% | Jim Slattery | 36.4% | 23.6% |
| 2004 | Sam Brownback | 69.1% | Lee Jones | 27.4% | 41.7% |
| 2002 | Pat Roberts | 82.5% |  Steven Rosile | 9.1% | 73.4% |
Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016
This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every four years in Kansas.
| Election results (Governor), Kansas 2000-2016 | |||||
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| Year | First-place candidate | First-place candidate votes (%) | Second-place candidate | Second-place candidate votes (%) | Margin of victory (%) |
| 2014 | Sam Brownback | 49.8% | Paul Davis | 46.1% | 3.7% |
| 2010 | Sam Brownback | 63.2% | Tom Holland | 32.2% | 31.0% |
| 2006 | Kathleen Sebelius | 57.9% | Jim Barnett | 40.4% | 17.5% |
| 2002 | Kathleen Sebelius | 52.9% | Tim Shallenburger | 45.1% | 7.8% |
Congressional delegation, 2000-2016
This chart shows the number of Democrats and Republicans who were elected to represent Kansas in theU.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.
| Congressional delegation, Kansas 2000-2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Republicans | Republicans (%) | Democrats | Democrats (%) | Balance of power |
| 2016 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 0% | R+4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 0% | R+4 |
| 2012 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 0% | R+4 |
| 2010 | 4 | 100% | 0 | 0% | R+4 |
| 2008 | 3 | 75.0% | 1 | 25.0% | R+3 |
| 2006 | 2 | 50.0% | 2 | 50.0% | Split |
| 2004 | 3 | 75.0% | 1 | 25.0% | R+3 |
| 2002 | 3 | 75.0% | 1 | 25.0% | R+3 |
| 2000 | 3 | 75.0% | 1 | 25.0% | R+3 |
Trifectas, 1992-2017
Astate government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.
Kansas Party Control: 1992-2025
No Democratic trifectas • Sixteen years of Republican trifectas
See also
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