Party control in Kansas
Governor	Democratic
Senate	Republican
House	Republican

Kansas has a divided government. The Democratic Party controls the office of governor, while the Republican Party controls the offices of attorney general, secretary of state, and both chambers of the state legislature.

As of February 17, 2026, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 16 Democratic trifectas, and 11 divided governments where neither party holds trifecta control.

As of February 17, 2026, there are 24 Republican triplexes, 21 Democratic triplexes, and 5 divided governments where neither party holds triplex control.

Astate government trifecta is a term to describe when one political party holds majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office. Astate government triplex is a term to describe when one political party holds the following three positions in a state's government:governor,attorney general, andsecretary of state. To learn more about trifectas and triplexes,click here.

Current leadership of key offices

Governor

Laura Kelly (D)

President of the State Senate

Ty Masterson (R)

State Speaker of the House

Daniel Hawkins (R)

Historical party control

Legislative party competitiveness score

Professors of Political Science Gerald Gamm and Thad Kousser, University of Rochester and University of California San Diego, respectively, claim that states with competitive party systems spend more on education, health, and transportation. They base this on a study of each state's party competitiveness from 1880 (or year of statehood) to 2010. They assigned each state legislature a competitiveness score, which "can range from 100% if the two parties are evenly matched to 0% if one party holds every seat in a legislature."^[1]

The below chart shows the state's legislative party competitiveness score from 1880 to 1990. The chart offers a look into competitiveness prior to Ballotpedia's 1992 analysis.

See also

• Kansas
• Gubernatorial and legislative party control of state government
• Who runs the states
• Who runs the states, Kansas

Footnotes

v • e Who Runs the States Report Background Main Page •Part One: State Partisanship •Partisanship Results Infographic •Part Two: State Quality of Life Index (SQLI) •Part Three: Overlaying Results Part 1 Executive Summary •State Partisanship Analysis •Partisan Control of Governorships •Partisan Control of State Legislatures •Partisan Control of State Senates •Partisan Control of State Houses •State Government Trifectas •Overall Partisan Control: Bright, Medium and Soft States •Changes of Partisan Domination over 22 years •Year-to-Year Changes in State Partisan Control •Trifectas and Presidential Election Patterns •Conclusion •Methodology •Appendix A •Appendix B Part 2 Executive Summary •State Quality of Life Index (SQLI) •About the Index •Overall Rankings •Dramatic Changes from 1st Half to 2nd Half •Individual Indicators •Methodology •Appendices Part 3 Introduction •Comparing Partisanship and the State Quality of Life Index (SQLI) Rankings •Description of the data •Trends and correlations •Methodology •Key Values for Fifty-State Regressions •Appendices State Reports Alabama •Alaska •Arizona •Arkansas •California •Colorado •Connecticut •Delaware •Florida •Georgia •Hawaii •Idaho •Illinois •Indiana •Iowa •Kansas •Kentucky •Louisiana •Maine •Maryland •Massachusetts •Michigan •Minnesota •Mississippi •Missouri •Montana •Nebraska •Nevada •New Hampshire •New Jersey •New Mexico •New York •North Carolina •North Dakota •Ohio •Oklahoma •Oregon •Pennsylvania •Rhode Island •South Carolina •South Dakota •Tennessee •Texas •Utah •Vermont •Virginia •Washington •West Virginia •Wisconsin •Wyoming

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v • e State government trifectas and triplexes Overview Gubernatorial and legislative party control of state government •State government trifectas and triplexes •State government trifectas •State government triplexes •Historical and potential changes in trifectas •Conflicts between governors and attorneys general •Conflicts between governors and secretaries of state •Trifectas and legislatively referred constitutional amendments •Who Runs the States Party control of state government Alabama •Alaska •Arizona •Arkansas •California •Colorado •Connecticut •Delaware •Florida •Georgia •Hawaii •Idaho •Illinois •Indiana •Iowa •Kansas •Kentucky •Louisiana •Maine •Maryland •Massachusetts •Michigan •Minnesota •Mississippi •Missouri •Montana •Nebraska •Nevada •New Hampshire •New Jersey •New Mexico •New York •North Carolina •North Dakota •Ohio •Oklahoma •Oregon •Pennsylvania •Rhode Island •South Carolina •South Dakota •Tennessee •Texas •Utah •Vermont •Virginia •Washington •West Virginia •Wisconsin •Wyoming Trifecta vulnerability analyses by year 2018 •2019 •2020 •2021 •2022 •2023 •2024 •2025 Post-election analyses by year 2018 • 2019 (trifectas,triplexes) • 2020 (trifectas,triplexes,presidential) • 2021 (trifectas,triplexes) • 2022 (trifectas,triplexes) • 2023 (trifectas,triplexes) • 2024 (trifectas,triplexes) • 2025 (trifectas,triplexes)