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A general election will be held in the U.S. state of Kansas on November 4, 2014. Primary elections were held on August 5.
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Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Sam Brownback and Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer are running for re-election to a second term in office. They defeated Jennifer Winn and her running mate Robin Lais in the Republican primary.
Democrat Paul Davis, Minority Leader of the Kansas House of Representatives, will run in the general election with running mate businesswoman Jill Docking. Keen Umbehr will appear on the ballot as the Libertarian Party candidate along with running mate Josh Umbehr, a Wichita-based physician.
Attorney General
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt is running for re-election to a second term in office.
He is opposed by Democrat A.J. Kotich.
Secretary of State
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach is running for re-election to a second term in office.
Republican primary
Kobach was opposed in the primary by Scott Morgan.
General election
Former Republican State Senator Jean Schodorf is the Democratic nominee for the general election.
State Treasurer
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Ron Estes is running for re-election to a second term in office.
He will face Democrat Carmen Alldritt.
Commissioner of Insurance
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Insurance Sandy Praeger is not running for re-election to a fourth term in office. She has endorsed the Democratic nominee, Dennis Anderson, saying that he is more "dedicated to good public policy and [will] not use the office for political gain."
Republican primary
Beverly Gossage, David J. Powell, Ken Selzer, Clark Shultz and John M. Toplikar ran for the Republican nomination.
General election
Selzer will face Democrat Dennis Anderson in the general election.
United States Senate
Republican Senator Pat Roberts is running for re-election to a fourth term. Greg Orman is running as an Independent. Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor won the Democratic primary, but withdrew his candidacy on September 3. After a court challenge, on September 18, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that his name would be taken off the ballot.
United States House of Representatives
Four U.S. Representatives from the state of Kansas will be elected in 2014, one from each of the state's four congressional districts.
Kansas State Senate
A special election for the 35th district will be held following the resignation of incumbent Jay Emler.
Candidates
Kansas House of Representatives
Elections will be held for all 125 seats in the Kansas House of Representatives.