Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt made it official: she is running for Governor in the 2026 election.

Uncertainty looms on the likelihood of an August election to decide recall of Jackson County executive Frank White Jr.

The Jackson County Legislature passed an ordinance to schedule a recall election for August, but the county executive questions its legality.

The petitioners in the lawsuit say that per the charter, the recall petition itself is an ordinance, and therefore does not require a delay of the planned election date.

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt says she’s running for governor in 2026. A Republican and Wichita native, Schmidt has worked as a pharmacist for over 40 years and served in the Kansas Senate before being elected Insurance Commissioner in 2018. She was re-elected in 2022.

A federal judge has ruled a Kansas law that banned pre-filled mail-in ballot applications violates the First Amendment and is therefore unconstitutional.

For those wanting to cast their ballot in the upcoming primary we are keeping track of those deadlines for you.

President Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day. This year has seen

Jackson County residents have called on the courts to intervene in the recall election process of County Executive Frank White.

Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias has lost his bid to thwart a Kansas law banning foreign actors from funneling money into state-level ballot initiatives. In May, the Elias Law Group,

A federal judge has ruled a Kansas law that banned pre-filled mail-in ballot applications violates the First Amendment and is therefore unconstitutional.