Kansas Senate
40-seat Upper Chamber of the Kansas Legislature; its president Ty Masterson ran for governor.
Ty Masterson, the Kansas Senate's Republican president, trailed Democratic state Senator Cindy Holscher by about 0.6 points for governor after 3 November and had not conceded. Counties are auditing the race with partial hand counts, due by 16 November.
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Two members of the Kansas Senate contested the 2026 governor's race. Ty Masterson, the Republican Senate president, trailed Democratic state Senator Cindy Holscher by about 0.6 points and had not conceded while counties audited the race with partial hand counts under the close-race audit law. Every county must finish by 16 November.
The Senate has 40 members elected to four-year terms. Masterson represents District 16; Chase Blasi is majority leader and Dinah Sykes minority leader.
The governor's race was left uncalled on polling night, and the State Board of Canvassers must meet by 1 December to certify it. Kansas's close-race audits use partial hand counts, not full hand counts.
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