Ty Masterson
Republican Kansas Senate president who trails Cindy Holscher for governor and has not conceded.
Masterson trails Democrat Cindy Holscher by about 0.6 points in the Kansas governor's race and has not conceded, saying "Every Kansan deserves to know the result is right"; counties finish hand-count audits by 16 November, before 1 December certification.
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Masterson, a Republican from Andover, has been president of the Kansas Senate since 2021. He won the August 2026 Republican primary with Donald Trump's endorsement, over a field that included Secretary of State Scott Schwab.
In the general election he trails Cindy Holscher by about 0.6 points, a gap of some 5,500 to 7,300 votes that varies with the count used. Holscher has declared victory, and Governor Laura Kelly has congratulated her. He has given his reason for not conceding: "Every Kansan deserves to know the result is right." Schwab sent the governor's race and five others to close-race audits on 4 November. County boards are checking a tenth of each race's precincts by hand against the machines until 16 November, and the canvassing board's certification follows by 1 December.
A Holscher win would keep the governorship Democratic after Laura Kelly's two terms.
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