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- The 2018 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next Governor of Kansas. Democratic nominee Laura Kelly won the election, defeating Republican nominee Kris Kobach and independent candidate Greg Orman. Incumbent Republican Governor Sam Brownback was term-limited and could not seek reelection to a third consecutive term. On July 26, 2017, Brownback was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 24, 2018. Brownback resigned the governorship on January 31 and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer. Colyer was eligible to seek a full term and announced his candidacy prior to becoming Governor of Kansas. In the August 7 primary, Colyer ran against CPA and incumbent Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer, Topeka doctor and 2006 Republican Kansas gubernatorial nominee Jim Barnett, and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. On August 7, 2018, Kobach defeated Colyer in the Republican gubernatorial primary by an initial margin of 191 votes, a lead that increased to 361 votes by August 14, although discrepancies in some counties needed resolution and provisional and absentee ballots may not have been counted in some counties. Colyer conceded the Republican nomination after the final votes were tallied, in which Kobach's margin grew slightly. Democratic State Senator Laura Kelly easily won the Democratic nomination. Businessman Greg Orman, who finished second as an independent in the 2014 U.S. Senate race against incumbent Republican Pat Roberts, also ran for governor as an independent candidate. Given that Kansas is the only state which has no gubernatorial statutory qualifications whatsoever in its constitution, seven teenagers, including one who has never even been to the state of Kansas, ran for the office in this election cycle. A debate took place on September 5 between the three candidates that consistently polled above 5%. Polls in late August had Laura Kelly and Kris Kobach running close with Greg Orman polling in the single digits. Kelly's win continued a streak of party turnover for Governor of Kansas, as Kansas has not elected two consecutive governors of the same party since Republican William Avery succeeded fellow Republican John Anderson Jr. following the 1964 election, and neither major party has held the governorship for longer than eight consecutive years since Republican John McCuish left office in 1957. (en)
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- ;Federal politicians
* Sheila Frahm, former U.S. Senator and former Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
* Nancy Kassebaum, former U.S. Senator
* Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator
* Eric Holder, former U.S. Attorney General
; Statewide and local politicians
*Barbara Allen, former state senator
* Ginger Barr, former state representative
* Barbara Bollier, state senator
* Dick Bond, former President of the Kansas Senate
* Pete Brungardt, former state senator
* John W. Carlin, former governor of Kansas
* Rochelle Chronister, former state representative and former Chairperson of the Kansas Republican Party
* Paul Davis, former state representative and 2014 nominee for governor
* Tim Emert, former Majority Leader of the Kansas Senate
* Duane Goossen, former Kansas Secretary of Administration and former Director of the Kansas Division of the Budget
* Bill Graves, former Governor of Kansas and former Kansas Secretary of State
*Mike Hayden, former governor of Kansas
* Terrie Huntington, former state senator and former state representative
* Dave Kerr, former President of the Kansas Senate
* Joy Koesten, state representative
* Audrey Langworthy, former state senator
* Fred Lorentz, former state representative
* Jim Lowther, former state representative
* Terry McAuliffe, former governor of Virginia
* Lana Oleen, former Majority Leader of the Kansas Senate
* Tim Owens, former state senator
* Mark Parkinson, former governor of Kansas
* Jo Ann Pottorff, former state representative
*Sandy Praeger, former Kansas Insurance Commissioner
* Charlie Roth, former state representative
* Alicia Salisbury, former Vice President of the Kansas Senate
* Kathleen Sebelius, former Governor of Kansas and former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary
* Gary Sherrer, former Lieutenant Governor of Kansas
* Ruth Teichman, former state senator
* John Vratil, former Vice President of the Kansas Senate
* Win Winter Jr., former state senator
* David Wysong, former state senator
* Jim Yonally, former state representative
;Labor unions
* American Federation of Teachers-Kansas Affiliate
* International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 124
* Kansas Fraternal Order of Police State Lodge
* Kansas National Education Association
* Kansas State AFL-CIO
* Missouri Kansas Alliance of Teamsters
* National Education Association
* St. Louis - Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council
* United Automobile Workers
* United Steelworkers District 11
;Organizations
* EMILY's List
* Kansas Equality Coalition
* Planned Parenthood Action Fund
* Sierra Club Kansas Chapter
;Newspapers and news websites
* The Kansas City Star
* The Topeka Capital-Journal
* The Wichita Eagle (en)
- ;Organisations
*Unite America (en)
- ;Statewide and local politicians
* John W. Carlin, former Governor of Kansas and former Archivist of the United States
* Bill Graves, Republican former governor of Kansas
* Sheila Frahm, Republican Former U.S. Senator from Kansas
* Dick Bond, Republican former Kansas state Senate President
* Lee Kinch, Former Kansas Democratic Party chairman.
* Tom Burroughs, Democratic member of the Kansas House of Representatives, formerly served as the House Minority Leader.
* Rep. Pam Curtis, D-32nd Dist.
* Rep. Stan Frownfelter, D-37th Dist.
* Rep. Broderick Henderson, D-35th Dist.
* Rep. Louis Ruiz, D-31st Dist.
* State Rep. Jason Probst, D-Hutchinson,
* Rep. Cindy Neighbor, D-18th Dist.
*Rep. Adam Lusker, D-2nd Dist.
*Rep. Eber Phelps, D-111th Dist.
*Rep. Tom Sawyer, D-95th Dist.
*Rep. Jerry Stogsdill, D-21st Dist. (en)
- ;Local and statewide politicians
* Jeff Longbine, Senate Vice President
* Scott Walker, governor of Wisconsin
* Mark Hutton, state representative
* Bob Dole, former US Senator for Kansas and 1996 Republican nominee for President
;Organizations
* Kansas Farm Bureau
* National Rifle Association
* Kansans for Life
* Kansas Livestock Association
* Kansas State Troopers Association (en)
- ;U.S. Executive Branch officials
* Donald Trump, President of the United States
* Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States
* John Ashcroft, former United States Attorney General
;U.S. Senators
* Pat Roberts
;U.S. Representatives
* Ron Estes
;Statewide and local politicians
* Jeff Colyer, Governor of Kansas
* Susan Wagle, Senate President
* J. R. Claeys, state representative
* Brian Linin, Goodland Mayor
;Individuals
* Sean Hannity, political commentator and talk show host
* Donald Trump Jr., businessman and son of U.S. President Donald Trump
* Ann Coulter, conservative commentator
* Ted Nugent, American singer-songwriter
* Joe Arpaio, former Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona
;Organizations
* Kansans for Life
* Kansas State Council of Firefighters
* National Rifle Association
* Kansas Chamber of Commerce (en)
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