Candidate and Official Profiles

Aaron Cunningham

Ellis County Attorney

County Attorney / Attorney

Adam Hamilton

U.S. Senate candidate, Kansas

Founding pastor / author

Alaina Cunningham

Hays Vice Mayor / City Commissioner

Nurse / Fitness Instructor

Allen Park

USD 489 Board of Education member

School Board Member

Anne Parelkar

U.S. Senate candidate

Community Advocate

Barb Wasinger

KS House District 111

Business owner

Bobbi Dreiling

Ellis County Clerk / Election Officer

County Clerk / Election Officer

Brandon Adams

Kansas Governor campaign-finance account holder

Governor candidate / campaign-finance account holder

Cathy Hopkins

Current Kansas State Board of Education District 5 member/chair; not confirmed filed for 2026

Kansas State Board of Education District 5 member/chair

Charlotte O'Hara

Governor candidate

Activist / Former Local Official

Chase LaPorte

U.S. Senate filing-conflict profile; local and FEC House records also point to KS-03 and require final SOS recheck

Business administrator / Army veteran (per existing local profile material; current official bio not found)

Chris Mann

Attorney General candidate

Attorney, Owner of Mann Law Firm, P.A. (est. 2016/2017)

Christy Cauble Davis

U.S. Senate, Kansas

Rural Development Administrator

Cindy Holscher

Kansas Governor

Kansas Senate District 8; Senate Minority Whip

Colin McRoberts

U.S. House candidate, KS-01

Associate Teaching Professor of Law, University of Kansas School of Business

Cody Ward

Kansas House District 110 candidate; party not listed in the current source set

Kansas House District 110 candidate

Craig Musser

U.S. House candidate, Kansas 1st Congressional District

Environment, health, and safety / manufacturing professional; current employer from local profile not independently re-confirmed in the reviewed public record

Craig Pallister

USD 489 Board Member

USD 489 Board of Education Member

Curt C. Vajnar

Hays USD 489 Board of Education

USD 489 Board President

Damon Anderson

U.S. Senate candidate, Kansas

Business owner / entrepreneur

Daniel Hawkins

Kansas Commissioner of Insurance

Kansas House Speaker, District 100

David C. Graham

Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate

Attorney; former Harper County attorney; Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate

David Vilaysing

Hays City Commissioner

Owner of DXI Training Solutions; retired Hays Police Department sergeant

Derek Yarmer

USD 489 Board of Education member

Emergency medicine physician; USD 489 board member

Dinah Sykes

Kansas Commissioner of Insurance

Kansas Senate District 21; Senate Minority Leader

Doug Billings

Kansas Governor candidate / campaign-finance account holder

Conservative broadcaster / podcaster

Eric Lund

Libertarian candidate for Kansas State Treasurer

Kansas State Treasurer candidate; Libertarian general-election filing

Erik Murray

U.S. Senate, Kansas

Attorney / Public Servant

Ethan Corson

Kansas Governor

Kansas Senate District 7; Senate Caucus Chair

Jason Hart

U.S. Senate, Kansas

U.S. Senate candidate

Jayme Goetz

Hays USD 489 Board of Education

USD 489 Board Member

Jeff Colyer

Kansas Governor

Physician / Former Governor

Jennifer Day

Kansas Secretary of State

Former Kansas House District 48 representative

Joe Newland

Lieutenant governor running mate on the Vicki Schmidt ticket

Kansas Farm Bureau president; farmer and former Kansas state representative

Joy Eakins

Kansas Governor

Governor candidate

KC Ohaebosim

Lieutenant governor running mate on the Cindy Holscher ticket

Kansas state representative; data analyst

Kelly Ancar

Kansas State Board of Education District 5 candidate

Small business owner; registered nurse

Ken Brooks

USD 489 Board Member

Loss-control safety specialist at Insurance Planning, Inc. (Hays / Great Bend / Russell); LinkedIn credentials list CSP (Certified Safety Professional) and CFPS (Certified Fire Protection Specialist); approximately 18 years tenure as of 2025

Ken Rahjes

Secretary of State candidate

Kansas House of Representatives, District 110 -- assumed January 11, 2016

Kevin Latz

U.S. Senate candidate, Kansas

U.S. Senate candidate

Kris Kobach

Kansas Attorney General

Attorney General / Former Secretary of State

Lauren Reinhold

U.S. House candidate, KS-01

Attorney (28 years experience), former federal employee (Social Security Administration)

Lorie Wood

Kansas State Board of Education District 5 campaign-finance account holder

State Board of Education candidate / campaign-finance account holder

Mark Lane

Kansas Governor campaign-finance account holder

Governor candidate / campaign-finance account holder

Mark Schaukowitch

Kansas House District 110 candidate

Former teacher; Kansas House District 110 candidate

Marty Tuley

Kansas Governor

No elected office confirmed

Mason Ruder

Hays Mayor; Hays City Commissioner

Certified Public Manager; Hays civic and Catholic-school advancement work

Marvin Matchett

Kansas House District 110 candidate; party not listed in the current source set

Norton County commissioner; Kansas county-government policy advocate

Max L. Dibble

Kansas House District 110 candidate; party not listed in the current source set

Phillips County commissioner

Michael Berges

Ellis County Commissioner, District 1

Michael Soetaert

U.S. Senate

Former/recent Wellington City Council member; 2026 Democratic U.S. Senate candidate

Michael W. Smith

Lieutenant governor running mate on the Stacy Rogers ticket

Leavenworth County commissioner; former Lansing mayor, city administrator, and police chief

Michelle Cunningham

Kansas State Board of Education District 5 campaign-finance account holder

State Board of Education candidate / campaign-finance account holder

Nathan Leiker

Current Ellis County Commissioner, District 3; not listed in the current 2026 county filing PDF

Vice President, L5 Farms Inc.; farmer / rancher

Neal Younger

Ellis County Commissioner, District 2; current officeholder not on the 2026 county filing PDF

Electrician / Plumber

Noah Taylor

U.S. Senate candidate, Kansas

U.S. Senate candidate

Pat Proctor

Kansas Secretary of State

Kansas House of Representatives, District 41 (Leavenworth) -- assumed January 11, 2021

Patrick Schmidt

U.S. Senate, Kansas

State Senator / Navy Veteran

Philip Sarnecki

Kansas Governor

Businessman

Rebecca Herzog

Ellis County Register of Deeds

title: Registrar / Register of Deeds; address: 718 Main St., Hays, KS 67601; phone: 785-628-9450;; s-ellis-staff-directory; s-ellis-staff-entry

Renee Duxler

Lieutenant governor running mate on the Ethan Corson ticket

President and CEO of the Salina Area Chamber of Commerce; former economic and workforce development director

Ric Koehn

Libertarian candidate for Kansas Insurance Commissioner

Kansas Insurance Commissioner candidate; Libertarian general-election filing

Roger Marshall

U.S. Senator, Kansas

Obstetrician / U.S. Senator

Ron Wilson

Hays USD 489 Superintendent

Superintendent, Hays USD 489

Ruth Ruder

USD 489 Board of Education member

Vice President, Golden Plains Credit Union (Hays branch); USD 489 Board of Education member

Sam Lane

Kansas Secretary of State

No current elected office confirmed

Sandy Jacobs

Hays City Commissioner

Retired banker

Sandy Spidel Neumann

U.S. Senate candidate

U.S. Senate candidate

Scott J. Braun

Ellis County Sheriff; current officeholder not on the 2026 county filing PDF

Ellis County Sheriff

Scott E. Morgan

United Kansas candidate for Kansas Secretary of State

Attorney, former publisher, United Kansas executive director, former Lawrence school board member

Scott Schwab

Governor candidate

Kansas Secretary of State

Shaun Musil

Hays City Commissioner

Account representative for Nex-Tech; former Paisley Pear co-owner

Sharilyn Ray

Kansas Governor campaign-finance account holder

Governor candidate / campaign-finance account holder

Stacy Rogers

Governor candidate

Businesswoman / Former School Board Member

Steven Robert Jacob

U.S. House candidate, Kansas 1st District

U.S. House candidate

Steven Johnson

Kansas State Treasurer candidate

Kansas State Treasurer

Toby Dougherty

Hays City Manager

City Manager

Tracey Mann

U.S. Representative, Kansas's 1st Congressional District

Farmer / real estate broker; U.S. Representative

Ty Masterson

Governor candidate

Executive Director, GoCreate (Koch-funded makerspace at Wichita State University)

Vernon Ruder Jr.

Ellis County Treasurer

County Treasurer

Vicki Schmidt

Governor candidate

Insurance Commissioner / Pharmacist