Republican · Secretary of State candidate
Sources for Ken Rahjes
26 public sources used in researching this candidate. Every claim in the profile traces back to one or more of these URLs.
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Primary Records
13 sources- Ken Rahjes is a Republican House member for District 110, Phillips County
- House terms are listed as 2015-present
- Occupation is Agricultural Communications
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission / Kansas.gov · 2026-05-19
Statewide 2026 Election Cycle Candidate Reportskansas.gov
- Secretary of State candidates list includes Rahjes, Ken
- Rahjes has Appointment of Treasurer and 202601 report links
- Kansas Ethics filing index: SWLinks2026EC
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission · 2026-05-19
Appointment of Treasurer or Candidate Committee Form - Kenneth J Rahjeskansas.gov
- Candidate name Kenneth J Rahjes
- Office sought is Secretary of State
- Treasurer is Denis Miller
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Kansas Public Disclosure Commission · 2026-05-19
Campaign Finance Receipts and Expenditures Report - Kenneth J Rahjeskansas.gov
- 2025 total contributions and other receipts were $24,070.30
- 2025 total expenditures and other disbursements were $1,442.98
- Cash on hand at close was $22,627.32
- Campaign biography links Rahjes to Agra, agriculture, Authentic Ag Inc., Kansas Ag Report, United Presbyterian Church in Phillipsburg, Farm Bureau, Rotary, Huck Boyd Institute, and Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in t...
- Campaign issues include life, Second Amendment, agriculture, elections, taxes, economic development, education, transportation and safety, health care, and opportunity
- Campaign site links Facebook and X only
- Campaign says Rahjes officially filed as a Republican candidate for Kansas Secretary of State
- Campaign says Rahjes intends to streamline business filings and improve the One Stop online portal
- Campaign says Rahjes would continue security initiatives for election officials and poll workers, increase audit transparency, and secure fast and accurate election results
- SB 4 House emergency final action passed as amended
- Rahjes is listed among yea votes
- SB 4 House motion to override veto prevailed 84-41
- Rahjes is listed among yea votes in the official journal/search-visible text
- HB 2172 establishes the water program task force and water planning work group
- Bill status is effective April 24, 2025
- Rep. Ken Rahjes offered a floor amendment on February 19, 2025
- HB 2172 House final action passed 109-12
- Rahjes is listed among yea votes
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Kansas Office of the Governor · 2026-05-19
Governor Kelly Signs Bipartisan Bill Establishing Task Force to Tackle Kansas' Water Challengesgovernor.ks.gov
- Governor signed Senate Substitute for HB 2172
- Governor press release quotes Rahjes on the water task force, agriculture, rural areas, and securing Kansas' water supply
- Kansas Ag Report is hosted by Ken Rahjes
- Show covers agriculture law and policy issues affecting Kansas farmers and ranchers
- Kansas Ag Report public profile. Candidate-adjacent professional channel identifies Kansas Ag Report as a weekly agriculture television show hosted by Rahjes and part of Authentic Ag Inc.; it is not treated as campaign....
- https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/members/rep_rahjes_ken_1/
- Kansas Legislature
- Kansas Legislature - Member Page
Reporting and Public Context
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Secretary of state candidate Rahjes calls for election security, business growthhayspost.com
- Rahjes discussed county clerks, voter ID, ending the three-day mail-ballot grace period, school civic education, business filings, property taxes, and rules/regulations review
- Local coverage of his campaign stops repeats the same two-part argument. At a November 2025 Hays event, Rahjes said, "I believe I'm most effective by looking you in the eye and having a conversation," and tied his run t...
- His business-services message connects process reform to property-tax pressure. In Hays, Rahjes said he wanted entrepreneurs to avoid navigating multiple agencies and argued, "There's no greater solution than to grow ou...
- Rahjes highlighted election security and business filings in Emporia
- KVOE reported Republican primary opponent Pat Proctor and Democratic candidates Jennifer Day and Samuel Lane
- KVOE - Rahjes in Emporia
- Rahjes discussed rural senior transportation, conservation, water, AI campaign misuse, and NIL funding
- Rahjes said local decision-making matters for water and conservation
- That rural frame also shows up in legislative coffees and issue coverage. In February 2026, Rahjes spoke about senior transportation, conservation, water, AI in campaigns, and NIL funding. On conservation and local cont...
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Hays Post · 2026-05-19
Local legislators highlight cost saving measures, support Hays water conservationshayspost.com
- Rahjes discussed state spending, education local control, minor-focused gender-transition legislation, rural attorney shortages, and ethanol infrastructure
- His education and local-control language predates the secretary-of-state campaign and appears in local legislative coverage. In February 2025, Rahjes questioned the need for the U.S. Department of Education and said, "W...
- Feb. 9, 2025 Hays Post legislative coffee coverage. Key themes: state spending, water conservation, local school control, gender-transition policy for minors, rural attorney shortage, and ethanol infrastructure. ([sourc...
- Muck Rack lists Rahjes as Kansas House member and Kansas Ag Report host
- Profile text describes a personal account for a small business owner, agriculture broadcaster, and Kansas state representative and says retweets do not imply endorsement
- The X handle exists because it is linked by the campaign site and indexed by Muck Rack. Muck Rack describes the account as Rahjes' personal account and summarizes the bio as, "Small Business Owner, Agriculture Broadcast...
- VoteSmart - Biography
- Campaign news archive, captured 2026-05-11. Current public archive shows one 2025 secretary-of-state filing post, one 2024 relaunch note, 2021 legislative updates, and older legislative/campaign updates dating back to 2...
- "campaignWebsite": "https://www.jocoelection.org/candidates-elected-officials/ken-rahjes"
- PBS / Smoky Hills listing for "The Kansas Legislature" on 2025-02-07. Public listing identifies Rahjes as a participating legislator. (source)
- PBS / Smoky Hills listing for "The Kansas Legislature" on 2025-03-21. Public listing identifies Rahjes and Rep. Adam Smith as guests; YouTube indexed metadata for the same episode showed 43 views. ([source](https://www....
- PBS / Smoky Hills listing for "The Kansas Legislature" on 2025-04-04. Public listing identifies Rahjes and Rep. Rui Xu as guests. (source)
- Kansas Ag Report podcast listing. Public listings describe Rahjes as host for closing commodity quotes and show 109 episodes, active 2021-2023. (source)
Public Online Activity
1 sources- Campaign site links this page
- Post-level timeline was not reliably accessible logged-out
- The social footprint is present but not especially broad. Public Facebook metadata captured on May 11, 2026 listed Ken For Kansas at 985 likes and 210 talking about this, with the page description identifying Rahjes as
