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MIDTERMS 2026 - GOVERNOR

Kansas

TOSS UP D-held, open seat

Election day is Tuesday, November 3 - 7 days away.

Cindy Holscher

DEMOCRAT

Cindy Holscher

State senator from Overland Park, elected to the Kansas House in 2016 and the Senate in 2020. source

Ty Masterson

REPUBLICAN

Ty Masterson

Kansas Senate president since 2021, from Andover. source

Where they differ

Only issues they disagree on. Each position is something the candidate said, voted for or published, linked to where.

Property taxes

HOLSCHER

Would cut the residential assessment rate by 2.5% rather than set a hard cap; this needs a constitutional amendment. source

MASTERSON

Proposes a constitutional amendment capping annual growth in taxable assessed value at 3% or less. source

Data centers

HOLSCHER

Wants a pause on new data center development until stronger guardrails are in place; she voted for the 2025 tax break law and has since reconsidered. source

MASTERSON

Defends the 2025 incentive law and says communities should decide where data centers are built. source

Medicaid expansion

HOLSCHER

Backs expanding Medicaid in Kansas. source

MASTERSON

Has opposed expansion; in January 2025 he criticized the governor's push to expand it. source

Abortion

HOLSCHER

Says Kansans spoke clearly in 2022 and she would veto bills that take those rights away. source

MASTERSON

Calls abortion an 80-20 issue and says the most extreme view is unrestricted abortion at all times. source

School funding and choice

HOLSCHER

Wants K-12 special education fully funded, saying underfunding pushes costs onto local property taxes. source

MASTERSON

Supports tax-credit scholarships for private schools and says the state should not keep piling new money into education. source

Latest polling

NYT/Siena (Sep 22-30, 2026, 605 likely voters): Ty Masterson 49%, Cindy Holscher 44%. source

Kansas right now

How the state is doing going into the vote, from the people who count it.

JOBLESS RATE

3.8%

US: 4.2%

September 2026, seasonally adjusted, preliminary. Source: BLS

GAS, REGULAR

$3.95

US: $4.27

State average on 2026-10-27. Source: AAA

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Cindy Holscher by Catboy69, CC BY 4.0; Ty Masterson by NicholasGian25, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Positions checked 2026-10-23. Things they agree on are left out on purpose. Spot something wrong? Use the feedback button and we will fix it.