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Data and analysis on Kansas elections. A project by Brian Amos and Alexandra Middlewood, two political science professors at Wichita State University. https://www.ike-lab.com/
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Today, we also added county commission district maps to the site! #ksleg
screenshot from the IKE Lab website showing 2024 election results by county commission district
September 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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ICYMI: Last week, we added 2024 presidential election data to the site. If you go into the election results page, you can view the results broken down by any of the geographies we have available (county, city, state leg districts, etc.). You can also map them! #ksleg
screenshot from the IKE Lab site, showing 2024 election results by state house districts
September 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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2024 presidential election breakdowns coming to the site soon!
precinct map of Kansas colored red to blue for the 2024 presidential election
September 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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We're behind on getting 2024 results mapped and broken down by various district types, but we're making progress! We've finished rebuilding our precinct maps from scratch, attempting to have geography for every possible ballot type in the state - about 7,200 total!
Map of Kansas's precinct parts, colored by county
August 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Good morning, it's primary day in (parts of) Kansas! Off-year elections here are nonpartisan, so primaries only happen when enough candidates file to need them. This year, out of the ~2000 races that are up in November, two dozen will narrow the field today. #ksleg #electionday
list of races being held today: Mayor Baxter Springs Kansas City/Wyandotte Topeka City Council/Commission Abilene At-Large Great Bend Ward 2 Lawrence At-Large Lenexa Ward 1 Longton At-Large Junction City At-Large Kansas City/Wyandotte District 1 Kansas City/Wyandotte District 5 Kansas City/Wyandotte District 8 Kansas City/Wyandotte At-Large District 2 Moundridge At-Large Wichita District 1 Topeka District 1 School Board USD 247 (Southeast) Position 5 USD 259 (Wichita) District 1 USD 259 (Wichita) District 5 USD 315 (Colby) At-Large USD 506 (Labette County) District 2 Position 5 USD 506 (Labette County) District 3 Position 6 Other Kansas City/Wyandotte Board of Public Utilities At-Large Position 1 Kansas City/Wyandotte Sheriff Maize (sales tax question)
August 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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The last special election of the year that we’re aware of is today’s USD 367 (Osawatomie, Miami County) bond election. The election night results show it passing!
Election results for the usd 367 bond election - yes is 402, no is 254
June 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Read through the Mulvane information too quickly, there were actually two propositions on the ballot. Here is the second one.
Shall Unified School District No. 263, Sedgwick County, Kansas (Mulvane), issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $9,280,000 to pay a portion of the estimated $9,560,132 costs to: (a) construct, equip and furnish a new Early Childhood Center on property within the District; (b) make all other necessary improvements appurtenant thereto; and (c) pay financing costs of issuance and capitalized interest affiliated with such general obligation bonds; all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10‑101 et seq., K.S.A. 25‑2018(f), K.S.A. 72‑5457, and K.S.A. 72‑5458 et seq.? The balance of the costs shall be paid with interest earned on the reinvestment of the bond proceeds prior to expenditure.
April 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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We're tracking four school bond measures today: USD 261 (Haysville), USD 263 (Mulvane), USD 436 (Caney Valley), and USD 499 (Galena)! #ksleg
Shall Unified School District No. 261, Sedgwick County, Kansas (Haysville), issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $79,725,000 to pay a portion of the estimated $80,150,000 costs to: (a) construct, equip and furnish additions to existing buildings within the District; (b) make improvements, repairs or upgrades to District buildings as needed for roofing, mechanical and other infrastructure systems, and building interiors and exteriors; (c) make needed improvements to District playgrounds and parking lots; (d) construct and equip improvements to existing physical education/athletic facilities within the District; (e) make all other necessary improvements appurtenant thereto (the “Project”); and pay financing costs of issuance affiliated with the general obligation bonds of the District; all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10‑101 et seq., K.S.A. 25‑2018(f), K.S.A. 72‑5457, and K.S.A. 72‑5458 et seq.? The balance of the estimated costs of the Project will be paid with interest earned on the reinvestment of bond proceeds prior to expenditure. Shall Unified School District No. 263, Sedgwick County, Kansas (Mulvane), issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $50,390,000 to pay a portion of the estimated $51,910,429 costs to: (a) demolish a major portion of the existing Mulvane Middle School and construct, equip, and furnish new educational and support spaces and make improvements to provide a secured entrance to the building, construct and equip a new storm shelter area, and install intruder locks in all classrooms for enhanced safety and security; (b) make improvements to the existing Mulvane Munson Primary School, including but not limited to upgrades or improvements to restrooms, HVAC systems, electrical systems, and install intruder locks in all classrooms for enhanced safety and security; (c) make improvements to the existing Mulvane Grade School, including but not limited to constructing, equipping and furnishing a new Administration addition, a secure building entrance, improvements to the existing connecting corridor, HVAC systems, restrooms, and install intruder locks in all classrooms for enhanced safety and security; (d) make improvements to the existing Mulvane High School, including but not limited to replacement of the building’s roof, upgrades to the Auditorium lighting and sound systems, HVAC systems, restrooms, and install intruder locks to all classrooms for enhanced safety and security; (e) make all other necessary improvements appurtenant thereto; and (f) pay financing costs of issuance and capitalized interest affiliated with such general obligation bonds; all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10‑101 et seq., K.S.A. 25‑2018(f), K.S.A. 72‑5457, and K.S.A. 72‑5458 et seq.? The balance of the costs shall be paid with interest earned on the reinvestment of the bond proceeds prior to expenditure. Shall Unified School District No. 436, Montgomery County, Kansas (Caney Valley), issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $32,385,000, to pay the costs to acquire, construct, equip and install additions, renovations and improvements (a) to the district junior/senior high school campus, including a multisport/wrestling room addition, and a storm shelter, locker rooms and restrooms addition; auditorium, weight room, band/music room, family and consumer sciences kitchen, library, science room, training room, coaches' offices, and locker room renovations and improvements; academic success room/library and kitchen renovations; and parking lot, sidewalk, signage and Caney Valley West campus concrete pad improvements; (b) to the junior/senior high school campus athletic complex, including a stadium entrance, locker rooms, new home team bleachers on west side, lighting, scoreboard, sidewalks, artificial turf field, track improvements, new baseball and softball facility improvements, and a new concessions building; and ( c) to the district elementary school, including secured main entrance additions and an addition with storm shelter/band room, cafeteria, kitchen, and restroom improvements; commons area and main entrance, gymnasium, science classroom, SPED classroom and restroom, and other restroom renovations and improvements; updated playground for younger students and new and relocated playground for older students, and parking, sidewalks, front entrance canopy, landscaping and other site improvements; to purchase buses; to pay costs of all other necessary and related improvements; and to pay financing costs of issuance and capitalized interest affiliated with the general obligation bonds; all pursuant to the provisions ofK.S.A. 10-101 et seq., K.S.A. 25-201 8(£), K.S.A. 72-5457 and K.S.A. 72- 5458 et seq.? Shall Unified School District No. 499, Cherokee County, Kansas (Galena) (the “District”) be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $7,500,000 (the “Bonds”) to pay the costs to construct, furnish and equip: (a) Liberty Elementary repairs and improvements to renovate aging conditions of the facility, including roof repairs, HVAC replacement, window and elevator replacement, and gymnasium upgrades; (b) safety and security improvements to the existing covered walkway connecting Liberty Elementary to the High School, including the addition of a new canopy on the East side of the High School to improve safety and ADA access; (c) removal of modular trailers at Spring Grove for the construction of a new Early Childhood facility, to include storm shelters and playgrounds; (d) removal of modular trailers East of Liberty Elementary and the renovation of space within the existing Gene Russell Library for the addition of new classroom spaces to accommodate special education programs; and (e) make all other necessary improvements related thereto (collectively the “Project”); and pay costs of issuance and interest on the Bonds during construction of the Project, all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10 101 et seq., K.S.A. 25 2018(f), K.S.A. 72 5457, and K.S.A. 72 5458 et seq.?
April 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Good morning! We're tracking four special elections today: a sales tax measure in Lenexa (Johnson Co), a measure to sell a park in Westwood (Johnson Co), and school bond elections for USD 226 (Meade) and USD 231 (Gardner Edgerton)! #ksleg
Shall the City of Lenexa, Kansas (“City”) be authorized to renew the levy of a three-eighths of one percent (0.375%) general purpose City Retailers’ Sales Tax within the City, and to use the revenue from the tax, in whole or in part with any other funds for general City purposes, including but not limited to: (a) to fund street infrastructure improvements including the maintenance and rebuilding of roads, sidewalks, storm water facilities, and street lighting; (b) the development and maintenance of park and recreation facilities, including trails, parks, and playgrounds; and (c) all things related to and necessary to construct and finance such projects including bonds and other obligations; Provided that such tax shall take effect October 1, 2028, the day following the expiration of the existing three-eighths of one percent (0.375%) general purpose City Retailers’ Sales Tax and such tax shall expire 20 years later on September 30, 2048. Shall the following be adopted? “whether the Joe D. Dennis Park shall be sold, traded, or exchanged”. Shall Unified School District No. 226, Meade County, Kansas (Meade), issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $4,800,000 to pay the costs to construct, furnish and equip: (a) improvements and renovations to the Elementary/Junior High School facility, including roof replacement and safety and security improvements; (b) improvement and renovations to the High School facility, including track and field improvements, safety and security improvements, and classroom, auditorium, cafeteria and hallway improvements; (c) handicap accessible playground improvements; and (d) all other necessary improvements related thereto (collectively the "Project"); and (e) to pay costs of issuance and interest on said general obligation bonds during construction of the Project; all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10-101 et seq., K.S.A. 25-2018(f), and K.S.A. 72-5457? Shall Unified School District No. 231, Johnson County, Kansas (Gardner Edgerton), issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $100,000,000, to pay the costs to construct, equip, furnish, repair, remodel and make additions to buildings, facilities and technology used for school district purposes, including the following: (a) renovate Sunflower Elementary School into an Early Childhood Center; (b) construct, furnish and equip a new elementary school and make renovations and improvements to all elementary schools including safety and security upgrades, special education classroom improvements and playground improvements; (c) renovate and make improvements and additions at all middle schools including safety and security upgrades and accessible playgrounds; (d) renovate and make improvements and additions to Gardner Edgerton High School including commons expansion, kitchen renovation, and safety and security upgrades; (e) construct, furnish and equip a Transition Readiness And Independent Livings Skills (TRAILS) addition; (f) construct, furnish and equip a new district service center; (g) acquire and improve sites and make all other necessary improvements related thereto; and (h) pay fees and expenses related thereto; all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10-101 et seq., K.S.A. 25-431 et seq., K.S.A. 25-2018(f), K.S.A. 72-5457, and K.S.A. 72-5458 et seq.?
April 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Sedgwick County has posted the final results from the USD 259 bond vote from a couple weeks ago - it failed, falling less than 350 votes shy of a majority out of 28,000. They've also posted results by precinct, which we've mapped here. #ksleg
usd 259 school bond vote results. yes: 13,889, no: 14,208. Downtown Wichita had the strongest yes, with support decreasing as you move to the edges of the district.
March 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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USD 235 (Uniontown, Bourbon County) had a special bond election on Tuesday, which looks to have passed - the unofficial results went 211 yes, 104 no. #ksleg
Shall Unified School District No. 235, Bourbon County, Kansas (Uniontown), issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $1,250,000 to pay the costs to construct, furnish and equip: (a) replacement of the District’s Pre-K facility; (b) ADA and secure entry improvements at West Bourbon Elementary School; (c) fire alarm system improvements at the Uniontown Junior/Senior High School; and (d) all other necessary improvements related thereto (collectively the “Project”); and (e) to pay costs of issuance and interest on said general obligation bonds during construction of the Project; all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10-101 et seq., K.S.A. 25-2018(f) and K.S.A. 72-5457?
March 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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It looks like there is still one precinct only partially reporting, but the election night returns for the USD 259 bond question currently show a narrow loss.
USD 259 election night results, 13278 votes yes, 13506 votes no
February 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Good morning! Today is the biggest special election currently on the calendar for the year, a bond question for USD 259 (Wichita)! #ksleg
Shall Unified School District No. 259, Sedgwick County, Kansas (Wichita) (the “District”), issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $450,000,000, to pay the costs to make improvements in the District, including the following: (a) construct, furnish and equip new facilities, including a Trades Future Ready Center and an Early Childhood Center; (b) upgrade, remodel, rebuild, renovate, improve, equip, consolidate and/or construct additions to District facilities; (c) acquire and improve sites as needed; (d) make all other necessary improvements related thereto; and (e) pay fees, costs and expenses incidental thereto; all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10-101 et seq., K.S.A. 25-2018(f), K.S.A. 72-5457, and K.S.A. 72-5458 et seq.?
February 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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We're in the process of collecting, organizing, and mapping the 2024 election results, and we'll get those posted as soon as possible. While that's happening, we're in the middle of special election season. These are the elections we've identified, this may expand as the spring progresses. #ksleg
Date Jurisdiction 2/4 Abilene (Dickinson Co) 2/4 USD 111 (Doniphan West) 2/11 Gardner (Johnson Co) 2/25 USD 259 (Wichita) 3/4 USD 235 (Uniontown) 4/1 Lenexa (Johnson Co) 4/1 Westwood (Johnson Co) 4/1 USD 231 (Gardner-Edgerton) 4/8 USD 261 (Haysville) 4/8 USD 263 (Mulvane) 4/15 USD 203 (Piper) 4/22 USD 419 (Canton-Galva) 5/6 USD 402 (Augusta) 5/13 USD 265 (Goddard)
February 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Yesterday the city of Gardner in Johnson County had a special election to renew a 0.5% sales tax for city infrastructure. The unofficial results show an easy passage, 1,717-817. #ksleg
Shall the City of Gardner, Kansas be authorized to renew the levy of a one-half of one percent (0.5%) retailers' sales tax within the City of Gardner for the special purpose of funding City infrastructure, including the construction, repairing, rebuilding, rehabilitating, upgrading and improvement of streets, curbs, sidewalks, and walking, jogging and biking trails; such retailers' sales tax shall take effect on January 1, 2026, or as soon thereafter as permitted by law, and will replace the current one-half of one percent (0.5%) special purpose sales tax currently in place which expires on December 31, 2025, and shall end ten years after its commencement; such tax shall be levied pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187, et seq.?
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Another election from Tuesday - USD 111 (Doniphan West) had a $6.3M school bond vote, which looks to have failed by a large margin, 130-348.
Shall Unified School District No. 111, Doniphan County, Kansas (Doniphan West) (the “District”) be authorized to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $6,300,000 (the “Bonds”) to pay the costs to: (a) construct, furnish, and equip improvements and renovations to the Junior/Senior High School and the Doniphan West Elementary School facilities, including safety and security improvements, site, utility and infrastructure improvements, interior and exterior building improvements, and lighting, technology and HVAC improvements; (b) construct, furnish, equip and acquire other necessary renovations and improvements to District facilities; (c) make all other necessary improvements appurtenant thereto (collectively the “Project”); and (d) pay costs of issuance and interest on the Bonds during construction of the Project, all pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 10-101 et seq., K.S.A. 25-2018(f), and K.S.A. 72-5457?
February 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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The special election season in Kansas is underway! The calendar is starting to fill up with school bond and municipal sales tax questions - today is one from Abilene (Ike's hometown!), looking to approve a 0.35% sales tax for recreation facility improvements.
Shall a special purpose retailers’ sales tax in the amount of three and one half tenths of one percent (0.35%) (e.g., $0.35 on a $100.00 purchase) be levied in the City of Abilene, Kansas to take effect July 1, 2025 or as soon thereafter as such tax may be levied by the Kansas Department of Revenue, with revenue from such tax used for the purpose of funding recreation facility improvements, to include multi-purpose fields, with the means and methods to accomplish said purpose to be determined in the sole discretion of the Governing Body of the City; and provided that such retailers’ sales tax shall expire on the date ten years after it is first levied, all pursuant to K.S.A. 12-187 et seq., as amended?
February 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Electoral College day is coming up! We just posted an article with some background on Kansas's electors throughout the state's history, including the full list of 309 electors we've had representing us. Check it out! ike-lab.com/analysis_202...
A map of Kansas's counties, colored by how many electors they've had. Sedgwick, Johnson, and Shawnee have had the most.
December 6, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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Note to Kansas's presidential electors: show up early to deal with parking, or you will get replaced. #ksleg
Wichita Eagle article titled "Elector Too Late to Cast Nixon Vote". Brief summary: Tony Mesa couldn't find parking, didn't get to the SOS office until 12:17, but electors have to cast their votes at noon, so he had been replaced.
December 3, 2024 at 5:37 PM
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It's results collection season! For the next couple months, the project will be to collect results, organize them in our database, and post them to the site. We're also building our precinct maps up from scratch to align with the voter registration file, which we'll keep updated monthly afterward.
screenshot of arcgis pro showing a map of cheyenne county, ks being edited
November 25, 2024 at 4:17 PM
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Week 1 of advance voting reporting wrapped up this morning. Not many votes cast so far, but they will take off next week, as people receive their mail ballots and counties like Johnson start in-person early voting over the weekend. Check out the site: ike-lab.com/dailyev_2411...
chart showing early vote by method. 136,292 mail ballots sent, 1,342 returned, 10,385 in person votes.
October 18, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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The first mail-in vote report for Kansas was issued about an hour ago! Check out the county and partisan breakdown on our site. ike-lab.com/dailyev_2411...
Screenshot of absentee voting stats
October 16, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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A cool feature is that we also can map all of the statewide race breakdowns we already had on the site. If you want, say, the 2018 gubernatorial race by the current state house map, you can get it visualized!
screenshot from the site, with the 2018 kansas governor's race mapped by state house district
October 7, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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We just launched a new section of the site: maps! We've got a collection of current districts and local governments up already, and we're working to build out our historic district map collection.
site screenshot with a map of Kansas's current unified school district map
October 7, 2024 at 3:02 PM
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We've posted our snapshot of Kansas registered voters from the start of the month. Kansas passed a milestone a couple weeks ago: 2 million registered voters! See what they look like: ike-lab.com/vfile_202410...
Site screenshot with voter registration stats. 2,013,929 registered voters.
October 4, 2024 at 3:15 PM