The 2022 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Kansas. Incumbent Republican Senator Jerry Moran was first elected in 2010, winning the seat vacated by Sam Brownback, and ran for re-election to a third term in office. Democrat Mark Holland, the former mayor of Kansas City, was Moran's opponent in the general election.
Moran ultimately won the election, but his 60% share of the vote represented another decline from his first victory in 2010, and he lost Johnson County, a major suburban county that had been recently trending left in elections, for the first time in his career. Even so, he still won re-election by an overwhelming margin, despite incumbent Democratic governor Laura Kelly winning re-election on the same ballot. This was the first election since 2002 where the winner of the United States Senate election in Kansas was of a different party from the winner of the concurrent gubernatorial election, and the first election since 1968 where the winner of the United States Senate election in Kansas for the Class 3 Senate seat was of a different party from the winner of the concurrent gubernatorial election.
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Jerry Moran, incumbent U.S. senator
Eliminated in primary Joan Farr, independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in Oklahoma in 2014 and 2020
Declined Mike Pompeo, former U.S. secretary of state, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and former U.S. representative for (endorsed Moran)
Endorsements
Results
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Mark Holland, United Methodist pastor and former mayor of Kansas City
Eliminated in primary Mike Andra, farmer Paul Buskirk, educator Robert Klingenberg, salesman and truck driver Michael Soetaert, former Republican candidate for in 2020 Patrick Wiesner, bankruptcy attorney, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, 2014 and nominee in 2016
Results
Libertarian convention Candidates Nominee David Graham, attorney
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 19, 2021 Inside Elections January 7, 2022 Sabato's Crystal Ball November 3, 2021PoliticoApril 1, 2022RCPJanuary 10, 2022Fox News May 12, 2022DDHQJuly 20, 2022538June 30, 2022The EconomistSeptember 7, 2022
Post-primary endorsements
Polling Graphical summary
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error JerryMoran (R) MarkHolland (D) Other UndecidedEmerson CollegeEmerson CollegeOctober 27–29, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%54%33%5%8%Emerson CollegeEmerson CollegeSeptember 15–18, 20221,000 (LV)± 3.0%45%33%4%18%Echelon InsightsEchelon InsightsAugust 31 – September 7, 2022392 (LV)± 7.5%54%35%–11%Battleground Connect (R)Battleground Connect (R)August 8–10, 20221,074 (LV)± 3.0%58%37%–5%
Results
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Johnson (largest city: Overland Park)
By congressional district Moran won all four congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat. District Moran Holland Representative 68% 29%Tracey Mann 61% 35%Jake LaTurner 50% 47%Sharice Davids 64% 33%Ron Estes
See also Elections in Kansas Political party strength in Kansas Kansas Democratic Party Kansas Republican Party Government of Kansas 2022 Kansas gubernatorial election 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas 2022 Kansas House of Representatives election 2022 Kansas elections 2022 United States Senate elections 2022 United States elections
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Partisan clients
References
External links Official campaign websites David Graham (L) for Senate Mark Holland (D) for Senate Jerry Moran (R) for Senate