How to Run for Office in Kansas — County Guides

Pick your county to see what running for office takes.

A plain-language guide to getting on the ballot in every one of Kansas' 105 counties. Every candidate gets two ways on: pay a filing fee -- 1% of one year's salary, or a flat $5 for offices paying $1,000 or less -- or file a nomination petition instead. County Commissioner seats are staggered and some are on this year's ballot; County Clerk, Treasurer, Sheriff, County Attorney and Register of Deeds run together on the presidential-year cycle and are not up again until 2028. Each guide names your county election officer -- the County Clerk almost everywhere, or an appointed Election Commissioner in Kansas' four largest counties. Click the map or use the list.

All 105 Kansas counties. Click any county for its guide.

All 105 Kansas counties

Alphabetical. Each links to that county’s “how to run for office” guide.

Statewide rules, filing basics and official links: how to run for office in Kansas.

Allen County Anderson County Atchison County Barber County Barton County Bourbon County Brown County Butler County Chase County Chautauqua County Cherokee County Cheyenne County Clark County Clay County Cloud County Coffey County Comanche County Cowley County Crawford County Decatur County Dickinson County Doniphan County Douglas County Edwards County Elk County Ellis County Ellsworth County Finney County Ford County Franklin County Geary County Gove County Graham County Grant County Gray County Greeley County Greenwood County Hamilton County Harper County Harvey County Haskell County Hodgeman County Jackson County Jefferson County Jewell County Johnson County Kearny County Kingman County Kiowa County Labette County Lane County Leavenworth County Lincoln County Linn County Logan County Lyon County Marion County Marshall County McPherson County Meade County Miami County Mitchell County Montgomery County Morris County Morton County Nemaha County Neosho County Ness County Norton County Osage County Osborne County Ottawa County Pawnee County Phillips County Pottawatomie County Pratt County Rawlins County Reno County Republic County Rice County Riley County Rooks County Rush County Russell County Saline County Scott County Sedgwick County Seward County Shawnee County Sheridan County Sherman County Smith County Stafford County Stanton County Stevens County Sumner County Thomas County Trego County Wabaunsee County Wallace County Washington County Wichita County Wilson County Woodson County Wyandotte County

The 2027 ballot in Kansas.

These 2027 dates are confirmed against the state's own published calendar or statute. Anything our research could not confirm is left off this page rather than estimated.

August 3, 2027 Primary — City and school. City and school primary, held only where more than three candidates file for one seat (or more than twice the number of seats in an at-large race). Most Kansas cities and school districts go straight to November.
Candidate filing: closes Jun 1, 2027 (noon).
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November 2, 2027 General — City and school. City and school elections: mayors and city councils or commissions, school board members, community college trustees, and other local boards.
Candidate filing: closes Jun 1, 2027 (noon).
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2027 dates can move, and a municipality can change its own election date by ordinance. Which seats are on a given ballot depends on when each was last filled. Confirm anything you are relying on with the county election office before you act on it.

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