Governor · 2026

Kansas

Qualitative research dossier. No comprehensive numeric score or endorsement is assigned from these statements alone.

Research checked October 8, 2026 | Edition 10

Inventory completeness is not policy-audit completeness. Missing evidence is unscored. Party platforms are not imputed to individuals.

Position and record comparison

Cindy Holscher and Ty Masterson are the November nominees. The reviewed KCTV questionnaire asks about property taxes, farmers, rural healthcare/Medicaid expansion, marijuana, abortion, and schools. The Kansas Reflector search also returned other primary candidates, whose positions must not be attributed to Holscher or Masterson.

US Populists assessment

Kansas’s prior reproductive-rights vote and current state finances require separate state evidence. Obtain each nominee’s attributed responses and budget record before scoring; education funding and Medicaid expansion require distribution and funding detail. No party inference fills the remaining cells.

Lead source: https://www.kctv5.com/2026/07/21/what-candidates-kansas-governor-said-about-their-plans-public-school-funding/

Reported field

Directory and selected official-status fields from the Edition 10 research inventory. A directory listing is not final certification.

Cindy Holscher

Democratic · Ballot status: not independently certified in the selected official extracts

state Senator Cindy Holscher • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative K.C. Ohaebosim

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Ty Masterson

Republican · Ballot status: not independently certified in the selected official extracts

state Senator Ty Masterson • for Lieutenant Governor: Jeffrey "Jeff" Klemp

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Sharilyn Ray

Write-in; (Independent) · Ballot status: not independently certified in the selected official extracts

Sharilyn Ray

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