2022 Kansas Secretary of State election

The 2022 Kansas Secretary of State election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Kansas. Incumbent Republican Scott Schwab won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic candidate Jeanna Repass with 58.4% of the vote.

2022 Kansas Secretary of State election

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Nominee Scott Schwab Jeanna Repass Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 580,908 386,661 Percentage 58.36% 38.84%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Schwab:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Repass:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Lang:      50–60%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

Secretary of State before election Scott Schwab Republican Elected Secretary of State Scott Schwab Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Mike Brown, former Johnson County Commissioner^[1]
• Scott Schwab, incumbent secretary of state^[2]

Endorsements

Scott Schwab

Organizations

• American Conservative Union^[3]

Results

Results by county

  Schwab

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Brown

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Republican primary results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Schwab (incumbent)	245,998	55.24%
	Republican	Mike Brown	199,316	44.76%
Total votes			445,314	100%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Jeanna Repass, church outreach director^[5]

Results

Democratic primary results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeanna Repass	246,870	100%
Total votes			246,870	100%

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

• Cullene Lang, veteran and perennial candidate^[6]

General election

Debate

2022 Delaware U.S. House of Representatives debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Scott Schwab	Jeanna Repass
1	Nov. 1, 2022	KTWU League of Women Voters of Kansas	Bob Beatty	YouTube	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7]	Safe R	December 1, 2021
Elections Daily[8]	Safe R	November 7, 2022

Results

2022 Kansas Secretary of State election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Scott Schwab (incumbent)	580,908	58.36%	5.76
	Democratic	Jeanna Repass	386,661	38.84%	5.03
	Libertarian	Cullene Lang	27,844	2.80%	0.73
Total votes			995,413	100%
	Republican hold

By congressional district

Schwab won all four congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.^[9]

District	Schwab	Repass	Representative
1st	66%	31%	Tracey Mann
2nd	59%	38%	Jake LaTurner
3rd	49%	48%	Sharice Davids
4th	62%	35%	Ron Estes

See also

• 2022 Kansas elections