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Kansas Senate

Roger Marshall (R) is favored to win the 2026 Kansas Senate race — about a 76% chance, winning by about 7 points in the projection, though it has tightened lately. Updated daily from 6 polls.

Adam Hamilton (D)
24%
(R) Roger Marshall
76%
Chance of winning the seatPredicted margin R+7.1

How the odds moved

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VotePredictor Elections' win probability for each party, rerun from the polls available on each date — hover the chart to read any day. The dashed line is even odds.

What the markets say

Chance of a Democratic win
VotePredictor Elections model24%
Polymarket43k volume19%
Kalshi190k volume21%

Market prices are shown for comparison and are never an input to the forecast — a 2024 test found blending Polymarket in made the model's calls measurably worse. Where the two disagree, one of them is wrong, and the track record is the only way to find out which.

Why this forecast

This forecast is poll-driven: 6 polls of the race so far. After weighting them by recency and correcting each pollster's house effect, the model (TabPFN) predicts R+7.1 — a 76% Republican win.

Latest news

Patrick Schmidt (D)
Roger Marshall (R)

Headlines via NewsAPI, refreshed daily.

The polls behind it

6 polls · newest first
PollsterDateMargin
Public Policy Polling[35][C]2026-08-08R+1.0
Silver Bulletin[33]2026-08-08R+4.2
Race to the WH[34]2026-08-08R+4.3
GBAO[37]2026-07-13R+4.0
GBAO[36][D]2026-07-13R+4.0

Frequently asked questions

Who is winning the 2026 Kansas Senate race?

VotePredictor's model favors Roger Marshall (R), with roughly a 76% chance of winning and a projected margin of R+7.1.

What do the polls say in the Kansas Senate race?

There are 6 polls of this race. The most recent, from Public Policy Polling[35][C] (2026-08-08), showed R+1.0. VotePredictor's poll-weighted projection is R+7.1.

Who are the candidates in the 2026 Kansas Senate race?

Adam Hamilton is the Democratic candidate; Roger Marshall is the Republican.

When is the 2026 Kansas Senate election?

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. VotePredictor refreshes this forecast every day until then.

Has the 2026 Kansas Senate forecast changed recently?

Yes — over the polls collected so far, the race has tightened; Roger Marshall (R) is now favored at 76%. The chart above tracks the full trajectory.

How does VotePredictor forecast the Kansas Senate race?

It is a poll-driven model. Recent polls are weighted by recency and adjusted for each pollster's historical house effect, then a machine-learning model (TabPFN) trained on U.S. races from 1998–2025 turns them into a projected margin and win probability.

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