Barton County, Kansas ballot, Nov 3, 2026

Contested races

Source: Barton County Election Officer, Notice of General Election (candidates), as published in the Great Bend Tribune, October 1, 2026 (Kansas Press Association public notice archive) (accessed Oct 17, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at Kansas VoterView (Secretary of State).

Office	Candidates
City & town offices
Comanche Township Clerk	David Rose (D) vs. Gary Bainbridge (R)
Great Bend City Council, Ward 1	Deklyn Craven vs. Gary Parr
Great Bend City Council, Ward 2 Number of seats: see your ballot	Kevyn Soupiset, Russell Snyder, Judy Duryee
Great Bend City Council, Ward 3	Cody Harris vs. Layne Leuenberger
Ellinwood City Council Number of seats: see your ballot	Kirk Clawson, Jacque K Isern, Richard E Bowman
Ellinwood Hospital District Board Number of seats: see your ballot	Justin Lear (R), Diann O'Neal (D)

Also on every Barton County ballot: U.S. Senate, Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, your U.S. House and Kansas House districts, the State Board of Education (odd-numbered districts), the Kansas Supreme Court and Court of Appeals retention questions and the statewide constitutional amendment.

Barton County's published candidate lists (county, city and township) are combined here; the newspaper page lists the City of Olmitz and Hoisington Ward 4 as having no filings.

Party labels are as printed in the county's official notice (R = Republican, D = Democrat, L = Libertarian, I = independent). Kansas county commission seats are partisan except in Johnson County, where they are nonpartisan. In some judicial districts (such as the 13th, 18th and 19th) district judges are elected on party ballots; in others (such as the 3rd and 10th) voters decide whether to retain them.

Township clerks listed with no candidate can be filled by write-in votes. Kansas House races depend on your address; all 125 seats are on the Secretary of State candidate list. Check your ballot at Kansas VoterView (Secretary of State).

Unopposed

One candidate per seat on the list (write-ins may still be possible).

County offices

County Commissioner, District 1: Dale E Maneth (R)
County Commissioner, District 4: Tricia Schlessiger (R)
County Commissioner, District 5: Stanley Behrends (R)

Courts & justices of the peace

District Court Judge, 20th District, Division 1: Carey Hipp (R)

City & town offices

Albion Township Clerk: Ronald (Rocky) Meitner (R)
Buffalo Township Clerk: Hunter Hembree (R)
Clarence Township Clerk: John Oetken (R)
Cleveland Township Clerk: Brian Hoffman (R)
Eureka Township Clerk: Michael E McCurry (R)
Fairview Township Clerk: Mark Urban (R)
Grant Township Clerk: Mark Stos (R)
Great Bend Township Clerk: Lynn Engle (R)
North Homestead Township Clerk: Kody Lang (R)
South Homestead Township Clerk: Brad Halseth (R)
Independent Township Clerk: Ryan Oeser (R)
Lakin Township Clerk: Aaron Birzer (R)
Liberty Township Clerk: David Schneider (R)
Pawnee Rock Township Clerk: Roy Prescott (R)
Union Township Clerk: Justin Ludwig (R)
Wheatland Township Clerk: Rhonda Templing (R)
Great Bend City Council, Ward 4: Sue Cooper
Hoisington City Council, Ward 1: Scott Fleming
Hoisington City Council, Ward 2: Keith A Kennon
Hoisington City Council, Ward 3: James Morris

No candidate filed

Beaver Township Clerk
Cheyenne Township Clerk
Logan Township Clerk
South Bend Township Clerk
Walnut Township Clerk

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