The Kansas Farm Bureau on Wednesday issued its legislative endorsements for the general election.
In the Congressional races, the group is supporting Republican incumbent Roger Marshall in the 1st District, Republican incumbent Kevin Yoder in the 3rd and Republican incumbent Ron Estes in the 4th. It is not endorsing Republican Steve Watkins in the 2nd District.
In statewide races, the Farm Bureau has endorsed Derek Schmidt for attorney general. It did not endorse in any other statewide races. Here now are the group’s endorsements for the Kansas Legislature but only in contested races:
District 2:
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Adam Lusker, Democrat
Republican challenger: Kenneth Collins
District 3
No endorsement
Incumbent: state Rep. Monica Murnan, Democrat
Republican challenger: Terry Calloway
District 4
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Trevor Jacobs, Republican
Democratic challenger: Lawrence Forbach
District 5
Endorsed candidate: Mark Samsel, Republican
Democratic candidate: Lassey Murphy
District 8
Endorsed candidate: Chris Croft, Republican
Democratic candidate: Michele Lobitz
District 14
Endorsed candidate: Charlotte Esau, Republican
Democratic candidate: Angela Schweller
District 15
No endorsement
Republican candidate: John Toplikar
Democratic candidate: Chris Haulmark
District 16
Endorsed candidate: Susan Huff, Republican
Democratic candidate: state Rep. Cindy Holscher, Democrat
District 17
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Tom Cox, Republican
Democratic candidate: Laura Smith-Everett
Libertarian candidate: Michael Kerner
District 18
Endorsed candidate: Eric Jenkins, Republican
Incumbent: state Rep. Cindy Neighbor, Democrat
District 19
No endorsement
Incumbent: state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, Republican
Democratic challenger: Stephen Wyatt
District 20
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Jan Kessinger, Republican
Democratic challenger: Becky Barber
District 23
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Linda Gallagher, Republican
Democratic challenger: Susan Ruiz
District 25
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Melissa Rooker, Republican
Democratic challenger: Rui Xu
District 26
No endorsement
Republican candidate: Adam Thomas
Democratic candidate: Deann Mitchell
District 27
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Sean Tarwater, Republican
Democratic challenger: Nicole Rome
District 28
Endorsed candidate: Kellie Warren, Republican
Democratic candidate: Brian Clausen
District 29
Endorsed candidate: James Todd, Republican
Democratic candidate: state Rep. Brett Parker
Libertarian challenger: Robert Firestone
District 30
Endorsed candidate: Wendy Bingesser, Republican
Democratic candidate: Brandon Woodard
District 33
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Tom Burroughs, Democrat
Libertarian challenger: Jason Conley
District 36:
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Kathy Wolfe Moore, Democrat
Republican challenger: Chiquita Coggs
District 38
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Willie Dove, Republican
Democratic candidate: Stuart Sweeney
District 39
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Owen Donohoe, Republican
Democratic candidate: Michael Bolton
District 40
No endorsement
Republican candidate: David French
Democratic candidate: state Rep. Debbie Deere
District 41
No endorsement
Democratic candidate: state Rep. Jeff Pittman
Republican challenger: Tony Barton
District 42
No endorsement
Incumbent: state Rep. Jim Karleskint, Republican
Democratic challenger: Thea Perry
District 43
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Bill Sutton, Republican
Democratic challenger: Pamela Finley
District 45
Endorsed candidate: Mike Amyx, Democrat
Republican candidate: Cynthia Smith
District 47
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Ron Ellis, Republican
Democratic challenger: George Hanna
District 48
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Abraham Rafie, Republican
Democratic challenger: Dave Benson
District 49
Endorsed candidate: Megan Lynn, Republican
Democratic candidate: Darnell Hunt
District 50
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Fred Patton, Republican
Democratic challenger: Dan Brennan
District 51
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Ron Highland, Republican
Democratic challenger: Noah Wright
District 52
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Brenda Dietrich, Republican
Democratic challenger: Toni Scalia
District 54
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Ken Corbet, Republican
Democratic challenger: Sarah Coats
District 56
No endorsement
Republican candidate: Michael Snowden
Democratic candidate: state Rep. Virgil Weigel
District 59
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Blaine Finch, Republican
Democratic challenger: John Hall
District 62
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Randy Garber, Republican
Democratic challenger: Melvin Baker
District 66
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Sydney Carlin, Democrat
Libertarian challenger: Edgar Chambers
District 67
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Tom Phillips, Republican
Democratic challenger: Alex Van Dyke
District 69
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. J.R. Claeys, Republican
Democratic challenger: Gerrett Morris
District 70
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. John Barker, Republican
Democratic challenger: Jo Schwartz
District 72
Endorsed candidate: Steven Kelly
Incumbent: state Rep. Tim Hodge, Democrat
District 78
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Ron Ryckman Jr., Republican
Democratic challenger: Jason Darby
District 79
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Ed Trimmer, Democrat
Republican challenger: Cheryl Helmer
District 81
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Blake Carpenter, Republican
Democratic challenger: Shala Perez
District 82
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Jesse Burris, Republican
Democratic challenger: Danette Harris
District 83
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Henry Helgerson, Democrat
Republican challenger: David Robbins
District 85
No endorsement
Republican candidate: state Rep. Michael Capps
Democratic challenger: Monica Marks
District 86
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Jim Ward, Democrat
Republican challenger: Jim Price
District 91
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Emil Bergquist, Republican
Libertarian challenger: David Loomis
District 93
No endorsement
Republican candidate: J.C. Moore
Democratic candidate: Clifton Beck
District 94
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Leo Delperdang, Republican
Democratic challenger: Dan Stiffler
District 97
No endorsement
Republican candidate: Nick Hoheisel
Democratic candidate: Rebecca Jenek
District 98
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Steve Crum, Democrat
Republican candidate: Ron Howard
District 99
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Susan Humphries, Republican
Democratic challenger: Kristi Kirk
District 100
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Dan Hawkins, Republican
Democratic challenger: Jennifer Winn
District 107
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Susan Concannon, Republican
Libertarian challenger: Bryan Bombardier
District 110
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Ken Rahjes, Republican
Democratic challenger: Kim Thomas
District 111
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Eber Phelps, Democrat
Republican candidate: Barbara Wasinger
District 113
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Greg Lewis, Republican
Democratic challenger: David Curtis
District 114
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Jack Thimesch, Republican
Democratic challenger: Shanna Henry
District 120
Endorsed candidate: Adam Smith, Republican
Democratic challenger: Jerry Hill
District 121
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. John Resman, Republican
Democratic challenger: Nick Gill
District 123
Endorsed candidate: John Wheeler, Republican
Democratic candidate: Pedro Rodriguez
Special election Senate District 13
Endorsed candidate: state Sen. Richard Hilderbrand, Republican
Democratic challenger: Bryan Hoffman
Libertarian challenger: Sam Habjan
