Editors’ note: This is just the first in a series of endorsement posts. As we did two years ago for legislative races, we post everything given to us regardless of political affiliation.
Kansans for Life is now out with its statehouse endorsements.
They’ve already endorsed Congressman Roger Marshall in the U.S. Senate race.
They’re backing Republicans Bill Clifford and Tracey Mann in the 1st Congressional District and Congressman Steve Watkins and Kansas Treasurer Jake LaTurner in the Republican primary for the 2nd Congressional District.
KFL is backing most of the Republicans in the 3rd Congressional District GOP primary: Amanda Adkins, Mike Beehler, Adrienne Vallejo Foster and Sara Hart Weir.
It also has endorsed Republican Congressman Ron Estes in the 4th District.
Here are KFL’s statehouse endorsements for only contested primary races.
In many instances, KFL endorsed incumbents who are not mentioned here because they do not have a primary race.
An asterisk next to a candidate means they were not endorsed but were recognized for supporting the constitutional amendment that would ensure abortion is not a protected right in the state constitution.
Senate
District 10 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Sen. Mike Thompson
Opponent: state Rep. Tom Cox*
District 11 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Kellie Warren
Opponent: state Sen. John Skubal
District 14 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Sen. Bruce Givens
Opponent: Michael Fagg*
District 15 Republican Primary
Endorsed candidate: state Sen. Dan Goddard
Opponent: Former Rep. Virgil Peck*
District 18 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Tobias Schlingensiepen, Joe Cheray and H. Dean Zajic
District 20 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Sen. Eric Rucker
Opponent: state Rep. Brenda Dietrich*
District 22 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Craig Bowser
Opponent: Bryan Pruitt
District 23 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Sen. Rob Olson
Opponent: Chris Lengquist
District 24 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Sen. Randall Hardy* and state Rep. J.R. Claeys*
District 30 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Democratic candidates: Melissa Gregory and Amy Lyon
District 33 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Sen. Mary Jo Taylor* and Rep. Alicia Straub*
District 34 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Ed Berger
Opponent: Mark Steffen*
District 39 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Sen. John Doll* and Lon Pishny*
House primary races
District 1 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Michael Houser
Opponent: Ronald Coquillette
District 4 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Trevor Jacobs
Opponent: Arlyn Briggs
District 5 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Mark Samsel
Opponent: Mark Powls
District 6 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Clifford Blackmore* and Samantha Poetter*
District 8 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Chris Croft
Opponent: Clayton Norkey
District 9 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Kent Thompson
Opponent: Armando Hernandez
District 10 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Christina Haswood, A.J. Stevens and Brandon Holland
District 18 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Cathy Gordon
Opponent: Calvin Vandegrift
District 20 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Jane Dirks
Opponent: state Rep. Jan Kessinger
District 22 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Lindsay Vaughn and Randen Smith
District 28 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Carl Turner
Opponent: Fred Lehman
District 30 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Laura Williams
Opponent: Jesse Gillam
District 32 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Rep. Pam Curtis and Oscar Irenia
District 35 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Rep. Broderick Henderson and Nelson Gabriel
District 37 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Rep. Stan Frownfelter and Aaron Coleman
District 38 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Timothy Johnson
Opponents: Noell Hull and David Breuer
District 39 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Les Lampe and Michael Bolton
District 41 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Whitney Moulden, Donald Terrien and Mike Griswold
District 42 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Jim Karleskint
Opponent: Lance Neelly
District 49 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Democratic primary candidates: Katie Dixon and Darnell Hunt
District 51 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Ron Highland
Opponent: Gary Schuetz
District 52 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Jesse Borjon
Opponent: Daniel Donaldson
District 52 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Mary Lou Davis and Sam Nasser
District 59 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Blaine Finch
Opponent: Shari Weber
District 69 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Ryan Holmquist and Phil Black
District 70 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. John Barker
Opponent: Daniel Wasylk
District 71 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: state Rep. Diana Dierks* and Steven Howe*
District 72 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Kathy Valentine
Opponents: Lance Gormley, Dwight McAdow and Avery Anderson
District 76 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Eric Smith
Opponent: Robert Harmon
District 79 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Ken White and Richard Donovan Kautz
District 82 Republican primary
Endorsed candidates: state Rep. Jesse Burris
Opponent: Jerimiah Webb
District 85 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Patrick Penn
Opponent: state Rep. Michael Capps*
District 89 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Robert W. Herrick Jr.
Opponent: Emanuel Banks
District 93 Republican primary
Endorsed candidates: state Rep. J.C. Moore and Brian Bergkamp
Other GOP candidate: Mike Webb
District 97 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Nick Hoheisel
Opponent candidate: Michael E. Walker
District 98 Democratic primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Former state Rep. Steven Crum and Carol Brewer
District 106 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: Lisa Moser
Opponent: Jon Ungerer
District 113 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Donna Hoener-Queal* and Brett Fairchild*
District 114 Republican primary
No endorsement
Candidates: Bob Booth* and Michael Murphy*
District 115 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Boyd Orr
Opponent: Courtney Schweizer
District 124 Republican primary
Endorsed candidate: state Rep. Marty Long
Opponent: Chandler Lee Burrows
