KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Voters on both sides of the state line cast their ballots Tuesday for local and statewide primary races and ballot questions.
Starting at 7 p.m., check our election results page HERE.
Starting at 7:30 p.m., watch KSHB 41 News anchor Sarah Plake and KSHB 41 News political reporter Charlie Keegan stream live results and candidate reactions. You can watch in the video player below.
Scroll down for the latest updates.
Interactive election results:
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UPDATE, 9:32 p.m. | Cindy Holscher won the Democratic nomination for governor in Kansas, while Ty Masterson won the Republican primary, according to the AP.
UPDATE, 9:20 p.m. | Rick Brattin has won the Republican primary and will face incumbent U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver in the Nov. 3 general election, the AP reports.
“I am honored to be the Republican nominee for the 5th Congressional District, and I look forward to working with President Donald J. Trump to keep his America First agenda on track,” said Brattin during his watch party Tuesday evening.
UPDATE, 8:40 p.m. | Mayor Lucas also gave his thoughts on Missouri voters rejecting Amendment 5.
Tonight’s rejection of Amendment 5 is not only an immense failure for statewide leadership, but also a sign to out-of-state billionaire special interests that Missourians and most Americans have no interest in voodoo tax schemes that would spare civic responsibility for a few elites while raising costs on hardworking families in our state and our country.
We all saw this proposed tax scheme nearly bankrupt Kansas, starving budgets for schools, first responders, and roads. Missouri voters performed a national service today placing the final nail in the coffin of this voodoo tax scheme scam. We’ll be on the lookout for more to come nationally and in our state.
I am grateful to the voters who protected our state’s fiscal stability, and to every Kansas Citian who made their voice heard in this election. Sanity has prevailed in Missouri and it will again in the future, be it 2026 or 2028.
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas
UPDATE, 8:35 p.m. | Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas provided a statement after Missouri voters rejected Amendment 4.
Tonight’s vote is a total repudiation of Jefferson City politics, statewide leaders who backed the amendment, and attempted state control of our voices. Voters of all parties reaffirmed the core, common sense principle that the majority—made up of us all equally—should have the ability to decide the future of our state.
Missouri’s leaders are not just far right, they are far out—far out of the mainstream of common-sense voters in our state who spend time worrying about making ends meet, building better lives for their families, not controlling choices, lives, and decisions made by Missouri families and communities. Tonight’s result gives hope to Missourians interested in a return to sane, people-centered politics in November 2026 and in 2028, and should be a sign to Missouri Republican leadership that our state won’t tolerate more extremism.
Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas
UPDATE, 8:26 p.m. | Missouri voters also said no to Amendment 5, which would have eliminated the state’s income tax. The Associated Press reports the amendment will fail.
UPDATE, 8:17 p.m. | Missouri voters overwhelmingly said no on Amendment 4 Tuesday night, preserving the state’s citizen-led initiative petition process, the Associated Press reports.
UPDATE, 8:05 p.m. | The Associated Press has called the primary races in both the Democratic and Republican primaries for U.S. Senate in Kansas.
The general election will feature Republican incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall vs Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton.
UPDATE, 7:37 p.m. | Derek Schmidt won the Republican nomination for U.S. House in Kansas’ 2nd District, per the Associated Press.
In a statement, Schmidt said he’s “enormously optimistic” about the future.
“Keep the faith and keep moving forward: America’s best days are still ahead,” he said.
UPDATE, 7:20 p.m. | Polls have closed, and results are beginning to roll in.
Some of the first races to be called by the Associated Press were the Republican and Democratic nominations for the U.S. House in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District. Sharice Davids (D) will face Erik Jenkins (R) in November, per the AP.
In a statement, Davids said she is “deeply honored to earn the trust of voters across the 3rd District.” She also said she’s ready to continue fighting in November and deliver “real results for Kansas.”
UPDATE, 6:30 p.m. | The Clay County Election Board said it has become aware that some voters in the 21 Chouteau 13 precinct “received an error on their ballot in a single race.” The error is under investigation.
The board said once ballots are counted, members can determine “whether this error was an irregularity sufficient to cause a question in the outcome of that race.”
That information will be released when a determination has been made, the board said.
UPDATE, 6:15 p.m. | KSHB 41’s Isabella Ledonne, who covers Johnson County, reported steady lines at a polling location in Overland Park.
Lines steady at Overland Park polling place
Kansas City reporter Alyssa Jackson and Wyandotte County reporter Rachel Henderson checked in earlier from voting places in their respective coverage areas.
KSHB 41 KCMO reporter Alyssa Jackson checks in with voters
KSHB 41 WyCo reporter shares 5 pm election update from KCK polling place
UPDATE, 5:55 p.m. | Jackson County election officials say they are currently printing more Democratic ballots after running out at polling locations at Holy Spirit Catholic Church and Hawthorne Elementary School.
Jackson County election officials: More Democratic ballots being printed after running out
UPDATE, 5:08 p.m. | Shortly after Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins announced he was blocking the congressional map petition, the group People Not Politicians announced plans to file a lawsuit.
“Secretary of State Hoskins is making a last desperate attempt to silence the people’s voice in Missouri. We’ve fought back against politicians for the last year, and we won’t stop now,” People Not Politicians Executive Director Richard von Glahn said in a news release. “There are more than enough signatures, verified by election authorities, to qualify the referendum. Courts have consistently held that Congressional redistricting is subject to state constitutional provisions including the right to a referendum. People will have the final say in November and the chance to vote no to politicians desperate power grabs.”
UPDATE, 4:30 p.m. | Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins announced Tuesday that he deemed a petition challenging the state’s new congressional maps insufficient, and the issue won’t be placed on the November ballot.
Watch his news conference in the video player below.
Petition to challenge new Missouri map blocked by Secretary of State
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