Libertarian

§1Ballot status

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It is on Kansas's own list of parties qualified for the 2026 election.^1,2 The state's class for it: recognized political party.^1,2

The Secretary of State describes the Libertarian Party as a minor political party first recognized in 1992.³ Johnson County's official notice for the November 3, 2026 election lists Libertarian nominees for statewide offices, including U.S. Senator, State Treasurer and Commissioner of Insurance.⁴

How a party qualifies in Kansas

A group becomes a recognized party by filing petitions signed by qualified voters equal to at least 2% of the total vote for governor at the last general election.⁵ The petitions are due by noon on June 1 before the August primary in an even-numbered year. Each petition page must hold signers from one county, and all pages must be filed at once.⁵ The Secretary of State can refuse a party name that is unreasonably long or so close to an existing party's name that it could confuse voters.⁵

How a party keeps its status

A recognized party stops being recognized if its nominee for any statewide office gets less than 1% of the total vote cast for such an office at a general election, or if it does not nominate anyone for at least one statewide office. The Secretary of State then notifies county election officers.⁶ In May 2026, at the party's own request, the Secretary of State ended the recognition of No Labels Kansas and directed counties to change its registered voters to unaffiliated.⁷

§2How it picks nominees

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Convention. The Secretary of State says Libertarian candidates do not run in the primary and are nominated for the general election by party caucus or convention.¹

Kansas's rules for nominating

A party nominates by primary only if its candidate for governor received at least 5% of the total vote for governor at the preceding general election. Members of any other recognized party are nominated by a delegate or mass convention.⁸ Where in the source: § 25-202(b) A party that nominates by convention or caucus may name one candidate per office and must file a certificate of nomination signed by the meeting's presiding officer and secretary. Each nominee must also file a notarized statement accepting the nomination.⁹ Where in the source: § 25-302(a)–(c) Candidates who are not party nominees reach the general election ballot by petition and must be registered as unaffiliated voters.¹

§3On the 2026 ballot

5 Candidates for U.S. Senate, U.S. House or governor whose label on Kansas's November 3 ballot names this party, from the state's official candidate list. Labels are shown exactly as the ballot prints them. Other offices aren't covered yet.

§4Notes on Kansas’s party research

What the research couldn’t find or confirm about Kansas’s parties, in its own plain words. Nothing is left out silently.

• The Secretary of State's October 2026 registration spreadsheet still has a No Labels Kansas column, but it is empty; the party is not listed here because the Secretary of State ended its recognition on May 18, 2026 at the party's request. On June 12, 2026 the State Objections Board upheld the Secretary of State's finding that two 2026 nomination certificates were invalid because they came from an organization that was not a recognized political party (sos.ks.gov State Objections Board results page).
• The Secretary of State's own 2026 general election candidate list appears only after a selection form is submitted, so we did not read it; the 2026 nominee notes rely on Johnson County's official notice of election.