Kansas Governor's Race Too Close to Call, Medicaid Expansion at Stake
Kansas's 2026 gubernatorial race between Democrat Cindy Holscher and Republican Ty Masterson remained unresolved after Election Day, with preliminary results showing Holscher leading 50.3% to 49.7% out of 1.08 million votes cast. Two precincts, provisional ballots, and mail ballots arriving through Friday remain uncounted, and both campaigns stopped short of declaring victory or conceding. Holscher has campaigned on expanding Medicaid in Kansas, one of the remaining non-expansion states, along with property tax cuts and school funding; Masterson, the Kansas Senate president, opposes expansion and ran with Trump's backing. The outcome will determine whether Kansas moves toward adopting Medicaid expansion or continues under a GOP-aligned governor working with the Republican-dominated legislature.