Free State ResearchTracker
The incumbent held it with 51.6% in 2024. Shawnee and Lake Quivira.
The last 7 days and everything booked ahead. Spending from before that is left out until you ask.Include earlier spending
| advertiser | side | TV/cable/radio | digital | FEC | buys | creatives | where the spots run | last seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americans for Prosperity · watched, nothing on file yet | red | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kansas Chamber · watched, nothing on file yet | red | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kansas Republican Party · watched, nothing on file yet | red | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Republican State Leadership Committee · watched, nothing on file yet | red | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DLCC · watched, nothing on file yet | blue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kansas Democratic Party · watched, nothing on file yet | blue | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alliance for Consumers Action | unattributed | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2026-04-07 |
| Fight the Fraud | unattributed | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2026-06-09 |
| Kansans for Lower Electric Rates | unattributed | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2026-10-10 |
| Republican House Campaign Committee, Cyndi Howerton, Treasurer | unattributed | — | — | — | — | 12 | — | 2026-10-08 |
Click an advertiser for everything on file about it: every buy, every creative, who funds it, and where its spots run. Dollar figures are floors, de-duped the same way as the buys table below, so the two agree.
No outside group on file for this side yet.
No outside group on file for this side yet.
Raised, spent and cash on hand are from each candidate's latest report, so they lag. Each outside group shows two reads of its money side by side: what the stations' public files and the ad platforms show, and what the group itself reported to the FEC. The FEC figure is often higher, because it includes money paid ahead for later weeks and media no public file shows, such as streaming. The side's total counts each group once, at the larger of the two. An outside group is counted for the side it helps, whether its ads praise one candidate or attack the other.
| first booked | has run | still to run | cancelled | moved | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| red | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| blue | — | — | — | — | 0 |
| Thursday, October 22, 2026 | finance Kansas candidates: pre-general report closes (covers 7/24-10/22) |
| Monday, October 26, 2026 | finance Kansas candidates: pre-general receipts and expenditures report due Same date applies to PACs and party committees. |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2026 | deadline Last day to apply for an advance mail ballot Kansas County source, not SOS. Riley County also lists 10/27 (rileycountyks.gov/128/Elections). |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2026 | election In-person advance voting must begin in all counties Kansas Many counties start earlier. |
| Thursday, October 29, 2026 | finance Kansas candidates: last-minute contributions of $300 or more report due (covers 10/23-10/28) |
| Thursday, October 29, 2026 | finance Kansas PACs and party committees: daily last-minute contribution and independent expenditure (over $300) reports, through 11/02 10/29 covers 10/23-10/28; then one day each through 11/02. |
| Tuesday, November 3, 2026 7 a.m.-7 p.m. | election General Election Day Kansas Poll hours from Riley County (rileycountyks.gov/128/Elections). |
| Friday, November 6, 2026 close of business | deadline Mail ballots postmarked by Election Day must arrive (court-ordered grace period) Kansas county election offices Douglas County District Court injunction (7/16/2026) blocks the 2025 law requiring receipt by 7 p.m. Election Day. Court of Appeals and Kansas Supreme Court declined to stay it (Kansas Reflector 7/16 and 7/31; KWCH 7/28). Appeal pending; could change. |
| Monday, November 9, 2026 8-10 a.m. | election County canvass (default date; counties may move it up to 13 days after the election, i.e. 11/16) Kansas counties Statute: Monday next following a Tuesday election, 8-10 a.m., or any business day not later than 13 days after. Individual county dates vary. |
| Tuesday, December 1, 2026 | election Last day for State Board of Canvassers to certify official results Kansas Outside the 9/28-11/30 window. SOS lists a last-day deadline, not a scheduled meeting date. |
| Sunday, January 10, 2027 | finance Kansas candidates: January report due (covers 10/23/2026-12/31/2026) |
| Wednesday, October 14, 2026 | election First day of advance voting; advance mail ballots transmitted Advance in-person start varies by county (Shawnee 10/19, Wyandotte 10/17). |
| Tuesday, October 13, 2026 | deadline Voter registration deadline (also address/name-change updates) 5 p.m. time is from Shawnee County (snco.gov/election/vote/), not SOS. |
Nothing on file with a flight in the window.
Every advertiser → · Every buyer and market → · Flights → · This week's calendar → · Buyers who have gone quiet →
Americans for Prosperity · $77,552 across 8 flights on KICT-FM, KJCK-FM, KMBZ-FM · could as well be the U.S. House, 1st District or the U.S. House, 2nd District or the U.S. House, 3rd District or the U.S. House, 4th District or the Kansas Governor or the Kansas House, District 15 or the Kansas House, District 28 or the Kansas House, District 67 or the U.S. Senate (Kansas) race · the station files it as non-candidate issue advertising and never names the race
Kansas Republican Party · $4,984 across 2 flights on KKOW-FM · could as well be the Kansas House, District 15 or the Kansas House, District 28 or the Kansas House, District 67 or the Kansas Insurance Commissioner or the Kansas Secretary of State or the Kansas Treasurer race · the station files it as non-candidate issue advertising and never names the race
| sev | sponsor & item | posted |
|---|---|---|
| MED | Ad Kansans for Lower Electric Rates · 1 Meta ad $99 Meta ad by Kansans for Lower Electric Rates: Utility companies have plenty of people looking out for their bottom line. ks-hd39-2026re Angela Stiensunattributed |
runs 10/10 posted 10/09 19:00 CT latest item → |
| MED | Ad Republican House Campaign Committee, Cyndi Howerton, Treasurer · 1 Meta ad $99 Meta ad by Middle of Main Street: Angela Stiens for Kansas House ks-hd39-2026re Angela Stiensunattributed |
runs 10/08 posted 10/07 19:00 CT latest item → |
| HIGH | Ad Republican House Campaign Committee, Cyndi Howerton, Treasurer · 1 Meta ad $499 Meta ad by Middle of Main Street: REJECT Zach Maier ks-hd39-2026re Zach Maierunattributed |
runs 10/07 posted 10/06 19:00 CT latest item → |
| sev | source & item | posted |
|---|---|---|
| MED | News Angela Stiens · 1 video YouTube: 2026 GOP House Campaign Committee TV ad #13 KS House Pro Angela Stiens District 39 ks-hd39-2026re Angela Stiensunattributed |
posted 09/30 14:37 CT latest item → |
| sev | source & item | posted |
|---|---|---|
| MED | Intel ad landing · 1 site change Site changed: https://middleofmainstreet.org/ - 3 new page(s) ks-hd39-2026unattributed |
posted 10/01 16:32 CT latest item → |
| MED | Intel ad landing · 2 site changes Site changed: https://middleofmainstreet.org/ - 5 new page(s) ks-hd39-2026unattributed |
posted 09/28 00:31 CT latest item → |
Sentinel reads this library through Meta's API and the ads are already counted on the Spend page and in every advertiser's tile. These links are the same library by hand, for when you want to see an ad in its own setting: each opens Facebook's public Ad Library filtered to political and issue ads in the U.S., newest first.
| Zach Maier blue | ads naming them ↗ |
| Angela Stiens red | ads naming them ↗ |
| Kansas Democratic Party blue | ads by or naming them ↗ |
| DLCC blue | ads by or naming them ↗ |
| Kansas Republican Party red | ads by or naming them ↗ |
| Republican State Leadership Committee red | ads by or naming them ↗ |
| Americans for Prosperity red | ads by or naming them ↗ |
| Kansas Chamber red | ads by or naming them ↗ |
| Kansas spend by advertiser | Ad Library Report ↗ (set region to Kansas, last 7 days; download the CSV into the reports folder to ingest) |
| domain | registered | site |
|---|---|---|
| zachmaier.org Zach Maier · blue · Gandi SAS | 2026-05-31 | 200 Zach for Kansas |
| themaier.com Zach Maier · blue · Squarespace Domains II LLC | 2025-07-07 | 200 Coming Soon |
| angelastiens.com Angela Stiens · red · Wild West Domains, LLC | 2021-04-30 | 200 Angela Stiens - State Representative - Listening. Leading. Making a Difference. - Angela Stiens - State Representative | Listening. Leading. Making a Difference. |
| zachmaier.com Zach Maier · blue · Gandi SAS | 2009-06-03 | 200 Zach for Kansas |
| stiens.org Angela Stiens · red · Tucows Domains Inc. | 2001-08-20 | 200 Stiens Training & Advies - Samen blijvend ontwikkelen |
| stiens.com Angela Stiens · red · Tucows Domains Inc. | 2000-01-21 | 200 Your Name as Your Email | Hover Realnames |
| maier.org Zach Maier · blue · GoDaddy.com, LLC | 1997-10-23 | 200 |
| maier.net Zach Maier · blue · Tucows Domains Inc. | 1997-04-26 | 200 Your Name as Your Email | Hover Realnames |
| maier.com Zach Maier · blue · Network Solutions, LLC | 1995-12-19 | 200 Effective Advertising Strategies for Success » BlueStar |