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The political intelligence desk for Kansas Scanning now · last 10/22 14:57 CT

Spend 183 priced items in the window; every figure is a floor

Race   Window
$770,810
RED SIDE ↗
$240,231
BLUE SIDE ↗
—
UNATTRIBUTED ↗

TV planned = orders, estimates and contracts from the FCC files (what is booked); TV invoiced = station invoices in the same files (what actually ran and was billed). Scanned documents add nothing to either. FEC = independent expenditures as filed. Digital = the high end of platform-reported ranges (Meta, Google/YouTube). Nothing here is a projection.

By sponsor largest first

sponsorsideaboutTV plannedTV invoicedFEC fileddigital (range)medialatest
Safer Kansas Fund
11 stationsKAAS-TV, KAKE, KLBY, KMBC-TV, KSAS-TV, KSNC, KSNG, KSNT, KSNW, KTKA-TV, KUPK
red $662,435 $36,880
6 invoices
— $8,400–$10,000
3 ads
Google/YouTubeTV
covers 89%
2026-10-22
Chris Mann
19 stationsKAAS-TV, KAKE, KBSD-DT, KBSH-DT, KBSL-DT, KCTV, KLBY, KMBC-TV, KSAS-TV, KSHB-TV, KSNC, KSNG, KSNT, KSNW, KTKA-TV, KUPK, KWCH-DT, WDAF-TV, WIBW-TV
blue Chris Mann $228,135 $19,850
3 invoices
— — TV
covers 89%
2026-10-21
Kris Kobach
19 stationsKAAS-TV, KAKE, KBSD-DT, KBSH-DT, KBSL-DT, KLBY, KMBC-TV, KODE-TV, KSAS-TV, KSCW-DT, KSNC, KSNF, KSNG, KSNT, KSNW, KTKA-TV, KUPK, KWCH-DT, WIBW-TV
red Kris Kobach $98,375
+9 unpriced
$33,020
6 invoices
— — TV
covers 94%
2026-10-22
Kansas Values Institute blue — — — $9,300–$12,096
12 ads
Google/YouTubeMeta 2026-10-20

By week coral = red side, violet = blue side

10-12
$506,885
10-19
$1,910,331

Booked ahead station orders already placed for flights from this week to Election Day · pro-rated by the days each flight runs in each week · a floor: stations post new orders every week

$717,764
RED SIDE
$908,537
BLUE SIDE
—
UNATTRIBUTED
10-19
$577,680
10-26
$912,307
11-02
$136,314
largest forward bookssidebroadcastcabletotal aheadundated ordersmarkets
Kansas Values Instituteblue$775,746—$775,746$337,000Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita-Hutchinson
Safer Kansas Fundred$467,256—$467,256—Joplin-Pittsburg, Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita-Hutchinson
Kris Kobachred$250,508—$250,508$3,940Joplin-Pittsburg, Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita-Hutchinson
Chris Mannblue$132,791—$132,791—Kansas City, Topeka, Wichita-Hutchinson

By market: Wichita-Hutchinson $834,109 · Kansas City $453,324 · Topeka $282,361 · Joplin-Pittsburg $56,506. Also on file: $340,940 in 7 priced orders filed since the primary with no flight dates read — real money that cannot be placed on a week (some may already have aired), shown per sponsor in the undated column and kept out of the bars. Only priced orders count; a scanned order the reader could not price adds nothing.

Candidate war chests federal committees from FEC reports; statewide candidates' raised, spent and cash on hand from their Kansas Public Disclosure Commission reports, and the itemized columns from the Secretary of State's contribution viewer

candidateraceraisedspentcash on handthroughitemized to datelast 30 dayslatest gift
Chris Mann blueKansas Attorney General
state
$786,549$401,188$642,6182026-07-23 $1,274,324
4270 gifts · 74% Kansas
— 2026-07-23
Kris Kobach redKansas Attorney General
state
$196,109$91,926$606,8092026-07-23
read from a scan ⓘ
$531,439
720 gifts · 41% Kansas
— 2026-07-23

Kansas statewide candidates report twice a year and before each election; the July report covers through July 23. The itemized columns come from the Secretary of State's contribution viewer, pulled daily, and move the moment a new report or a last-minute filing is processed. Federal figures follow the FEC's quarterly filings. Cash on hand is what is left after spending, not what has been booked.

By market share = Kansas voters in the market, analyst estimate; coverage is the ceiling on exposure

marketvotersfiles$ floorsponsors
Wichita-Hutchinson
13 stationsKAAS-TV, KAKE, KBSD-DT, KBSH-DT, KBSL-DT, KLBY, KSAS-TV, KSCW-DT, KSNC, KSNG, KSNW, KUPK, KWCH-DT
43%137$1,696,300Chris Mann, Kris Kobach, Safer Kansas Fund
Kansas City
4 stationsKCTV, KMBC-TV, KSHB-TV, WDAF-TV
34%10$303,030Chris Mann, Kris Kobach, Safer Kansas Fund
Topeka
3 stationsKSNT, KTKA-TV, WIBW-TV
12%17$126,540Chris Mann, Kris Kobach, Safer Kansas Fund
Joplin-Pittsburg
2 stationsKODE-TV, KSNF
5%4—Kris Kobach

Stations where the TV money lands

stationfiles$ floorsponsors
KSNC Great Bend19$424,080Chris Mann, Kris Kobach
+1 moreSafer Kansas Fund
KSNG Garden City14$424,080Chris Mann, Kris Kobach
+1 moreSafer Kansas Fund
KSNW Wichita13$424,080Chris Mann, Kris Kobach
+1 moreSafer Kansas Fund
KMBC-TV Kansas City7$246,750Chris Mann, Kris Kobach
+1 moreSafer Kansas Fund
KSNT Topeka7$99,545Chris Mann, Kris Kobach
+1 moreSafer Kansas Fund
KUPK Garden City16$93,320Chris Mann, Kris Kobach
+1 moreSafer Kansas Fund
KLBY Colby16$93,320Chris Mann, Kris Kobach
+1 moreSafer Kansas Fund
KAKE Wichita16$93,320Chris Mann, Kris Kobach
+1 moreSafer Kansas Fund
WDAF-TV Kansas City1$32,000Chris Mann
KWCH-DT Hutchinson/Wichita6$30,075Chris Mann, Kris Kobach
KBSD-DT Ensign/Dodge City6$30,075Chris Mann, Kris Kobach
KBSH-DT Hays6$30,075Chris Mann, Kris Kobach

TV, cable & radio buys every flight by station and advertiser in the window, newest first · planned is a de-duped floor · filter by market or date; the total follows the filter

advertiserflighttypestation · marketrace filed underspotsGRPplanned · spentinvoiced
Safer Kansas Fund2062-10-21 – 2062-10-27TVKSNG +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad
Kansas Attorney General
62162.5$73,715—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-28 – 2026-11-03TVKSNG +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
64161.7$68,940—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-28 – 2026-11-03TVKSAS-TV +1 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
2—$1,200—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-27 – 2026-11-02TVKMBC-TV
Kansas City
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
60—$69,850—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-27 – 2026-11-02TVKSNG +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
52—$38,720—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-27 – 2026-11-02TVKSNT
Topeka
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
44—$26,625—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-27 – 2026-11-02TVKTKA-TV
Topeka
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
29—$9,750—
Kris Kobach2026-10-26 – 2026-11-01TVKSNT
Topeka
Kansas Attorney General43—$9,670—
Kris Kobach2026-10-26 – 2026-11-01TVKMBC-TV
Kansas City
Kansas Attorney General20—$5,400—
Kris Kobach2026-10-26 – 2026-11-01TVKTKA-TV
Topeka
Kansas Attorney General31—$3,905—
Kris Kobach2026-10-26 – 2026-10-31TVKMBC-TV
Kansas City
Kansas Attorney General1—$2,500—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-21 – 2026-10-27TVKSAS-TV +1 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
5—$1,500—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKMBC-TV
Kansas City
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
48—$63,400—
Chris Mann2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKMBC-TV
Kansas City
Kansas Attorney General150—$63,050—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKSNG +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
66—$53,270—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKLBY +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
63—$43,980—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKSNT
Topeka
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
3075.2$38,740—
Chris Mann2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVWDAF-TV
Kansas City
Kansas Attorney General39—$32,000—
Chris Mann2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKBSL-DT +3 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Kansas Attorney General67—$30,075—
Chris Mann2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKLBY +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Kansas Attorney General65—$25,870—
Chris Mann2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKSHB-TV
Kansas City
Kansas Attorney General78—$20,780—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKTKA-TV
Topeka
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
2520.8$11,150—
Chris Mann2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKSAS-TV +1 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Kansas Attorney General7—$4,500—
Chris Mann2026-10-20 – 2026-10-28TVKSNT
Topeka
Kansas Attorney General15—$3,620—
Chris Mann2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKCTV
Kansas City
Kansas Attorney General8—$3,500—
Chris Mann2026-10-20 – 2026-10-26TVKTKA-TV
Topeka
Kansas Attorney General17—$2,190—
Kris Kobach2026-10-19 – 2026-10-25TVKSNG +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Kansas Attorney General65—$29,340—
Kris Kobach2026-10-19 – 2026-10-25TVKAKE +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Kansas Attorney General70—$23,270—
Kris Kobach2026-10-19 – 2026-10-25TVKSNT
Topeka
Kansas Attorney General21—$20,890—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-14 – 2026-10-20TVKSNG +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
59157.1$72,875—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-14 – 2026-10-20TVKSAS-TV +1 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
5—$1,500—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-14 – 2026-10-20TVKAKE +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
7——$5,200
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-13 – 2026-10-19TVKSNG +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
76193.0$43,930—
Chris Mann2026-10-13 – 2026-10-19TVKMBC-TV
Kansas City
Kansas Attorney General105—$42,550—
Safer Kansas Fund2026-10-13 – 2026-10-19TVKLBY +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
36——$31,680
Chris Mann2026-10-13 – 2026-10-19TVKLBY +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Kansas Attorney General48——$19,850
Kris Kobach2026-10-12 – 2026-10-18TVKSAS-TV +1 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Kansas Attorney General3—$3,200—
Kris Kobach2026-10-12 – 2026-10-18TVKLBY +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Kansas Attorney General1——$1,100
Kris Kobach2026-10-12 – 2026-10-18TVKLBY +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Kansas Attorney General47——$31,920
Safer Kansas Fund2026-09-29 – 2026-10-05TVKSNG +2 (network)
Wichita-Hutchinson
Issue Ad - Anti Mann / Pro Kobach (unconfirmed)
Kansas Attorney General
79185.8$43,290—
Total ————

Broadcast (TV/cable/radio): planned = the station order (largest revision, counted once); invoiced = what the station later billed, shown beside planned and not added to it. Both are gross — what the advertiser pays, the figure the station quotes and the one a committee discloses to the FEC; where a filing breaks out the net, the order's own page shows what reached the station and what the agency kept. Spots = occurrences, how many times the ad airs on the flight, from the station's own schedule where the file was readable — a floor, and a dash means the schedule was scanned or unread, not zero airings. Digital and FEC are not here — the platforms report delivery by state, not by media market. The flight dates tell you which fight a buy was really for.

⤓ Spots by audience — age & gender (Excel) · who the TV spots reach, modeled from the daypart each runs in and public audience data (estimate, not measured ratings)

Digital, by platform & advertiser Kansas · 15 ads on Meta & Google/YouTube · platform-reported ranges, high end is the floor · the platforms report delivery by state, not by media market

advertisersideMetaGoogle/YouTubetotal (floor)in Kansasimpressionsadslatest
Kansas Values Instituteblue $696$11,400 $12,096$12,089335,996122026-10-20
Safer Kansas Fundred —$10,000 $10,000$10,000320,00032026-10-16
Total (floor) $696$21,400 $22,096$22,089655,996

Kansas-level only, and every ad here already cleared the platform's Kansas filter (Meta: delivered in Kansas; Google & Snap: Kansas in the targeting). There is no media-market split of digital to pull — Meta reports each ad's Kansas delivery share and Google/Snap report the geography a buy targeted, neither reports dollars by market. Spend is the platform's own range; the total is the high end, the floor the rest of the app uses. In Kansas keeps only what landed here: the libraries list an ad if any of it touched Kansas and report its whole national spend, so a national advertiser's total overstates its Kansas money (Meta: spend × the ad's Kansas delivery share; Google & Snap: counted only when Kansas is in the targeting — an ad aimed at the whole United States is usually fundraising, not Kansas persuasion). The per-ad geography is in the next card.

Digital ad targeting each ad's spend beside the geography it targeted or delivered to · Google geo-targeting, Snap regions, Meta Kansas delivery share

advertiserplatformspend (range)impressionstargeting / deliveryseenad
Safer Kansas Fund
SAFER KANSAS FUND
Google/YouTube $6,000–$7,000 200,000–225,000 targets: 66002,Kansas,United States, 66006,Kansas,United States, 66007,Kansas,United States, 66012,Kansas,United States, 66015,Kansas,United States, 66016,Kansas,United States, 66017,Kansas,United States, 66020,Kansas,United Stat 2026-10-16 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE
Google/YouTube $3,000–$3,500 70,000–80,000 targets: Kansas,United States 2026-10-20 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE
Google/YouTube $3,000–$3,500 70,000–80,000 targets: Kansas,United States 2026-10-20 open ↗
Safer Kansas Fund
SAFER KANSAS FUND
Google/YouTube $2,000–$2,500 70,000–80,000 targets: 66002,Kansas,United States, 66006,Kansas,United States, 66007,Kansas,United States, 66012,Kansas,United States, 66015,Kansas,United States, 66016,Kansas,United States, 66017,Kansas,United States, 66020,Kansas,United Stat 2026-10-16 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE
Google/YouTube $1,500–$2,000 45,000–50,000 targets: Kansas,United States 2026-10-20 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE
Google/YouTube $1,500–$2,000 45,000–50,000 targets: Kansas,United States 2026-10-20 open ↗
Safer Kansas Fund
SAFER KANSAS FUND
Google/YouTube $400–$500 10,000–15,000 targets: 66002,Kansas,United States, 66006,Kansas,United States, 66007,Kansas,United States, 66012,Kansas,United States, 66015,Kansas,United States, 66016,Kansas,United States, 66017,Kansas,United States, 66020,Kansas,United Stat 2026-10-16 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
Kansas Values Institute
Meta $100–$199 20,000–24,999 Kansas delivery 99% 2026-10-19 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
Kansas Values Institute
Meta $100–$199 10,000–14,999 Kansas delivery 99% 2026-10-19 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
Kansas Values Institute
Meta $100–$199 10,000–14,999 Kansas delivery 99% 2026-10-20 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE
Google/YouTube up to $100 1,000–2,000 targets: Kansas,United States 2026-10-20 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE
Google/YouTube up to $100 0–1,000 targets: Kansas,United States 2026-10-20 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE
Google/YouTube up to $100 0–1,000 targets: Kansas,United States 2026-10-20 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
KANSAS VALUES INSTITUTE
Google/YouTube up to $100 1,000–2,000 targets: Kansas,United States 2026-10-20 open ↗
Kansas Values Institute
Kansas Values Institute
Meta up to $99 10,000–14,999 Kansas delivery 99% 2026-10-19 open ↗

The money trail behind streaming & programmatic FEC Schedule B and Kansas PDC reports · what each committee paid media vendors, beside what is on file for it · 66 federal committees and 64 Kansas reports read · updated 2026-10-22

committeesideconnected TVother digitalall media paidon fileunexplainedlargest payees
Kris Kobach
Kansas Attorney General
Kansas candidate report (Schedule C) · report ↗
none of it paid since the primary
red — $1,689 $2,189 $770,225 −$768,036
orders on file not yet paid or not yet reported
AxMedia $905 (consultant digital consulting) · Kent Audio Visual $484 (consultant digital consulting) · Mailchimp $410 (electronic/website advertising emails) · FaceBook $132 (consultant digital consulting)
Chris Mann
Kansas Attorney General
Kansas candidate report (Schedule C) · report ↗
none of it paid since the primary
blue — $1,500 $1,816 $1,099,102 −$1,097,286
orders on file not yet paid or not yet reported
GPS Impact $1,500 (miscellaneous digital ads) · GPS Impact $316 (electronic/website advertising domains renewal)

No public archive shows connected-TV spending, so this card reads it from the payments side. Every candidate committee in a federal race and every sponsor in the station files or ad libraries that is a federal committee (a federal super PAC in a state race included) is read. A payment counts as connected TV when it goes to a streaming seller or its purpose line says CTV, OTT or streaming, even when paid to a media-buying firm. Unexplained is what a committee paid for media minus its station orders and library digital on file: money that bought something no public record shows — connected TV, programmatic, mail or production. A negative figure means orders are on file that the committee has not yet paid or reported. Federal reports lag (quarterly filers report up to 15 days after the quarter ends). Kansas committees — the statewide candidates and outside groups in state races — come from their Kansas Public Disclosure Commission filings: the candidates' itemized expenditures (Schedule C) and outside groups' Statements of Independent Expenditures (scanned; read by a model, check the statement before quoting a figure). Kansas reports come three times a cycle; the next covers July 24 – Oct. 22 and is due Oct. 26. A payment is not the same as ad spend — a media firm's line can bundle production and fees.