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Kansas’s 4th District

U.S. House · KS-4

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 19.8 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 2%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 59.9%

    Ron Estes, incumbent

  • Democrat 40.1%

    Katy Tyndell

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
KS-4 59.9%40.1%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+15.6 54.5%−14.4

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over9.3% (± 0.2)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Ron Estes · Republican

Primary results

Held August 4, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Katy Tyndell 66.1% 27,899 votes
Republican primary Ron Estes 80.9% 67,464 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Ron Estes

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Katy Tyndell

    source
  • Other Challenger

    Catanese, Paul Vincent

    General-election qualification remains to be verified.

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 30.1 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 19.8 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • KS-2 Republican, competitive
  • KS-1 Republican, safe seat
  • KS-3 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated