(NewsNation) — Kansas voters will head to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots in some pivotal races in the 2024 general election.
Presidential race in Kansas
Former President Donald Trump is projected to win Kansas.
Voters across Kansas will determine whether Republicans can maintain the veto-proof supermajority they have held in the state Legislature since 2010.
Democrats are attempting to gain three seats in the statehouse, which would prevent Republicans from having the power to override any vetoes coming from the desk of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.
US House races in Kansas
In Congress, two-term Republican Rep. Tracey Mann seeks reelection against Democratic challenger Paul Buskirk, an academic adviser to students and student-athletes at the University of Kansas.
District 2 will welcome a new representative after Republican incumbent Rep. Jake LaTurner announced he will not seek reelection Derek Schmidt, a Republican who previously served as Kansas’ attorney general, will face Democrat Nancy Boyda, who previously held the seat between 2007 and 2009 before she was defeated in her run at a second term.
On Tuesday, 468 U.S. congressional seats (33 Senate seats and all 435 House seats) are up for election.
Early voting began in Kansas on Oct. 16. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. local times. Kansas carries six electoral votes and has been a Republican stronghold in presidential elections dating back to 1964. Candidates need 270 votes to win the presidency.
In 2020, former President Donald Trump defeated President Joe Biden in Kansas by 16 percentage points.